Quality Control/Quality Assurance and Improvement - ASET 130 Textbook

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Quality Control/Quality Assurance and Improvement presents a structured overview of QC and related quality management concepts for production and service environments. It explains quality control as a procedure to review factors affecting quality, links the topic to ISO 9000 definitions, and positions QC/QA as a required course within the ASET curriculum. The contents further cover quality improvement tools, lean enterprise and Six Sigma, statistical process control, and core statistics and probability fundamentals.

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INTRODUCTION

QUALITY CONTROL

QUALITY IMPROVEMENT TOOLS

Quality Improvement

Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA)

Quality Functional Deployment (QFD)

ISO 9000

ISO 14000

Benchmarking

Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)

The 5S Foundation

Quality by Design

Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA)

Product Liability

Information Technology (IT)

Programmable logic controller

LEAN ENTERPRISE

Type of Waste

Categories of Waste

The concept of Flow

Inventory Control

Visual Management

Value Stream

Kaizen

Value Stream Map (VSM)

Implementing Lean

SIX SIGMA

Define

Measure

Analyze

Improve

Control

GOVERNMENT "QC/QA" AGENCIES

STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL (SPC)

FUNDAMENTALS OF STATISTICS

Definition of Statistics

Collecting of Data

Grouped Data

Other Types Frequency Distribution Graphs

Measures of Central Tendency

Measures of dispersion

Population and a Sample

Test for Normality

CONTROL CHARTS FOR VARIANCES

FUNDAMENTALS OF PROBABILITY

QUALITY ASSURANCE

# Quality Control/QualityAssurance and Improvement Boris Zubry https://archive.org/details/qualitycontrolqu0000bori # Quality Control/Quality Assurance and ImprovementASET 130-TEXTBOOK ByBoris Zubry Custom Edition Community College of Philadelphia1700 Spring Garden Street,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania 19130 @2018 by Boris Zubry All rights reserved.No part of this book may be reproduced,stored in the retrieval system,ortransmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publishers,except by areviewer who may quote brief passages in a review to be printed in the media. First Edition All characters in this book are fictitious and any resemblance to a real person,living or dead,iscoincidental. ISBN-13:978-0-359-26770-5 Printed in the United States of America Zubry Publishing -ZP- Princeton,USA bzubry@ccp.edu To students yearning to learn,To the esteemed colleges eager to teach. # QUALITY CONTROL Contents: INTRODUCTION: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………8 Objective: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………9 Introduction:………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………11 QUALITY IMPROVEMENT TOOLS…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………15 Quality Improvement. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………15 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA):……………………………………………………………………………………………15 Quality Functional Deployment(QFD)……………………………………………………………………………………………………18 ISO 9000:………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………20 ISO 14000:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………21 Benchmarking.:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………23 Total Productive Maintenance(TPM):……………………………………………………………………………………………………24 The 5S Foundation………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………25 Quality by Design:……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………27 Design for Manufacturing and Assembly(DFMA):……………………………………………………………………………28 Product Liability:……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………31 Information Technology (IT):………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………3 Programmable logic controller: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………34 LEAN ENTERPRISE:……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………36 Type of Waste: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………37 Categories of Waste: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………38 The concept of Flow………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………40 Inventory Control:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………43 Visual Management: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………46 Value Stream:……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………48 Kaizen: …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………49 Value Stream Map (VSM):……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………50 Implementing Lean……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………53 Implementing the Lean Proces…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………53 Suggested Lean Implementation Steps……………………………………………………………………………………………………54 SIX SIGM……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………64 Define……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………6 Measure:………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………67 Analyze: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………68 Improve:………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………69 Control.:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………70 GOVERNMENT“QC/QA”AGENCIES………………………………………………………………………………………………………71 STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL(SPC)……………………………………………………………………………………………………74 FUNDAMENTALS OF STATISTICS…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………87 Definition of Statistics………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………87 Collecting of Data:…………………………………………………………………………………

FAQs

What does ISO 9000 define as quality control?

ISO 9000 defines quality control as “A part of quality management focused on fulfilling quality requirements.”

Why is quality control considered a necessary function in the business environment?

Quality control is described as an integrated part of any modern successful organization and a necessary function in the present business environment.

What topics are covered under quality improvement and quality assurance?

The contents include quality improvement tools (such as FMEA, QFD, ISO 9000/14000, benchmarking, TPM, and 5S), lean enterprise concepts, Six Sigma (Define/Measure/Analyze/Improve/Control), statistical process control, and fundamentals of statistics and probability.

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