Publisher's Synopsis
This text presents a practical strategy for flexible automation in quality control. A manufacturing systems approach is adopted which is compatible with concepts of Total Quality Management. The integration of quality operations and data with other manufacturing sub-systems is emphasized. Three main themes are outlined: quality systems designs and improvement, automation in data collection and quality data management using the quality database.;This book should be of interest to quality and manufacturing engineers in industry and academia, quality assurance/control managers in medium to large manufacturing companies and quality consultants.
