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Six Sigma Quality Improvement with Minitab, Second Edition

Name: Six Sigma Quality Improvement with Minitab, Second Edition
Author: G. Robin Henderson
ISBN: 9780470741757

by G. Robin Henderson

September 2011

Intermediate to advanced

524 pages

15h 22m

English

Wiley

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Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Foreword
Preface
RationaleContentUsing the Book
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Chapter 1: Introduction
Overview1.1 Quality and Quality Improvement1.2 Six Sigma Quality Improvement1.3 The Six Sigma Roadmap and DMAIC1.4 The Role of Statistical Methods in Six Sigma1.5 Minitab and Its Role in the Implementation of Statistical Methods1.6 Exercises and follow-up Activities
Chapter 2: Data Display, Summary and Manipulation
Overview2.1 The Run Chart – a First Minitab session2.2 Display and Summary of Univariate Data2.3 Data Input, Output, Manipulation and Management2.4 Exercises and Follow-up Activities

Chapter 3: Exploratory Data Analysis, Display and Summary of Multivariate Data
Overview3.1 Exploratory Data Analysis3.2 Display and Summary of Bivariate and Multivariate Data3.4 Exercises and follow-up Activities
Chapter 4: Statistical Models
Overview4.1 Fundamentals of Probability4.2 Probability Distributions for Counts and Measurements4.3 Distribution of Means and Proportions4.4 Multivariate Normal Distribution4.5 Statistical Models Applied to Acceptance Sampling4.6 Exercises and follow-up Activities
Chapter 5: Control Charts
Overview5.1 Shewhart Charts for Measurement Data5.2 Shewhart Charts for Attribute Data5.3 Time-weighted Control Charts5.4 Process Adjustment5.5 Multivariate Control Charts5.6 Exercises and follow-up Activities
Chapter 6: Process Capability Analysis
Overview6.1 Process Capability6.2 Exercises and Follow-up Activities
Chapter 7: Process Experimentation with a Single Factor
Overview7.1 Fundamentals of Hypothesis Testing7.2 Tests and Confidence Intervals for the Comparison of Means and Proportions with a Standard7.3 Tests and Confidence Intervals for the Comparison of two Means or Two Proportions7.4 The Analysis of Paired Data – t-tests and Sign Tests7.5 Experiments with a Single Factor Having More Than Two Levels7.6 Blocking in single-factor Experiments7.7 Experiments with a Single Factor, with More Than Two Levels, where the Response is a Proportion7.8 Tests for Equality of Variances7.9 Exercises and Follow-up Activities
Chapter 8: Process Experimentation with Two or More Factors
Overview8.1 General factorial experiments8.2 Full Factorial Experiments in the 2k Series8.3 Fractional Factorial Experiments in the 2k−p Series8.4 Taguchi Experimental Designs8.5 Exercises and Follow-Up Activities
Chapter 9: Evaluation of Measurement Processes
9.1 Overview9.2 Measurement Process Concepts9.3 Gauge Repeatability and Reproducibility Studies9.4 Comparison of Measurement Systems9.5 Attribute Scenarios9.6 Exercises and Follow-Up Activities
Chapter 10: Regression and Model Building
Overview10.1 Regression with a Single Predictor Variable10.2 Multiple Regression10.3 Response Surface Methods10.4 Categorical Data and Logistic Regression10.5 Exercises and Follow-Up Activities
Chapter 11: Learning More and Further Minitab
Overview11.1 Learning More about Minitab and Obtaining Help11.2 Macros11.3 Further Features of Minitab11.4 Quality Companion11.5 Postscript
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3
Charts Based on Variables (Measurements)Charts Based on Attributes (Counts)
Appendix 4
References
Index

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Appendix 3

Formulae for Control Charts

The constants in the following formulae may be found in Appendix

Charts Based on Variables (Measurements)

Individuals Chart

Moving Range Chart

Mean or Xbar Chart (Range Based)

Range Chart

Mean or Xbar Chart (Standard Deviation Based)

Standard Deviation Chart

EWMA Chart

where denotes an estimate of the process standard deviation and α denotes the smoothing constant.

Charts Based on Attributes (Counts)

Proportion Nonconforming (P) Chart

Number Nonconforming (NP) Chart

Count of Nonconformities (P) Chart

Mean Number of Nonconformities per Unit (U) ...

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