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 The latest experimental design techniques for quality improvement"The methods taught in this book are a major contribution to statistical methods as an aid to engineers, as well as to those in industry, education, or government who are trying to understand the meaning of fi gures derived from comparisons or experiments." -- W. EDWARDS DEMING
Co-written by three recipients of the Deming Medal awarded by the American Society for Quality (ASQ), Quality Improvement through Planned Experimentation, Third Edition discusses the principles and methodologies for planning and conductingexperiments to improve products, processes, or systems.
Fully revised with up-to-date case studies and incorporating new software, this authoritative guide fosters the sequential building of knowledge essential for implementing effective improvements. End-of-chapter exercises reinforce what you've learned, and forms for designing planned experiments help you to integrate themethods in the book into your daily work. The methods of planned experimentation provide an opportunity to better meet the needs of customers, reduce costs, and increase productivity by effecting verifiably beneficial changes.
COVERAGE INCLUDES: * Improvement of quality * Principles for design and analysis of planned experiments * Experiments with one factor * Experiments with more than one factor * Reducing the size of experiments * Evaluating sources of variation* Sequential experimentation * Using a time series response variable * Designs with factors at more than two levels * Applications in health care * New product design
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Quality Improvement Through Planned Experimentation 3/E

Business & Money

Provost, Lloyd P.

Nolan, Thomas W.

Moen, Ronald

Management & Leadership

McGraw=Hill

The Improvement Guide: A Practical Approach to Enhancing Organizational Performance

This new edition of this bestselling guide offers an integrated approach to process improvement that delivers quick and substantial results in quality and productivity in diverse settings. The authors explore their Model for Improvement that worked with international improvement efforts at multinational companies as well as in different industries such as healthcare and public agencies. This edition includes new information that shows how to accelerate improvement by spreading changes across multiple sites. The book presents a practical tool kit of ideas, examples, and applications.

Langley, Gerald J.

Nolan, Kevin M.

Norman, Clifford L.

Moen, Ronald D.

Jossey-Bass

This guide offers an integrated approach to process improvement that delivers quick and substantial results in quality and productivity in diverse settings.

Improve quality and productivity in most any organization Based on W. Edwards Deming's model, this guide offers an integrated approach to testing and improvement?one that is designed to deliver quick and substantial results. Using simple stories to illustrate core ideas, the authors?all active consultants?introduce a new, flexible model for improving quality and productivity in diverse settings. They draw from research conducted in a variety of areas?manufacturing, government, and schools?to present a practical tool kit of ideas, examples, and applications. What's more, they've included a Resource Guide to Change Concepts so even beginners can utilize the tested techniques of some of the world's most experienced practitioners.

The Improvement Guide: A Practical Approach to Enhancing Organizational Performance (Jossey Bass Business & Management Series)

Jossey-Bass Inc Pub

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