1A Review of the Basic Concepts
1.1 Introduction
In the present century, quality engineering techniques have turned into applicable and effective tools for attaining advanced design and manufacturing technology as well as mass-production processes. The rationale behind these techniques from the very beginning was to help mass-production lines. It was only later that such methods were developed into useful instruments for other activities in the organization (both for pre-production activities such as product design, and for subsequent activities like after-sales services. Appropriate techniques are developed depending on the type of organization. The evolution path for quality engineering techniques (QET) (passing from low to high quality) ...
