Applying TQM to Product Design and Development

by Marvin Moss

Overview

"Comprehensively covers all phases of the application of Total Quality Management (TQM) to product design and development—from initial concept to customer support—addressing statistical quality control, manufacturing engineering, processes and procedures management, and motivation management. Provides rigorous definitions of the principles of TQM."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040279151
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	11/01/2024
Series:	Quality and Reliability
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	440

Table of Contents

Part 1 Total quality management: introduction; what is TQM?; TQM's Japanese-American heritage; defining and measuring total quality; once again, what is TQM?; what does TQM methodology consist of?; standards for TQM implementation programmes; quality in manufacturing; managing processes and procedures for quality improvement; implementing the management of total quality; the coming of the knowledge of revolution. Part 2 Total quality in the engineering of tangible products: the product realization continuum; product design as system integration; concurrent engineering; application-specific qualities inherent in the design; generic qualities inherent in the design; the Taguchi method; impact of design on manufacturing quality; pricing the benefits of design quality improvement; managing the procurement of design quality. Part 3 Practical application of reliability, maintainability and availability: introduction to RMA; reliability; maintainability; availability; system failure analysis; preventive maintenance analysis; corrective maintenance analysis; maintenance planning; fundamentals of reliability/availability analysis; RMA analysis of complex systems.

Editorial Reviews

A guide that rigorously defines Total Quality Management (TQM), explains how TQM evolved to be what it has became, and shows how to apply its methodologies to product design and development in the most cost-effective manner and with the least risk. Written for managers and engineers, it provides a comprehensive overview of the TQM discipline; then its application to the product realization process; and finally, what reliability/maintainability engineers need to know in order to do their job effectively. Fundamental terms are italicized where they are being formally defined; quotation marks around a term show how managers and engineers frequently use the term. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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