The Quality Toolbox

by Nancy R Tague

Overview

This book provides tools that are less commonly used and some tools that the author, Nancy Tague, created. Inside you'll find tools for generating and organizing ideas, evaluating ideas, analyzing processes, determining root causes, planning, basic data handling, and statistics. In this third edition, six new tools were added (i.e., DFMEA and PMFEA) along with a section on Quality 4.0 and suggested quality tools that can help facilitate practitioners looking to implement Quality 4.0 concepts. The use of icons with each tool description tells the reader at a glance what kind of tool it is and where it is used within the improvement process.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781636941226
Publisher:	ASQ Quality Press
Publication date:	12/31/2023
Edition description:	3rd ed.
Pages:	596
Sales rank:	428,982
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.21(d)

About the Author

As manager of performance improvement for Albemarle Corporation, Nancy R. Tague was responsible for supporting quality improvement efforts company-wide. She has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in chemical engineering from Rice University, and held chemical engineering positions within Albemarle’s research and development organization that were directed at chemical process improvement and new process design and evaluation. Tague has leveraged her experiences to develop and teach classes in quality improvement concepts and methods to hundreds of people around the world, and to facilitate many teams applying these methods to diverse work processes.

Editorial Reviews

Offers instructions to all members of the TQM team for using tools for assessment such as matrices and flowcharts, data collection and analysis techniques, and other tools for analyzing processes, discovering causes, and generating ideas. Includes numerous diagrams, charts, and checklist examples, and a Tool Matrix chart to help users find the right tool for a particular situation. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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