Quality control has an emerging importance in every field of life. Quality control is a process that is used to guarantee a certain level of quality in a product or service. It might include whatever actions a business deems necessary to provide for the control and verification of certain characteristics of a product or service. With the improvement of technology everyday we meet new and compli…
This Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Best Practices Guide was developed under the direction of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP). The mission of FEMP is to reduce the cost and environmental impact of the federal government by advancing energy efficiency and water conservation, promoting the use of distributed and renewable energy, and improving util…
Committee F16 on Fasteners is very concerned with the Fastener Quality Assurance Act (FQA) of 1990, which is expected to be implemented in 1995. F16 is comprised of fastener manufacturers, users, and distributors, all of whom have a large stake in this law. As a consequence, F16 requested and sponsored me to write a manual that would show our members how to comply with the law and remain co…
Total Quality Management has now emerged as the most spectacular aspect of Management. This book covers fundamental concepts of Total Quality Management, its Principles & Practices and Tools and Techniques. Sufficient theory is presented to ensure that the reader has a sound understanding of the subject. This book will serve the instructional needs of Engineering and Management students in t…
If we follow the evolution of quality management from its early beginnings, we find that the foundations were laid centuries ago but developed along different strands. Focusing initially on checking final product against standards in an ever-increasing quest to eliminate product failure, quality management thinking moved upwards from the work place through all disciplines until it could go…
This book is a product of frustration. Quality is clearly one of the key components of project success. Everyone talks about quality. Everyone demands and promises quality in project implementation. But in the end, it seems to be much mentioned and little employed. The reason why is not difficult to identify or understand. Many quality tools — indeed many quality books, lectures, and tra…