Essentials of Quality with Cases and Experiential Exercises

Essentials of Quality with Cases and Experiential Exercises
Author: Victor E. Sower
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2010-02-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0470509597

Thoroughly tested and used by students and proven to help students taking the American Society for Quality’s Certified Quality Improvement Associate exam, Essentials of Quality is highly accessible, experiential, and unique in its coverage of current quality management topics, from creative and innovative improvements and approaches to today’s economic environment to ways of developing metrics for measuring and evaluating programs. With non-academic, reader-friendly writing, the text features many chapter exercise and cases that provide students with hands-on experience.

Applied Reliability and Quality

Applied Reliability and Quality
Author: Balbir S. Dhillon
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2007-02-23
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1846284988

Each industry, from robotics to health care, power generation to software, has its own tailored reliability and quality principles, methods, and procedures. This book brings these together so that reliability and quality professionals can more easily learn about each other's work, which may help them, directly or indirectly, to perform their tasks more effectively.

The ASQ Certified Quality Process Analyst Handbook

The ASQ Certified Quality Process Analyst Handbook
Author: Sandra L. Furterer
Publisher: Quality Press
Total Pages: 443
Release: 2022-01-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1951058399

This handbook is designed as a reference for ASQ's Certified Quality Process Analyst (CQPA) Body of Knowledge (BoK), providing the essential information needed to prepare for the CQPA examination. The handbook is aimed at quality professionals who, in support of and under the direction of quality engineers or supervisors, analyze and solve quality problems and are involved in quality improvement projects. It's ideal for recent graduates and experienced professionals who want to expand their knowledge of quality tools and processes. There are five main sections in the CQPA Body of Knowledge, further subdivided into related subsections. These sections are: Quality Concepts and Team Dynamics Quality Tools and Process Improvement Techniques Data Analysis Customer-Supplier Relations Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) This updated edition has been revised and expanded to match the 2020 BoK with enhancements to: tools for assessing training effectiveness best practices on the Six Sigma DMAIC methodology and process maps with a focus on process architecture examples of lean and value analysis, Theory of Constraints risk management, business process management and lifecycle phases the importance of data collection and analysis, data integrity, validity, and reliability examples of gage R&;R and attribute agreement analysis Sandra L. Furtererspan, BS, MS, MBA, PhD, is an associate professor at the University of Dayton in the Department of Engineering Management, Systems and Technology. She is an ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, Certified Manager of Quality/ Organizational Excellence, Certified Quality Engineer, an ASQ fellow, and a certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt. She is also a contributor to ASQ's certification handbooks (CMQ/OE and CQIA) and a prolific speaker.

Trends in Development of Accelerated Testing for Automotive and Aerospace Engineering

Trends in Development of Accelerated Testing for Automotive and Aerospace Engineering
Author: Lev M. Klyatis
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2020-04-21
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0128188421

Accelerated testing (most types of laboratory testing, proving ground testing, intensive field/flight testing, any experimental research) is increasingly a key component for predicting of product's/process performance. Trends in Development Accelerated Testing for Automotive and Aerospace Engineering provides a completely updated analysis of the current status of accelerated testing, including the basic general directions of testing (methods and equipment) development, how one needs to study real world conditions for their accurate simulation and successful accelerated testing, describes in details the role of accurate simulation in the development of automotive and aerospace engineering, shows that failures are most often found in the interconnections, step-by-step instructions and examples. This is the only book presently available that considers in detail both the positive and negative trends in testing development for prediction quality, reliability, safety, durability, maintainability, supportability, profit, and decreasing life-cycle cost, recalls, complaints and other performance components of the product. The author presents new ideas and offers a unique strategic approach to obtaining solutions which were not possible using earlier. His methodology has been widely implemented, continue to be adopted throughout the world, and leads to advance society through product improvement that can reduce loss of life, injuries, financial losses, and product recalls. It also covers new ideas in development positive and cost- effective trends in testing development, especially accelerated reliability and durability testing (ART/ADT), which includes integration accurate simulation of field/flight influences, safety, human factors, and leads to successful prediction of product performance during pre-design, design, manufacturing, and usage for the product's service life. Engineers, researchers, teachers and postgraduate/advanced students who are involved in automotive and aerospace engineering will find this a useful reference on how to apply the accelerated testing method to solve practical problems in these areas. - Explains the similarities and differences between accelerated testing technologies used in automotive, aerospace, and other engineering fields - Provides a step-by-step guide for the accurate physical simulation of field conditions for test subjects - Includes case studies of accelerated testing in automotive and aerospace engineering

Computer System Reliability

Computer System Reliability
Author: B.S. Dhillon
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2013-05-14
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1466573120

Computer systems have become an important element of the world economy, with billions of dollars spent each year on development, manufacture, operation, and maintenance. Combining coverage of computer system reliability, safety, usability, and other related topics into a single volume, Computer System Reliability: Safety and Usability eliminates the need to consult many different and diverse sources in the hunt for the information required to design better computer systems. After presenting introductory aspects of computer system reliability such as safety, usability-related facts and figures, terms and definitions, and sources for obtaining useful information on computer system reliability, safety, and usability, the book: Reviews mathematical concepts considered useful to understanding subsequent chapters Presents various introductory aspects of reliability, safety, and usability and computer system reliability basics Covers software reliability assessment and improvement methods Discusses important aspects of software quality and human error and software bugs in computer systems Highlights software safety and Internet reliability Details important aspects of software usability including the need for considering usability during the software development phase, software usability engineering process, software usability inspection methods, software usability test methods, and guidelines for conducting software usability testing Elucidates web usability facts and figures, common design errors, web page design, tools for evaluating web usability, and questions to evaluate website message communication effectiveness Examines important aspects of computer system life cycle costing Written by systems reliability expert B.S. Dhillon, the book is accessible to all levels of readership, making it useful to beginners and seasoned professionals alike. Reflecting practical trends in computer engineering especially in the area of software, Dhillon emphasizes the importance of usability in software systems and expands reliability to web usability and management. It provides methods for designing systems with increased reliability, safety, and usability.

Accelerated Reliability and Durability Testing Technology

Accelerated Reliability and Durability Testing Technology
Author: Lev M. Klyatis
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2012-01-11
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0470454652

Learn how ART and ADT can reduce cost, time, product recalls, and customer complaints This book provides engineers with the techniques and tools they need to use accelerated reliability testing (ART) and accelerated durability testing (ADT) as key factors to accurately predict a product's quality, reliability, durability, and maintainability during a given time, such as service life or warranty period. It covers new ideas and offers a unique approach to accurate simulation and integration of field inputs, safety, and human factors, as well as accelerated product development, as components of interdisciplinary systems engineering. Beginning with a comprehensive introduction to the subject of ART and ADT, the book covers: ART and ADT as components of an interdisciplinary systems of systems approach Methodology of ART and ADT performance Equipment for ART and ADT technology ART and ADT as sources of initial information for accurate quality, reliability, maintainability, and durability prediction and product accelerated development The economical results of the usage of ART and ADT ART and ADT standardization The book covers the newest techniques in the field and provides many case studies that illuminate how the implementation of ART and ADT can solve previously inaccessible problems in the field of engineering, such as reducing product recalls, cost, and time during design, manufacture, and usage. Professionals will find the answers to how one can carry out ART and ADT technology in a practical manner. Accelerated Reliability and Durability Testing Technology is indispensable reading for engineers, researchers in industry, usage, and academia who are involved in the design of experiments, field simulations, maintenance, reliabilty, durabilty, accurate prediction, and product development, and graduate students in related courses.

Reliability Technology, Human Error, and Quality in Health Care

Reliability Technology, Human Error, and Quality in Health Care
Author: B.S. Dhillon
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2008-02-21
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1420065599

The effective and interrelated functioning of system reliability technology, human factors, and quality play an important role in the appropriate, efficient, and cost-effective delivery of health care. Simply put, it can save you time, money, and more importantly, lives. Over the years a large number of journal and conference proceedings articles o