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Newsletter Archive - full copies of past Division newsletters
Statistics Body of Knowledge - our library content below focuses on the topics in this listing.
Some Suggestions for Successful Statistical Process Control
Mini Paper Taken from the Spring 2001 Newsletter
This Mini Paper provides suggestions to address three reasons that statistical process control (SPC) implementations sometimes fail...
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2001-03
- Keywords:Statistical process control, Out of control action plan, False alarms, Control charts, Measurement systems validation
A Perspective on Models and the Quality Sciences: Some Challenges and Future Directions
Winter 1999 Youden Address
This address advocates for the improvement of the outdated Shewhart model used in statistical process control and answers the criticism of those opponents who believe that the Shewhart control chart is the only one needed to fit all situations...
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 1999-01
- Keywords:Control charts, Statistical process control, Time Series Data, Statistical Methods, Industrial experiments, Inductive learning
Smooth Work Flow Lowers Complexity and Raises Your Output
Mini Paper Taken from the Fall 1996 Newsletter
This Mini Paper presents Goldratt’s Theory of Constraints model for improving work flow and reducing complexity and shows how two different manufacturing organizations have implemented them...
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 1996-09
- Keywords:Goldratt’s theory of constraints model, Process management, Variance Reduction
How Do World Class Organizations Use Statistics? ( A Study of Best Practices)
Mini Paper Taken from the Winter 1995 Newsletter
This paper outlines the dimensions of an ideal implementation of statistical methods for improving organizational performance...
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 1995-12
- Keywords:Statistical process control, Statistical thinking
Communication: The Key to an Engineer’s Success
Mini Paper Taken from the Spring 1995 Newsletter
This paper presents four key aspects for successful communication...
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 1995-03
- Keywords:Communication
Youden Address: Enhancing the Bottom-Line Impact of Statistical Methods
In Vol. 15, No.2 Winter 1995 Statistics Division Newsletter
This Youden address seeks to stimulate changes within the statistics community that will lead statistical methods to reach their full potential bottom-line impact...
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 1995-01
- Keywords:Statistical process control, Robust design, Inventory, Managerial systems, Scientific method, Bayesian, Statistical thinking, Systems thinking, Response surface methodology, Interactions, Control charts
Pedal Faster – They’re Gaining on Us
1994 Youden Address
This address proposes solutions for statisticians to reverse the downward spiral trend affecting organizations and to propose a new role for statsiticians...
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 1994-01
- Keywords:Synthesis, affinity diagrams, interrelationship digraph, Tree Diagram, prioritization matrix, matrix diagram, process decision program chart, activity network diagram.
Design, Marketing and Quality Management: Parts of a Whole
Youden Address Appearing in Winter 1992 Newsletter
The successful integration of Quality Management, the marketing function, and en!..
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 1992-01
- Keywords:Preference Models, Conjoint Analysis, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Utility Curve, Fractional factorial
Statistical Thinking and Its Contribution to Total Quality
Mini Paper Appearing in Winter 1991 Newsletter
This paper examines statistical thinking and its role in total quality...
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 1991-01
- Keywords:Total quality, Statistical thinking, sources of variation, Common cause, Special cause
The Alluring Sugar Crystal
Mini Paper Appearing in the Fall 1989 Newsletter
This paper discusses Quality Control Circles...
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 1989-09
- Keywords:Quality Control Circle (QCC), Quality Management, Process improvement