An overview of theory and practice on process capability indices for quality assurance

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 338-359

  Wu, Chien Wei ^a   Pearn, W L ^b   Kotz, Samuel ^c  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c George Washington University   (United States)

Author keywords

Expected relative loss; Fraction non conforming; Process capability indices; Process consistency; Process relative departure; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; FLOW PATTERNS; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; PROGRAMMING THEORY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EXPECTED RELATIVE LOSS; FRACTION NON-CONFORMING; PROCESS CAPABILITY INDICES; PROCESS CONSISTENCY; PROCESS RELATIVE DEPARTURE;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 58949094346     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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