significantly to Japan’s proliferation of statistical quality control after World War II.1 In July of 1950, Dr. Deming was invited to Japan by the Union of Japanese Scientists (JUSE) and Engineers to lecture his “Eight Day Course on Quality Control” at the Auditorium of Japan Medical Association in Kanda-Surugadai, Tokyo. In addition to his “Eight Day Course on Quality Control,” Dr. Deming’s taught a “One-Day Course on Quality Control for Top Management.”1 During his stay in Japan, Dr. Deming taught
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Suppliers, Cost, Price Tag, and Assurance Price and Cost “When you stop to think about what price is, are you talking about the price tag or are you talking about the cost, the total cost” (Dr. W. Edwards Deming as cited in Encyclopedia Britannica Education Corporation, 1984). “. . . [I]t is total cost that is important not the price tag on what you buy” (Dr. W. Edwards Deming as cited in Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982). These words, or others along these same lines, are probably some
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CASE STUDY 5: Statistical Process Control Ikrom Abdullaev M0158958 Shamil Tlukashaev Chuan Lai Exercise A: Control Charts for Variables Step 1: Gather data Four samples of five observations (launches) each were arranged in tabular form. The mean and range for each sample determined and computed the mean of the means and the mean of the ranges. Data Table SampleNumber | Observation 1 2 3
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Quality Data Collection HCS/588 February 13, 2012 Pam Crocker Quality Data Collection Quality is considered a vague concept that can be subjective and unscientific. However, quality can become a definitive concept by collecting and analyzing data. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) evidence based measures defines quality of care. For example, administering aspirin for acute myocardial infarction patients, making sure that pneumonia patients receive antibiotics in a timely manner
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1. Modern Electronics specializes in manufacturing modern electronic components. It also builds the equipment that produces the components. Modern Electronics is considering building a new facility but the estimated profits would be impacted by the type of market that develops. The probability for a strong market is 0.3; for a fair market is 0.5; and for a poor market is 0.2. You are responsible for advising the president of Modern Electronics on the type facility that should be built or to not
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The Preston plant of Rendall Graphics was located in Preston, Vancouver. The plant was bought from the Georgetown Corporation by Rendall in March 2000. The plant produced Precision coated papers for ink-jet printers which accounted for the majority of the plant’s output. The plant started to experience problems in the quality of their output of the ink-jet paper and had received feedback in late 1998 from Hewlett-Packard (HP) about the problem. The team at Preston worked to resolve the problem and
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January 2000 • Then made revisions for a new improved coating formula • They were also making a loss of $2 million for the year Slipping out of control • Spring 2000, productivity, scrap and re-work levels = poor • Because of this the company increased the speed of the line and made a lot of changes to raise productivity o No discipline, concept of control o Only worried that product was shipped within specification • Hewlett – Packard (their main customer) analyzed the report, saw that they
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UNIT III STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL AND PROCESS CAPABILITY 9 Meaning and significance of statistical process control (SPC) – construction of control charts for variables and attributed. Process capability – meaning, significance and measurement – Six sigma concepts of process capability. Reliability concepts – definitions, reliability in series and parallel, product life characteristics curve.Total productive maintenance (TMP) – relevance to TQM, Terotechnology. Business process re-engineering (BPR)
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Diagram……………………………………………………………... 4 • Control Charts…………………………………………………………………………. 4 • Hypothesis Testing………………………………………………………………….…. 4 Methodology…………………………………………………………………………………….. 4 • Sampling Plan……………………………………………………………………….… 4 • Instruments & Materials……………………………………………………………..…5 • Procedure…………………………………………………………………………...…. 5 Analysis………………………………………………………………………………………… 6 • Histogram……………………………………………………………………………… 6 • Cause-and-Effect Diagram………………………………………………………...…… 6 • Control Chart……………………………………………………………………
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Selection criteria for components supplier………………………………………….13 4.3 Supplier selection system…………………………………………………………………….14 4.4 Outcome of supplier selection process………………………………………………..15 4 Statistical Process Control…………………………………………………………………………16 5.1 Process identification…………………………………………………………………………..17 5.2 Statistical Control Chart………………………………………………………………………18
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