Table of Contents
Foreword xiii
I Introduction 1
Preface 1
Step 1. Establishing the Quality Standard 3
Step 2. Establishing a Section to Evaluate Quality 5
Step 3. Establishing Inspection Standards 6
Step 4. Selection of Inspection Methods 7
Step 5. Investigation of the Current State of Quality 9
Technical Terms Used in Quality Control 11
II Probability and Statistical Inference 17
Measures of Central Tendency 21
Measure of Variability 24
III Sampling Inspection 43
Specifying an Acceptable Proportion of Defective Items 54
IV Application of Sampling Inspection 63
V Quality Control of the Production Process 75
Appendix: Statistical Tables for Sampling Inspection 95
SL Table-1.0, DL Table 5, SA Table-10.0, DA Table-1.0 (From “Sampling Inspection Tables” by Dodge, H.F. and Romig, H.G.)
Thoughts on The Road to Quality Control - The Industrial Application of Statistical Quality Control by Homer M. Sarasohn 101
W. H.Woodall
Introduction 101
Quality Management 102
Use of Acceptance Sampling 104
Control Chart Methods 104
Theory vs. Practice 105
Some Other Books of the Era 106
Conclusions 106
References 107
Homer Sarasohn and American Involvement in the Evolution of Quality Management in Japan, 1945-1950 109
N.I. Fisher
1 Introduction 109
2 Events Prior to 1945 110
2.1 Data 110
3 1945-1947 111
3.1 Data 111
3.1.1 Civil Communications Section (CCS) activities 111
3.1.2 Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers (JUSE) 116
3.1.3 Visits to Japan byW. Edwards Deming 116
3.2 Interpretation 117
4 1948-1950 117
4.1 Data 117
4.1.1 CCS activities 117
4.1.2 JUSE activities 126
4.1.3 Deming’s activities 127
4.2 Interpretation 128
5 Conclusions 134
6 Key Sources of Information 136
Acknowledgements 136
References 137
Résumé 139
Appendix: Notes on the Text 139
