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OverviewFor courses in Quality, Quality Improvement, and Quality Assurance Quality Control (Industrial Engineering) / Quality (Engineering Technology & Industrial Management) Clear techniques and real-world illustrations show how quality tools can be used to improve outputs, productivity, costs, and safety. Quality, 6/e provides the tools and techniques needed to help organizations improve in the areas of quality, productivity, and safety. Using a wide-range of industry examples, insightful case studies, clear explanations of popular quality assurance tools and techniques, numerous illustrations, and subject matter relevant to the challenges faced by today’s organizations, it takes an applied approach that teaches the “why and how” behind quality assurance and statistical process control. The contributors include engineers, business managers, quality assurance professionals, project managers, distribution managers, and others, and the examples come from industries as diverse as hospitals, government, utilities, manufacturing, building trades, and even the ballet. Suitable as a text for both business and engineering curricula at the college level, the book also serves as an ideal resource for professionals in the field who are working on organizational quality improvement. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Donna SummersPublisher: Pearson Education (US) Imprint: Pearson Edition: 6th edition Dimensions: Width: 22.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 28.50cm Weight: 1.271kg ISBN: 9780134413273ISBN 10: 013441327 Pages: 560 Publication Date: 28 April 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Replaced By: 9781292041780 Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Available To Order ![]() We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of Contents1. Quality Basics 2. Quality Advocates 3. Quality Systems: ISO 9000, Supplier Certification Requirements, the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, Six Sigma 4. Quality Improvement: Problem Solving 5. Statistics 6. Variable Control Charts 7. Process Capability 8. Other Variable Control Charts 9. Probability 10. Quality Control Charts for Attributes 11. Reliability 12. Advanced Topics in Quality 13. Quality Costs 14. Product Liability 15. Benchmarking and AuditingReviewsAuthor InformationDonna C.S. Summers is the author of four textbooks in quality assurance: Quality, Quality Management, Lean Six Sigma, and Six Sigma, all published by Pearson. After nearly 30 years at the University of Dayton, she has retired to pursue a career in consulting and training. Her fields of interest are quality assurance, human factors, and safety. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |