Springer Techniques, Tools and Methodologies Applied to Quality Assurance in Manufacturing

This book presents a collection of real cases from industrial practices that production system and quality managers implement to ensure a high quality as well as a low cost in products. This book is divided in sections that are focused on: ·         The quality and philosophies implemented to production systems; starting from the product design as well as from the supply system. ·         The principal statistical techniques applied to the quality assurance (statistical quality control, analysis of tests and failure, quality function deployment, accelerated life tests, among others), the process of gathering information, its validation, its reliability process, and techniques for data analysis. ·         The techniques applied to the integration of human resources in the process of quality assurance, such as managers and operators’ participation, training, and training processes. ·         Use of information and communications technologies, software, and programs implemented to guarantee the quality of the products in the production systems. ISO standards and policies that are used for quality management and monitoring. From the Back Cover This book presents a collection of real cases from industrial practices that production system and quality managers implement to ensure a high quality as well as a low cost in products. This book is divided in sections that are focused on: ·         The quality and philosophies implemented to production systems; starting from the product design as well as from the supply system. ·         The principal statistical techniques applied to the quality assurance (statistical quality control, analysis of tests and failure, quality function deployment, accelerated life tests, among others), the process of gathering information, its validation, its reliability process, and techniques for data analysis. ·         The techniques applied to the integration of human resources in the process of quality assurance, such as managers and operators’ participation, training, and training processes. ·         Use of information and communications technologies, software, and programs implemented to guarantee the quality of the products in the production systems.ISO standards and policies that are used for quality management and monitoring. About the Author Jorge Luis García Alcaraz is a full-time researcher from the Department of Industrial Engineering at the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez in Mexico. He receives a MSc in Industrial Engineering from the Colima Technological Institute (Mexico), a PhD in Industrial Engineering from Ciudad Juárez Technological Institute (Mexico), a PhD in Innovation in Product Engineering and Industrial Process from University of La Rioja (Spain), a Ph.D. in Sciences and Industrial Technologies from the Public University of Navarre (Spain) and a Postdoc in Manufacturing Process from University of La Rioja (Spain). In addition, his main research areas are related to multicriteria decision making process and techniques applied to lean manufacturing, production process, and supply chain modeling. He is founding member of the Mexican Society of Operation Research and an active member in the Mexican Academy of Industrial Engineering.  Currently, Dr. García is a National Researcher recognized by the National Council of Science & Technology of Mexico (CONACYT) as Level II. Dr. García is author/coauthor in around 86 papers published in journals indexed in the Journal Citation Reports, as well as he has attended to more than 150 international conferences and congress around the world. Currently, Dr. Garcia has supervised more than 50 bachelor theses, 18 master theses, and 13 doctoral theses. He has 13 international patents and 1 industrial design in Mexico and Spain. Dr. García is author of several books published by international publishers as Springer and IGI Global, all of them related to lean manufacturing, its tools, as well as