Popular manufacturing myths : eliminating widely held beliefs that reduce competitiveness /: eliminating widely held beliefs that reduce competitiveness. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Douglas B. Relyea.
• Authors: Relyea, Douglas B
• Contents: Introduction to Manufacturing Myths; The Human Factor; Natural Variation; An Adjustment Is an Adjustment; Is It Ok if I Tweak?; ; Expectational Myths; Expectational Myths; Two Safety-Related Expectational Myths; Safety versus Productivity; Accident Reports; Remedy; Quality-Related Expectational Myth; Productivity versus Quality; The Sales and Marketing Connection; Dispelling the Myths; ; Data Myths; Dispelling the Myths; The Reality of Collecting Shop Floor Data; Misuse of Data; In Conclusion; ; Our Process Is Different; Management Myth: Our Process Is Different; The Control Chart; A Process Is a Process; Operators; In Conclusion; Reference; ; Measurement Process Myths; The Measurement Process; People; Measured Product; Measurement Procedures; Measurement Equipment; Accuracy versus Precision; Accuracy; Precision; Resolution versus Discrimination; Resolution; Discrimination; In Conclusion Only Adjust One Process Parameter at a Time; Evolutionary Optimization; Not Uncommon; Classes of Problems; Interactions; The Problem-Solving Matrix; The Interaction Plot; In Conclusion Raw Material Myths; Dispelling the Myth; Dispelling This Myth; In Conclusion Addendum; Control Charts; Process Capability Studies; Standard Deviation; Evolutionary Optimization; ; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Productivity Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (135 pages), (25 illustrations)
• Subjects: 658.5; Manufacturing processes; Competition; Profit
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781466566897; 1466566892
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.