TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a survey of statistical process control and capability analysis techniques for improving the quality of a business process in the modern business environment, using a variety of techniques.
Abstract: Quality Improvement in the Modern Business Environment.STAISTICAL METHODS USEFUL IN QUALITY IMPROVEMENT.Modeling Process Quality.Inferences About Process Quality.BASIC METHODS OF STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL AND CAPABILITY ANALYSIS.Methods and Philosophy of Statistical Process Control.Control Charts for Variables.Control Charts for Attributes.Process and Measurement Systems System Capability Analysis.OTHER STATISTICAL PROCESS MONITORING AND CONTROL TECHNIQUES.Cumulative Sum and Exponentially Weighted Moving Average Control Charts.Other Univariate SPC Techniques.Multivariate Process Monitoring and Control.Engineering Process Control and SPC.PROCESS DESIGN AND IMPROVEMENT WITH DESIGNED EXPERIMENTS.Factorial and Fractional Factorial Designs for Process Design and Improvement.Process Optimization with Designed Experiments.ACCEPTANCE SAMPLING.Lot--by--Lot Acceptance Sampling for Attributes.Other Acceptance Sampling Techniques.Appendix.Bibliography.Answers to Selected Exercises.Index.
TL;DR: This paper presents a meta-analysis of the design of Experiments of Genichi Taguchi and Alternative Approaches using Combinations of Quality Improvement Tools, as well as some of the techniques used in this book, on the basis of its results.
Abstract: FUNDAMENTAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND STATISTICAL CONCEPTS. Basic Tools for Improving Quality. Basic Concepts in Statistics and Probability. CONTROL CHARTS AND PROCESS CAPABILITY. Control Charts for Measurements with Subgrouping (for One Variable). Control Charts for Measurements without Subgrouping (for One Variable). Control Charts for Attributes. Process Capability. Alternatives to Shewhart Charts. Multivariate Control Charts for Measurement Data. Miscellaneous Control Chart Topics. BEYOND CONTROL CHARTS: GRAPHICAL AND STATISTICAL METHODS. Other Graphical Methods. Linear Regression. Design of Experiments. Contributions of Genichi Taguchi and Alternative Approaches. Evolutionary Operation. Analysis of Means. Using Combinations of Quality Improvement Tools. Answers to Selected Exercises. Appendix. Indexes.
TL;DR: There are many applications of control charts in health-care monitoring and in public-health surveillance and these are introduced to industrial practitioners and some of the ideas that arise that may be applicable in industrial monitoring are discussed.
Abstract: [This abstract is based on the author's abstract.]Applications of control charts in healthcare monitoring and public health surveillance are introduced to industrial practitioners. Ideas that originate in this venue that may be applicable in industrial ..