Theory and Design for Mechanical Measurements
by Richard S. Figliola
from Wiley
The new measure of excellence
Now revised to reflect the latest standards and advances, Figliola and Beasley's Fourth Edition provides a timely and in-depth reference to the theory of engineering measurements, measurement system performance, and instrumentation. The authors show you how to develop, operate, and analyze measurement systems and report results. The text covers uncertainty analysis and mechanical measurements in one unified presentation, introducing you to the most powerful experimental tools available.
Features of the Fourth Edition:
* Updated to reflect the newest ASME/ASNI Test Uncertainty nomenclature and ISO vocabulary.
* Expanded treatment of mechatronics concepts (Chapter 12, Appendix C).
* More practical use of operational amplifiers in discussion of signal conditioning circuits.
* Labview files for self-tutorials on critical concepts and Matlab files for system analyses are available for download on the text's website. www.wiley.com/college/figliola
* Updated and revised problem sets, with an emphasis on design considerations.
About the Authors
Richard Figliola, Ph.D. is Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering at Clemson University, where he was awarded the Murray Stokely Excellence in Teaching Award. He is a member of the ASME PTC 19.1 Executive Committee on Test Uncertainty and a founding member of the ASME K-21 Education Committee. Dr. Figliola holds 5 patents for products in medical blood flow, materials processing, and electronic cooling.
Donald Beasley, Ph.D. is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University. He has received numerous teaching awards over the years, including the Murray Stokely Excellence in Teaching Award at Clemson. Dr. Beasley is a consultant to the golf equipment industry, serving on the product editorial board of Golf Digest. His research areas include heat transfer, thermal engineering, and measurement methods.
Managing for Quality and Performance Excellence (with CD-ROM)
by James R. Evans
from South-Western College Pub
Prepare for success in quality management today with this leading text's focus on the fundamental principles and emphasis on high performance management practices, such as those reflected in the Baldrige Criteria. These authors are experienced leaders in the fields of performance management and quality. Look no further for the definitive resource for coverage of ISO 9000 certification, Six Sigma, and the U.S. Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award standards. A wealth of current examples from leading organizations reflect quality throughout the world as they emphasize the practical aspects of the book's managerial focus and pertinent technical topics. You can efficiently prepare to become an ASQ Certified Quality Manager, as this edition covers most of the Body of Knowledge required for ASQ certification. It's everything you need, now and throughout your career, to ensure quality management success.
Lean Six Sigma for Service : How to Use Lean Speed and Six Sigma Quality to Improve Services and Transactions
by Michael L. George
from McGraw-Hill
Bring the miracle of Lean Six Sigma improvement out of manufacturing and into services
Much of the U.S. economy is now based on services rather than manufacturing. Yet the majority of books on Six Sigma and Lean--today's major quality improvement initiatives--explain only how to implement these techniques in a manufacturing environment.
Lean Six Sigma for Services fills the need for a service-based approach, explaining how companies of all types can cost-effectively translate manufacturing-oriented Lean Six Sigma tools into the service delivery process.
Filled with case studies detailing dramatic service improvements in organizations from Lockheed Martin to Stanford University Hospital, this bottom-line book provides executives and managers with the knowledge they need to:
- Reduce service costs by 30 to 60 percent
- Improve service delivery time by 50 percent
- Expand capacity by 20 percent without adding staff
Statistics for Six Sigma Made Easy
by Warren Brussee
from McGraw-Hill
The first plain-English guide to solving real-world problems with Six Sigma
So you're ready to improve your processes and products and satisfy your customers through Six Sigma--but you're not looking forward to navigating complicated statistics in order to get results. Now, Warren Brussee, a veteran Six Sigma manager who helped his teams generate millions of dollars in savings, explains how to use the powerful statistical tools of Six Sigma in easy-to-understand language.
In this step-by-step guide, you get a thorough overview of the Six Sigma methodology and techniques for successful implementation, as well as a clear explanation of DMAIC--the problem solving method used by Six Sigma Greenbelts for projects and process improvements. You'll see how to plot, interpret, and validate data for a Six Sigma project. You will use Excel to make Six Sigma problem-solving calculations in a wide range of areas, from sales and marketing to manufacturing, process work, equipment design, and more. Each chapter also features a brief review of what you've learned. Plus, you get:
- A simplified form of the most common Six Sigma tools
- All the basic Six Sigma formulas and tables
- Dozens of Six Sigma statistical problem-solving case studies
- A matrix for finding the right statistical tool to meet your needs
- Basic Greenbelt training in one concise reference
Best of all, no background in statistics is required--you can start improving quality and initiating cost-saving improvements right away. With all these benefits and authoritative guidance, Statistics for Six Sigma Made Easy is the only reference you need to facilitate real-world application of Six Sigma tools.
A veteran GE manager explains the tools of Six Sigma--in plain English This is the first simple, low-level guide to using the powerful statistical tools of Six Sigma to solve real-world problems. Warren Brussee, a Six Sigma manager who helped his teams generate millions of dollars in savings, shows how to plot, interpret, and validate data for a Six Sigma project. The basic statistical tools in the book can be applied to manufacturing, sales, marketing, process, equipment design, and more. Best of all, no background in statistics is required to start improving quality and initiating cost-saving improvements right away.Features dozens of Six Sigma statistical problem-solving case studies Presents a simplified form of the most common Six Sigma tools Simplifies Greenbelt training with one concise reference Explains how to use Excel to make Six Sigma problem-solving calculations Includes all the basic Six Sigma formulas and tables
Introduction to Statistical Quality Control
by Douglas C. Montgomery
from Wiley
The trusted guide to the statistical methods for quality control.
Quality control and improvement is more than an engineering concern. Quality has become a major business strategy for increasing productivity and gaining competitive advantage. Introduction to Statistical Quality Control, Sixth Edition gives you a sound understanding of the principles of statistical quality control (SQC) and how to apply them in a variety of situations for quality control and improvement.
With this text, you'll learn how to apply state-of-the-art techniques for statistical process monitoring and control, design experiments for process characterization and optimization, conduct process robustness studies, and implement quality management techniques.
You'll appreciate the significant updates in the Sixth Edition including:
* In-depth attention to DMAIC, the problem-solving strategy of Six Sigma. It will give you an excellent framework to use in conducting quality improvement projects.
* New examples that illustrate applications of statistical quality improvement techniques in non-manufacturing settings. Many examples and exercises are based on real data.
* New developments in the area of measurement systems analysis
* New features of Minitab V15 incorporated into the text
* Numerous new examples, exercises, problems, and techniques to enhance your absorption of the material
Managing Quality: Integrating The Supply Chain and Student CD PKG (3rd Edition)
by S. Thomas Foster
from Prentice Hall
This volume is a comprehensive introduction to the field of quality management, integrating the emerging body of knowledge in the areas of quality theory, quality assurance, and quality control. The author's practical approach provides examples, allowing readers to participate in and manage quality improvement in manufacturing, government, and service organizations. The volume examines differing perspectives on quality, quality theory, global quality and quality standards, strategic quality planning, the voice of the customer and the market, quality in product and process design, designing quality services, managing supplier quality in the supply chain, the tools of quality and implementing quality, statistically based quality improvement for variables, six sigma management and tools, implementing and validating the quality system. For quality control managers and other interested in greater quality management
Six Sigma Workbook For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance))
by Craig Gygi
from For Dummies
Improve your efficiency -- and bring in big profits!
Need help implementing or understanding Six Sigma? Want to take this powerful problem-solving methodology and apply it to your business? Six Sigma isn't just for Fortune 500 companies anymore; it's for every business, even yours, no matter how big or small. This hands-on workbook provides the knowledge, insight, and practical exercises you need to master Six Sigma and put it to work in your business. Perfect as a companion workbook for Six Sigma For Dummies -- or any other Six Sigma book -- Six Sigma Workbook For Dummies gives you a wealth of examples, problems, and other tools you need to turn Six Sigma theory into practice -- today!
Discover
* How to form and lead a Six Sigma initiative
* Project alignment with business objectives and strategy
* How to create process flow maps and models
* Chart and graph plotting for analysis and interpretation
* Methods for calculating Sigma scores
* How to quantify variable relationships
Six Sigma Statistics with EXCEL and MINITAB
by Issa Bass
from McGraw-Hill Professional
Master the Statistical Techniques for Six Sigma Operations, While Boosting Your Excel and Minitab Skills!
Now with the help of this “one-stop” resource, operations and production managers can learn all the powerful statistical techniques for Six Sigma operations, while becoming proficient at Excel and Minitab at the same time.
Six Sigma Statistics with Excel and Minitab offers a complete guide to Six Sigma statistical methods, plus expert coverage of Excel and Minitab, two of today's most popular programs for statistical analysis and data visualization.
Written by a seasoned Six Sigma Master Black Belt, the book explains how to create and interpret dot plots, histograms, and box plots using Minitab…decide on sampling strategies, sample size, and confidence intervals…apply hypothesis tests to compare variance, means, and proportions…conduct a regression and residual analysis…design and analyze an experiment…and much more.
Filled with clear, concise accounts of the theory for each statistical method presented, Six Sigma Statistics with Excel and Minitab features:
- Easy-to-follow explanations of powerful Six Sigma tools
- A wealth of exercises and case studies
- 200 graphical illustrations for Excel and Minitab
Essential for achieving Six Sigma goals in any organization, Six Sigma Statistics with Excel and Minitab is a unique, skills-building toolkit for mastering a wide range of vital statistical techniques, and for capitalizing on the potential of Excel and Minitab.
Six Sigma Statistical with Excel and Minitab offers operations and production managers a complete guide to Six Sigma statistical techniques, together with expert coverage of Excel and Minitab, two of today's most popular programs for statistical analysis and data visualization.
Written by Issa Bass, a Six Sigma Master Black Belt with years of hands-on experience in industry, this on-target resource takes readers through the application of each Six Sigma statistical tool, while presenting a straightforward tutorial for effectively utilizing Excel and Minitab. With the help of this essential reference, managers can:
- Acquire the basic tools for data collection, organization, and description
- Learn the fundamental principles of probability
- Create and interpret dot plots, histograms, and box plots using Minitab
- Decide on sampling strategies, sample size, and confidence intervals
- Apply hypothesis tests to compare variance, means, and proportions
- Stay on top of production processes with statistical process control
- Use process capability analysis to ensure that processes meet customers' expectations
- Employ analysis of variance to make inferences about more than two population means
- Conduct a regression and residual analysis
- Design and analyze an experiment
In addition, Six Sigma Statistics with Excel and Minitab enables you to develop a better understanding of the Taguchi Method…use measurement system analysis to find out if measurement processes are accurate…discover how to test ordinal or nominal data with nonparametric statistics…and apply the full range of basic quality tools.
Filled with step-by-step exercises, graphical illustrations, and screen shots for performing Six Sigma techniques on Excel and Minitab, the book also provides clear, concise explanations of the theory for each of the statistical tools presented.
Authoritative and comprehensive, Six Sigma Statistics with Excel and Minitab is a valuable skills-building resource for mastering all the statistical techniques for Six Sigma operations, while harnessing the power of Excel and Minitab.
Implementing Six Sigma, Second Edition: Smarter Solutions Using Statistical Methods
by Forrest W. Breyfogle
from John Wiley & Sons
Written to aid organizations in laying the foundation for Six Sigma, this comprehensive and engaging guide provides the tools, strategies, and motivation to get all relevant players involved with improvement from upper management on down. At the heart of the book is a group of statistical tools that address FMEA (Failure Mode and Effect Analysis), QFD (Quality Functional Deployment), and DOE (Design of Experiment).
Rather than offering just a brief overview, Implementing Six Sigma devotes individual chapters to all of the tools, so as to provide an in-depth analysis of each. A large selection of diagrams and clarifying exercises demonstrate how to best utilize the tools to successfully minimize defects throughout the production process. To provide a deeper understanding, the book discusses the theories of Edward Deming and the history of the Six Sigma program. Steeped in real world application, it presents numerous examples, as well as copies of actual implementation guides used by Motorola.
This new and significantly revised edition of Implementing Six Sigma goes well beyond traditional Six Sigma methodologies, introducing an enhanced roadmap- S4/IEE (Smarter Six Sigma Solutionssm/Integrated Enterprise Excellence). This cutting-edge approach offers a solution to the common problem of sustaining Six Sigma activities and downplays the traditional policy stating that Six Sigma projects must have a defined defect. A variety of plans, checklists, metrics, and warnings of potential pitfalls provide thorough preparation for anyone implementing Six Sigma strategies. With new coverage of Six Sigma infrastructure building, benchmarking, and real-world" lessons learned, " this Second Edition is the best available tool for implementing these powerful, profit-building strategies.
Performance Management: Changing Behavior that Drives Organizational Effectiveness
by Aubrey C. Daniels
from Performance Management Publications
The "R+ Book", Fourth Edition: More than a revision - An evolution!
The definitive text on Performance Management (PM) will always be a work in progress because science is a work in progress. Performance Management offers strategies gained through ongoing research and successful PM applications in businesses and industries around the world.
Since the 1989 publication of the third edition of this book, both scientists and practitioners have made continual advances in behavior-based performance enhancement. Dr. Aubrey C. Daniels and James E. Daniels now share those innovations and insights in a reorganized and expanded text. The upgraded material - conveniently divided into the two sections of Theory and Application - includes new chapters aimed specifically at addressing workplace performance issues:
The Science of Behavior in Business
Being a Proactive Manager
Separating Behavior from Non-Behavior
Evaluating Performance Change
Finding and Creating Reinforcers
Delivering Reinforcers
Learn to:
Recognize the observable effects of positive and negative reinforcement, punishment, and penalty in the work environment.
Optimally employ positive consequences to inspire discretionary effort™ from any member of your organization.
Design training, verbal instruction, and other antecedents to clearly communicate required and desired workplace behaviors.
Eliminate negative evaluation processes after reading "The 10 Top Reasons Why Traditional Performance Appraisals Produce Little Value to Organizations."
If you've read a previous edition of this book, here are some of the updates you can expect in this new version.
Performance Management, 4th edition;
is updated in terms of research and practice over the last twenty years.
is organized into three helpful sections; Theory, Application and Implementation.
has several new chapters. The most notable are two in the Theory Section on Behavior. There are also new chapters on evaluating performance change and planning reinforcement.
has twice as many references, reflecting the additional research included.
has more cartoons to add more R+ to your reading! is generally updated in examples and language.
The basic concepts in this book are the same as in previous editions, although some concepts have been added (i.e. Establishing Operations) and the terminology has been updated to be more consistent with current research.
Though focused on the needs of employees and employers alike, this technology also applies to parents, partners, athletes, or artists. If you want to improve performance of ANY kind with the latest proven methods, add the Fourth Edition of the R+ book to your library, today! Over 500,000 copies in print.
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