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Miscellaneous
Overview
Thus far, we have discussed critical and essential approaches to continual
improvement with the goal of doing the right job on time the rst time. In
this chapter, we address some additional methodologies that organizations
may follow toward this end. They are (1) production system, (2) supplier
request for engineering approval (SREA), (3) warranty, (4) Weibull distribu-
tion, (5) failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA), (6) Six Sigma, (7) systems
engineering, and (8) value engineering. We do not want to imply that these
are not essential to continual improvement (CI); however, an organization
may choose many other methodo ...