ASQ Statistics Division Newsletter: Winter 1991 – Winter 1991

Abstract: The articles in this newsletter are Chair's Message, Hunter Award, the Youden Memorial Address "Synthesis: The Forgotten Methodology" by William A. Golomski, the Mini-Paper "Statistical Thinking and Its Contribution to Total Quality" by Ronald D. Snee, and the Mini-Paper "Rediscovery of the Engineering Function as a Critical Factor in Customer Satisfaction" by Michael B. Emery.

Keywords: Total quality - Statistical thinking - Design of experiments (DOE) - sources of variation - Common cause - Special cause - Analyze - Synthesis - Exploratory data analysis (EDA) - Continuous process improvement - Statistical process control