... designs, enhancing adaptability to diverse process monitoring needs. Salah Haridy can be contacted at: sharidy@sharjah.ac.ae © Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Control charts CUSUM chart Quality control Statistical process control...

...John Man Briefly outlines the six sigma methodology and shows how it might be adopted as a model that can enable “adult learners” to engage in “lifelong” learning within their organizations and within their personal lives. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Statistical process control Adult...

... Statistical process control Design of experiments © MCB UP Limited 2001 Figure 1 illustrates a template for the model of a paper helicopter which can be made from an A4 size paper. It forms the basis of a simple experiment, requiring only simple items such as paper, scissors and paper clips...

...Jiju Antony; Alejandro Balbontin; Tolga Taner Continuous improvement of product, process and service quality is important for today’s organisations to remain competitive in global marketplaces. Statistical process control (SPC) is an important and powerful technique for the continuous improvement...

...Michael Fisher Outlines the concept of poka‐yoke (as developed by Shigeo Shingo) as a quality methodology, and contrasts it with statistical process control. Highlights the inherent simplicity and the breadth of coverage, and the way it can be used to underpin a policy of zero defect manufacturing...

...Thomas Lofthouse Taguchi defines quality in a negative manner as “the loss imparted to society from the time the product is shipped”. Explains the concept and the approach to quality improvement that arises. This approach involves statistical process control and can be daunting but the paper...