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Understanding Statistical Process Control
Understanding Statistical Process Control Author:Donald J. Wheeler This internationally acclaimed textbook is widely used for teaching basic SPC, Data Analysis, and Continual Improvement Techniques to those who work in manufacturing and process industries. — While retaining the superb examples and case histories of the original, the third edition of this classic text includes new material on several important to... more »pics:
An expanded definition of World Class Quality, including Excess Cost of Production
A new Pattern Detection Guideline
New material on how the Western Electric Zone Tests look for different sized signals
A completely new chapter on Capability, Predictability, and World Class Quality including new examples: Better ways to interpret and use the capability and performance indexes; An updated discussion of estimating the fraction nonconforming; The Myth of Long-Term Capability...explained and illustrated; New material on Converting Capabilities into Effective Costs of Production and Use; New exercises illustrate the power of conversion.
New section on the Nature of Assignable Causes and Common Causes
Revised material on Charts for Count-Based Data for greater clarity
New section on the Transformation of Data
Updated Bibliography
New, more comprehensive tables in the appendices.« less