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The quality toolbox / Nancy R. Tague.

By: Tague, Nancy R, 1955- [author ].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Milwaukee, Wisconsin : Quality Press, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Edition: Third edition.Description: 596 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781636941226 (paperback); 1636941222 (paperback).Subject(s): Quality control | Production management -- Quality control | Organizational effectiveness | Industrial management | Group problem solving | Self-directed work teamsAdditional physical formats: Electronic version : The quality toolboxDDC classification: 658.4036 Also available in electronic form.
Contents:
How to use this book -- Mega-tools: quality management systems -- The quality improvement process -- Quality improvement stories -- The tools.
Summary: "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."-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Notes Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 658.4036 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available MTU Cork Module MGMT6039-Core reading. 00198290
Total holds: 0

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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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

How to use this book -- Mega-tools: quality management systems -- The quality improvement process -- Quality improvement stories -- The tools.

"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."-- Provided by publisher.

MTU Cork Module MGMT6039 - Core reading.

Also available in electronic form.