Quality Control & Reliability

Providing probability and statistical concepts developed using pseudorandom numbers, this book covers enumeration, simulation, and randomization-based statistical analyses for comparison of the test performance of alternative designs, as well as simulation and randomization-based tests for examining..

This new book will include the original, unpublished research studies and articles from the Modeling and Simulation Reliability 2018 conference organized by the editor. The chapters, along with case studies, will describe the latest research and developments and will be of interest to researchers, p..

Moving Beyond Environmental Compliance..

Presenting 110 key concepts designed to translate the voice of the customer throughout global supply chains, this volume is a practical source of information for organizations seeking to increase productivity and improve shareholder satisfaction. Recognizing that failure is often self-induced throug..

Implementation of a performance improvement program can markedly improve a company's bottom line. Operational Performance Measurement: Increasing Total Productivity shows the way, using an integrated theory of performance measurement and a measurement model that's applicable to any business activity..

Corporations are experiencing difficulty getting traction for sustainability and risk management programs at the facility level and with other facilities operating within their value chain. However, their customers and stakeholders are demanding a coordinated approach. The reputation of the corporat..

Each year a vast sum of money is spent on health care around the globe and patient safety has become a serious global public health issue. Filled with up-to-date information, this book demonstrates how to handle patient safety-related problems by using methods developed in the area of engineering. I..

Each year a vast sum of money is spent on health care around the globe and patient safety has become a serious global public health issue. Filled with up-to-date information, this book demonstrates how to handle patient safety-related problems by using methods developed in the area of engineering. I..

The first book in the Little Big Book Series, Performance Acceleration Management (PAM): Rapid Improvement to Your Key Performance Drivers, explains how to accelerate the rate of change and improvement in your organization to exceed your customers’ expectations. It introduces the PAM approach to acc..

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Presenting essential material in a way that permits rapid application to practical problems, this guide provides the structure and understanding necessary for long-term growth. The author first explains how the components fit and work together to make a successful experimental design, then analyzes ..

This book considers the problem of estimating the percent of nonconforming items in a process from the ground up. It examines methods based on both attribute data and variable data. For variable data, it looks at the basic techniques that were initially developed for data from normal distributions a..