Statistical process control for multistage manufacturing and service operations: A review and some extensions

International Journal of Services Operations and Informatics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 191-204

  Tsung, Fugee ^a   Li, Yanting ^a   Jin, Ming ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Multistage manufacturing process; Multistage service industry; SPC; State space model; Statistical process control

Indexed keywords

PROCESS MONITORING; STATE SPACE METHODS;

EFFECTIVE APPROACHES; MONITORING AND DIAGNOSIS; MULTISTAGE MANUFACTURING; MULTISTAGE MANUFACTURING PROCESS; PRODUCT AND SERVICES; SERVICE INDUSTRIES; STATE - SPACE MODELS; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROLS (SPC);

STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 48949116367     PISSN: 1741539X     EISSN: 17415403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSOI.2008.019333     Document Type: Review

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