Statistical Process Control - fifth edition

Paperback  464 pp  ISBN 0750657669      £33.00

• New edition is fully updated and includes a new chapter on Six Sigma
• Well-known, authoritative author who introduced statistical process control to thousands of organizations throughout the world
• Written in a practical way that minimizes the use of formulas and assumes no prior knowledge of statistics

Statistical process control is a tool, which enables both manufacturers and suppliers to achieve control of product quality by means of the application of statistical methods in the controlling process. This book gives the foundations of good quality management and process control, including an explanation of what quality is, and control of conformance and consistency during production. The text offers clear guidance and help to those unfamiliar with either quality control or statistical applications and coves all the necessary theory and techniques in a practical and non-mathematical manner. This book will be essential reading for anyone wishing to understand or implement modern statistical process control techniques.

Readership: Quality Managers, Quality Engineers and Technologists, Undergraduate and Graduate Students in Related Engineering Studies.

Contents

Part 1: Process Understanding; Quality, Processes and Control;

• Understanding the process;
• Process data collection and presentation.

• Variables and process variation.

• Process control using variables;
• Other types of control charts for variables;
• Process control by attributes;
• Cumulative sum (cusum) charts.

• Process capability for variables and its measurement.

• Process problem solving and improvement;
• Managing out-of-control processes;
• Designing the statistical process control system;
• Six-sigma process quality;
• The implementation of statistical process control.