| Description |
1 online resource (145 pages) |
| Contents |
Intro; Table of Contents; Contents -- Summary; Translators' Preface; Foreword; I Introduction; Preface; Step 1. Establishing the Quality Standard; Step 2. Establishing a Section to Evaluate Quality; Step 3. Establishing Inspection Standards; Step 4. Selection of Inspection Methods; Step 5. Investigation of the Current State of Quality; Technical Terms Used in Quality Control; II Probability and Statistical Inference; Measures of Central Tendency; Measure of Variability; III Sampling Inspection; Specifying an Acceptable Proportion of Defective Items; IV Application of Sampling Inspection |
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V Quality Control of the Production ProcessAppendixStatistical Tables for Sampling Inspection; Thoughts on The Road to Quality Control -- The Industrial Application of Statistical Quality Control by Homer M. Sarasohn; Introduction; Quality Management; Use of Acceptance Sampling; Control Chart Methods; Theory vs. Practice; Some Other Books of the Era; Conclusions; References; Homer Sarasohn and American Involvement in the Evolution of Quality Management in Japan, 1945-1950*; 1 Introduction; 2 Events Prior to 1945; 3 1945-1947; 4 1948-1950; 5 Conclusions; 6 Key Sources of Information |
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AcknowledgementsReferences; Résumé; Appendix: Notes on the Text; End User License Agreement |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Technology.
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Technology
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Quality Control.
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Technology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tanaka, Yutaka
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Woodall, William
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| ISBN |
9781119514985 |
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1119514983 |
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