Automating Quality Systems

Klappentext

Attempts to develop a new direction in quality thinking, towards the flexible automation and integration of quality function activities themselves. It presents a framework for the automation of the quality function in a manner compatible with the themes of total quality management (TQM).

Inhalt

Part 1 Philosophy and strategy: quality in manufacturing; why automate?; the integrated quality system in CIM; assessment of quality performance in manufacturing. Part 2 Quality system - design and innovation: systems in quality; innovation in quality systems; quality system design and improvement; strategy for quality systems automation. part 3 Automatic quality data collection and inspection technology; co-ordinate measuring machines; machine vision; automatic test in the electronics industry; automatic dimensional gauging. Part 4 Quality data analysis and management: SPC software, SFDC and computer-aided inspection; automating quality data management.