Manufacturing Solutions for Consistent Quality and Reliability : The Nine-Step Problem-Solving Process Book

	Foreword
	Preface
	Acknowledgment
1	Key Variable Isolation	1
2	Multi-Vari Studies	7
3	Quantification: The Initial Diagnostic Step	13
4	The Case of Out-of-Specification Coil Resistance	18
5	Interactions	22
6	The Case of the Flat Beer	25
7	Designed Experiments	32
8	The Case of Porous Decorative Rings	38
9	The Case of Scrapped Artillery Projectiles	46
10	The Case of Shorts on Dust Cover Seals	55
11	The Case of Rejects on a Multicavity Compression Molder	61
12	The Case of Varying Seat Measurements	66
13	The Case of Bore Defects on Centrifugal Castings	74
14	The Case of Weeping Stoppers	82
15	Introduction to Isoplots	91
16	The Case of the Noisy Motor	102
17	The Case of Low Yield on Solid-State Devices	112
18	The Case of Improving Aluminum Die-Casting Quality	123
19	The Case of Nondisintegrating Tablets	140
20	The Case of the Eccentric Discs	150
21	The Case of the Spline Demerits	155
22	The Case of the Mysterious Hot Crank	160
23	Variables Search	174
24	Parallel Path Experimentation	183
	Epilogue	187
	Appendixes: Multi-Vari Exercises	189
	Appendix I. Rope Consistency	191
	Appendix II. Foundry Measles Charts	201
	Glossary	213
	Bibliography	221
	Index	223