Quality Control category: 855 books

First, businesses discovered quality as a key competitive edge; next came service. Now, Donald A. Norman, former Director of the Institute for Cognitive Science at the University of California, reveals how smart design is the new competitive frontier. The Design of Everyday Things is a powerful primer on how--and why--some products satisfy customers while others only frustrate them.

Applied Benchmarking for Competitiveness (ABC) is a simple approach to help companies to diagnose objectively, efficiently and effectively their current situation and to take steps to improve performance. ABC combines the basics of benchmarking and World Class Business (WCB) techniques in a proven,...

Competition from emerging and developing countries, challenges related to energy and water, the continuing increase in the global population and the obligation to be sustainable are all impacting developed countries such as the United States, France, etc. Manufacturing has been almost totally neglected...

Outlines the correct procedures for doing FMEAs and how to successfully apply them in design, development, manufacturing, and service applications There are a myriad of quality and reliability tools available to corporations worldwide, but the one that shows up consistently in company after...

When project managers are faced with budget cuts and fewer resources, waste elimination becomes a priority in maintaining effectiveness. This does not mean shortening or abandoning traditional project cycles, though. In fact, fast results on critical assignments can only be completed with strong plans...

This book introduces the concept of integrated planning for maintenance and production taken into account quality and safety for high global socio-economic impact. It provides insight into the planning process at a global level starting from the business level and ending with the operational level where the plan is implemented and controlled.

As distinguished from autonomous maintenance, where the main goal is to restore basic conditions of cleanliness, lubrication, and proper fastening to prevent accelerated deterioration, FEI looks at specific losses or design weaknesses that everyone previously thought they just had to live with. Once...

Here is a chapter from Design for Six Sigma Statistics, written by a Six Sigma practitioner with more than two decades of DFSS experience who provides a detailed, goal-focused roadmap. It shows you how to execute advanced mathematical procedures specifically aimed at implementing, fine-tuning, or maximizing...

Here is a chapter from Design for Six Sigma Statistics, written by a Six Sigma practitioner with more than two decades of DFSS experience who provides a detailed, goal-focused roadmap. It shows you how to execute advanced mathematical procedures specifically aimed at implementing, fine-tuning, or maximizing...

Making Lean Work: “In-the-Trenches” Help from a World-Class Expert Lean manufacturing can improve productivity and quality, shorten lead times, reduce costs, and improve competitiveness. However, succeeding with lean is not easy. Chris A. Ortiz, one of the country’s most respected lean...

Your 60 Minute Lean Business – Volume 1 is a collection of the first four books in the series. This volume, titled the foundations contains the complete individual books titled:  5S Implementation Guide  Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)  Standardized Work  Kaizen Mindset Why foundations?...

Total Organizational Excellence: Achieving world-class performance sets down an implementation framework to guide managers on how to improve business performance in all types of organization. Drawing on extensive research and case study work conducted within Oakland Consulting and its Research...

Designed for junior- and senior-level courses in plant and facilities planning and manufacturing systems and procedures, this textbook also is suitable for graduate-level and two-year college courses. The book takes a practical, hands-on, project-oriented approach to exploring the techniques and procedures...

Lean materials management is a constant challenge in most supply chains and is one of the most critical issues facing manufacturing organizations. Success is defined by controlling all components of an operation, including the costs of quality, delivery speed and flexibility, and the synchronization...