**QualityEngineeringHandbook(SecondEdition)(pdf716)**
Publisher:Taylor&Francis,Inc.
Pub.Date:April2003
ISBN-13:9780824746148
Series:Quality&ReliabilitySer.
EditionDescription:Revised&Expanded2003
EditionNumber:2
**Synopsis**
Mostsuitableasaguidetopreparingforthecertifiedqualityengineer(CQE)exam,thishandbookdefinesformalapproachestostrategicplanning,theelementsofaqualitysystem,processesforassuringproductquality,andquantitativemethodsforperformingstatisticalanalysis.Appendicespresentstatisticalcharts.Thesecondeditioncorrectserrorsintheindex.Annotation©2003BookNews,Inc.,Portland,OR
**FromthePublisher**
Writtenbyoneoftheforemostauthoritiesonthesubject,theSecondEditioniscompletelyrevisedtoreflectthelatestchangestotheASQBodyofKnowledgefortheCertifiedQualityEngineer(CQE).Thishandbookcoverseveryessentialtopicrequiredbythequalityengineerforday-to-daypracticesinplanning,testing,finance,andmanagementandthoroughlyexaminesanddefinestheprinciplesandbenefitsofSixSigmamanagementandorganization.TheQualityEngineeringHandbookprovidesnewandexpandedsectionsonmanagementsystems,leadershipandfacilitationprinciplesandtechniques,training,customerrelations,documentationsystems,domesticandinternationalstandards,andmore.
**TableofContents**
Prefaceandacknowledgements
IManagementandleadershipinqualityengineering1
AProfessionalconductandASQCodeofEthics1
BManagementsystemsforimprovingquality3
CLeadershipprinciplesandtechniques63
DFacilitationprinciplesandtechniques76
ETraining91
FCostofquality107
GQualityphilosophiesandapproaches(e.g.,Juran,Deming,Taguchi,Ishikawa)120
HCustomerrelations,expectations,needs,andsatisfaction132
ISupplierrelationsandmanagementmethodologies160
IIQualitysystemsdevelopment,implementation,andverification173
AElementsofaqualitysystem173
BDocumentationsystems191
CDomesticandinternationalstandardsandspecifications196
DQualityaudits203
IIIPlanning,controlling,andassuringproductandprocessquality217
AProcessesforplanningproductandservicedevelopment217
BMaterialcontrol231
CAcceptancesampling242
DMeasurementsystems256
IVReliabilityandriskmanagement295
ATermsanddefinitions295
BReliabilitylifecharacteristicconcepts296
CDesignofsystemsforreliability297
DReliabilityandmaintainability302
EReliabilityfailureanalysisandreporting324
FReliability,safety,hazardassessmenttools334
VProblemsolvingandqualityimprovement361
AApproaches361
BManagementandplanningtools376
CQualitytools387
DCorrectiveaction413
EPreventiveaction414
FOvercomingbarrierstoqualityimprovement418
VIQuantitativemethods427
AConceptsofprobabilityandstatistics427
BCollectingandsummarizingdata438
CPropertiesandapplicationsofprobabilitydistributions448
DStatisticaldecision-making465
EMeasuringandmodelingrelationshipsbetweenvariables481
FDesigningexperiments507
GStatisticalProcessControl(SPC)539
HAnalyzingprocesscapability614
App.1QualityEngineerCertification(CQE)BodyofKnowledge627
App.2Qualityauditingterminology638
App.3Glossaryofbasicstatisticalterms647
App.4Areaunderthestandardnormalcurve653
App.5Criticalvaluesofthet-distribution656
App.6Chi-squaredistribution658
App.7Fdistribution(=1%)661
App.8Fdistribution(=5%)663
App.9Poissonprobabilitysums665
App.10Toleranceintervalfactors668
App.11Durbin-Watsontestbounds671
App.12yfactorsforcomputingAOQL674
App.13Controlchartconstants675
App.14Controlchartequations677
App.15Mil-Std-45662militarystandard:calibrationsystemrequirements679
App.16Tableofdvalues687
App.17PowerfunctionsforANOVA689
App.18Factorsforshortruncontrolcharts694
App.19Significantnumbersofconsecutivehighestorlowestvaluesfromonestreamofamultiple-streamprocess696
App.20Betatable:valuesofreliability697
References701
Index711