Integrating Inspection Management into Your Quality Improvement System

The inspection of product and process has been a mainstay of quality programs since the inception of manufacturing processes. The purpose of this book is to bring inspection-based systems into the light of modern quality programs and show how they can, with integration, provide support for making big quality gains with little quality investment. This information could be an advantage for any company, small or large, manufacturing or service, that wants to play in the high-quality ballpark but cannot afford the heavy, upfront expenditures that are often necessary in traditional approaches. And it is especially important for those companies that want to establish programs that will work for the future as well as in today’s challenging business world. Contents: Preface Chapter 1: A Re-introduction to Inspection Management Chapter 2: The Measurement of Inspection Performance Chapter 3: The Fundamental Importance of Sensors Chapter 4: Acceptance Sampling Principles Chapter 5: Product and Process Control Plans Chapter 6: Product and Process Adjustment Systems Chapter 7: Integrating A Set of Similar Inspections Chapter 8: Integrating a Set of Dissimilar Inspections Chapter 9: Adaptive Inspection Systems Chapter 10: Inspection Systems in Total Quality Management Chapter 11: The Future of Inspection Bibliography