Kishore K. Pochampally, Surendra M. Gupta

Six Sigma Case Studies with Minitab (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Six Sigma is one of the most widely used quality improvement methodologies today, both in manufacturing and service industries. Minitab is a statistical software package that is often used in conjunction with Six Sigma projects.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781482205596
• Artikelnr.: 40392172

Autorenporträt

Kishore K. Pochampally, PhD, is an associate professor of quantitative studies, operations and project management at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) in Manchester (NH). His prior academic experience is as a post-doctoral fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge (MA). He earned a PhD in industrial engineering from Northeastern University in Boston. He teaches Six Sigma courses at SNHU and conducts Lean Six Sigma training at service organizations. He is a Six Sigma Black Belt (American Society for Quality) and a Project Management Professional (PMP).

Surendra M. Gupta, PhD, PE, is a professor of mechanical and industrial engineering and the director of the Laboratory for Responsible Manufacturing, Northeastern University. He earned his BE in electronics engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, his MBA from Bryant University, and his MSIE and PhD in industrial engineering from Purdue University. He is a registered professional engineer in the state of Massachusetts. Dr. Gupta's research interests are in the areas of production/manufacturing systems and operations research. He is mostly interested in environmentally conscious manufacturing, reverse and closed-loop supply chains, disassembly modeling, and remanufacturing. He has authored or coauthored more than 450 technical papers published in books, journals, and international conference proceedings. His publications have been cited by thousands of researchers all over the world in journals, proceedings, books, and dissertations. He has traveled to all seven continents-Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America-and presented his work at international conferences on six continents. Dr. Gupta has taught more than 100 courses in such areas as operations research, inventory theory, queueing theory, engineering economy, supply chain management, and production planning and control. He has received many recognitions, including the Outstanding Research Award and Outstanding Industrial Engineering Professor Award (in recognition of teaching excellence) from Northeastern University and the National Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Advisor Award.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction to Six Sigma Quality. Quality Analysis and Improvement
Tools/Techniques. Six Sigma Case Studies. Confidence Intervals to Assess
Variation in Fat Content at a Fast-Food Restaurant. Hypothesis Testing for
Quality Control at a Manufacturing Company. Chi-Square Analysis to Verify
Quality of Candy Packets. Process Capability Analysis at a Manufacturing
Company. Binary Logistic Regression to Predict Customer Satisfaction at a
Restaurant. Item Analysis and Cluster Analysis to Gather "Voice of the
Customer" (VOC) Data from Employees at a Service Firm. Mixture Designs to
Optimize Pollution Level and Temperature of Fuels. Multivariate Analysis to
Reduce Patient Waiting Time at a Medical Center. Pareto Chart and Fishbone
Diagram to Minimize Recyclable Waste Disposal in a Town. Measurement System
Analysis at a Medical Equipment Manufacturer. Taguchi Design to Improve
Customer Satisfaction of an Airline Company. Factorial Design of
Experiments to Optimize a Chemical Process. Chi-Square Test to Verify
Source Association with Parts Purchased and Products Produced.