Statistical Quality Design and Control: Contemporary Concepts and Methods [Hardcover]

Richard E. DeVor (Author), Tsong-how Chang (Author), John W. Sutherland (Author)

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In presenting the material, the book makes rich use of detailed actual case studies to illustrate the concepts and methods at work. Emphasis is placed on both the philosophical/conceptual underpinnings and the techniques and methods of SPC and DOE. The concepts and methods of Taguchi for quality design are combined with more traditional experimental design methods to promote the importance of viewing quality from an engineering design perspective.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 809 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (January 3, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 002329180X
• ISBN-13: 978-0023291807
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.4 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #337,369 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book for understanding the concepts of DOE Analysis, June 14, 2000

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This review is from: Statistical Quality Design and Control: Contemporary Concepts and Methods (Hardcover)

This book deals with the concepts behind quality engineering from Deming to Taguchi. The meat of the book resides in demonstrating the power of orthogonal and sequential experimentation in understanding and modeling processes. Good case studies are provided to demonstrate real world application of this powerful analysis tool.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Teachs well with boring style, August 15, 2002

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"poiet_bilkent" (Turkey, Bilkent) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Statistical Quality Design and Control: Contemporary Concepts and Methods (Hardcover)

This quality book consists of statistical quality analysis for the students who know probability and statistics well. The subjects are well organized and this gives a good oppotunity to begin the quality analysis. Beside these, the book is not efficent in terms of reading. The sentences and words chosen sometimes become boring. So try to look up the inside of the book before buying and then decide if possible.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Poorly writen and edited, but modern in outlook, December 22, 2005

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Dennis During (Mount Vernon, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Statistical Quality Design and Control: Contemporary Concepts and Methods (Hardcover)

This text provides a modern point of view on quality. It incorporates the quality philosophy of Taguchi and the most basic of Taguchi methods. Accordingly it has a great deal to contribute to design and operations professionals.

Unfortunately a boring writing style and editing errors seriously detract from the value of the text. I may be charitable in calling some of the errors editing errors because they really are beyond what a proof-reader could be expected to catch: they are in the conceptual realm. I have not given the entire text a careful read, in part because the errors I discovered at the beginning of the text undermined my confidence in the text's presentation of subjects I knew less about.