The road to quality control : the industrial application of statistical quality control / by Homer M. Sarasohn ; translated from the Japanese by Kagaku Shinko Sha with a historical perspective by W. H. Woodall and a historical context by N. I. Fisher.
By: Sarasohn, Homer [author.]
Contributor(s): Fisher, N. I [translator,, writer of supplementary textual content.]
Language: English Original language: Japanese Publisher: Hoboken, NJ, USA : Wiley, 2019Description: 1 online resource (160 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781119514961 (Adobe PDF); 9781119514985 (ePub)Uniform titles: Hinshitsu kanri e no michi. English Subject(s): Quality control -- Standards | Quality control -- Statistical methodsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 658.5620218 LOC classification: TS156Online resources: Full text available at Wiley Online Library Click here to view| Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
N. I. Fisher is a Visiting Professor of Statistics at the University of Sydney, a management consultant, and Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Wiley journal Stat.
Y. Tanaka is a Professor Emeritus of Statistics at Okayama University and involved in quality control as a member of the teaching and consulting staff of JSA (Japan Standard Association) seminar in Osaka.
W. H. Woodall is a Professor of Statistics at Virginia Tech and a former editor of the Journal of Quality Technology (2001–2003) and Associate Editor of Technometrics (1987–1995).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Establishing the quality standard -- Establishing a section to evaluate quality -- Establishing inspection standards -- Selection of inspection methods -- Investigation of the current condition of quality -- Technical terms used in quality control -- Probability and statistical inference -- Measures of central tendency -- Measure of variability -- Sampling inspection -- Specifying an acceptable proportion of defective items -- Application of sampling inspection -- Quality control of the production process.
Professor Woodall’s essay shows that this book represents a remarkable contribution, even by today’s standards, because of its contemporary thinking about the relationship between the specific topic of SQC and the broader company context of Quality Management. It also demonstrates the remarkable awareness of at least some young US engineers in the post-war period about the vital role of Statistical Quality Control in establishing and maintaining a competitive position. The book reveals that there was unsuspected knowledge extant immediately post-war, about the importance of Statistical Quality Control when appropriately applied in an industrial setting. It also helps to correct wide-spread historical misconceptions about who specifically was responsible for helping Japanese industry get back on its feet post-war, a task assigned to General Douglas Macarthur by President Truman and how Macarthur was indebted to Sarasohn.
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