Understanding Statistical Process Control
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. <br><br>While retaining the superb examples and case histories of the original, the third edition of this classic text includes new material on several important topics:<br>An expanded definition of World Class Quality, including Excess Cost of Production<br>A new Pattern Detection Guideline<br>New material on how the Western Electric Zone Tests look for different sized signals<br>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.<br>New section on the Nature of Assignable Causes and Common Causes<br>Revised material on Charts for Count-Based Data for greater clarity<br>New section on the Transformation of Data<br>Updated Bibliography<br>New, more comprehensive tables in the appendices.