... designs, enhancing adaptability to diverse process monitoring needs. © Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Control charts CUSUM chart Quality control Statistical process control Solar panels manufacturing Average number of defectives...

... colleagues. They, too, must understand the “payback” – the support they offer will be proportionate to that understanding and their assessment of the value of that payback. If the “norm of utility” is to be satisfied, such understanding is essential. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Statistical process...

... (Phadke, 1989). © MCB UP Limited 2001 Taguchi methods Statistical process control Design of experiments Dr Genichi Taguchi is a Japanese quality management consultant who has developed and promoted a philosophy and methodology for continuous quality improvement in products...

...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...