Search Results - subject:"Control Charts"

Economic design of X‐ control charts: insights on design variables

Chen, Wen‐Hsien; Tirupati, Devanath - In: International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 14 (1997) 3, pp. 234-259

Statistical process control charts have long been used as tools to ensure high quality of process output. A substantial … amount of literature has been reported on the economic design of control charts by considering the trade‐offs between …

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An economic comparison of inspection and control charting using simulation

Tannock, James D.T. - In: International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 14 (1997) 7, pp. 687-699

Control charts for statistical quality control have been the subject of academic study for many years. Various …

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The economic design of control charts when there are dependent process steps

Yang, Su‐Fen - In: International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 14 (1997) 6, pp. 606-615

control charts can be determined by minimizing the cost model using a simple grid search method. Gives an example to …

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An optimal design of joint X ‐ and S control charts using quadratic loss function

Yang, Su‐Fen - In: International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 14 (1997) 9, pp. 948-966

Cost models for the design of control charts based on Duncan’s approach have been studied in recent years. Presents a … ‐ and S control charts. …

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Statistical process control and forecasting

Atienza, O.O.; Ang, B.W.; Tang, L.C. - In: International Journal of Quality Science 2 (1997) 1, pp. 37-51

Explores the relationships between statistical process control (SPC) and forecasting procedures. While both procedures are often applied and used in different contexts, a careful analysis shows that they go through the same stages that culminate in process or forecast monitoring. This apparent...

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Improving the application of quality conformance tools in service firms

Jensen, John B.; Markland, Robert E. - In: Journal of Services Marketing 10 (1996) 1, pp. 35-55

Explains that, as global competition changes the expanding service sector, quality will play an increasingly pivotal role in both attracting and retaining service customers. Reveals that research into service quality has addressed two important dimensions: promoting quality through the design of...

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Simulation for training in quality control

Freeman, Jim; Evangeliou, Nikolaos - In: Training for Quality 4 (1996) 1, pp. 27-31

Demonstrates the training value of a new computer‐aided learning package, SQCC_ATT. Control charts are used extensively … different working assumptions. Warns about the potential for misuse of control charts by untrained and inexperienced staff …

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Learning to learn ‐ from facts to knowledge

Starkey, Michael; Brewin, Roger; Owen, Mal - In: Training for Quality 4 (1996) 4, pp. 6-11

Discusses Shewhart’s control charts and how they have been confined traditionally to the shopfloor in manufacturing …

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Measuring processes for profit

Cartwright, Graham; Hogg, Bill - In: The TQM Magazine 8 (1996) 1, pp. 26-30

Presents a structured and radically new approach to SPC. Applied to measure any process within an organization. A hierarchy of charts creates ownership of the process, which ultimately measures success against “World‐class” standards. Adopted successfully by teams, vastly reduces the time...

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The economic design of x ‐ control charts under a preventive maintenance policy

Chiu, Huan‐Neng; Huang, Bo‐Shi - In: International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 13 (1996) 1, pp. 61-71

Studies the economic design of x ‐ control charts in a situation in which the duration time that the process remains in … periodically. Addresses first the relationship between preventive maintenance and x ‐ control charts. A cost function which is … situation previously mentioned. Presents the advantages of the combination of a preventive maintenance policy and x ‐ control …

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