Six Sigma Case Studies with Minitab®

Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing

What happens when one of the most widely used quality improvement

methodologies meets the world’s leading statistical software for quality

improvement? Packed with case studies in a variety of sectors, including health

care, manufacturing, airlines, and fast food restaurants, Six Sigma Case Studies

with Minitab

®

shows you how to maximize the quality analysis and improvement

tools available in Minitab

®

for your Six Sigma projects.

Highly illustrated, the book includes detailed steps and more than 380 screenshots

that explain how to use:

• Condence Interval Estimation

• Hypothesis Testing

• Chi-Square Analysis

• Process Capability Analysis

• Binary Logistic Regression

• Item Analysis

• Cluster Analysis

• Mixture Design and Analysis of Experiments

• Multivariate Analysis

• Pareto Charts

• Cause-and-Effect Diagrams

• Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility Analysis

• Taguchi Design and Analysis of Experiments

• Factorial Design and Analysis of Experiments

• Statistical Control Charts

The case studies demonstrate the wide range of sectors and uses for Six Sigma

and Minitab

®

. The screenshots provide exceptional detail and the book includes

explanations for many Six Sigma terms and an appendix with the contents of the

Minitab

®

worksheets that are referred to in most of the chapters. These features

and more give you the tools to meet the challenges of continuous improvement

expected in today’s marketplace.

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Six Sigma

Case Studies

with Minitab

®

Six Sigma

Case Studies

with Minitab

®

Kishore K. Pochampally

Surendra M. Gupta

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