Brain Teasers - Quality

	Brain Teasers: Product or Process? Anyone who has faced a production problem with a need to solve it by using production data can relate to the notion of a brain teaser. The brain teasers presented here are based on real-world situations encountered by workers in manufacturing environments. by Dr. Sophronia Ward

	Brain Teasers: Reducing PPM Anyone who has faced a production problem with a need to solve it by using production data can relate to the notion of a brain teaser. The brain teasers presented here are based on real-world situations encountered by workers in manufacturing environments. by Dr. Sophronia Ward

	Brain Teasers: Improve Productivity by 5% Anyone who has faced a production problem with a need to solve it by using production data can relate to the notion of a brain teaser. The brain teasers presented here are based on real-world situations encountered by workers in manufacturing environments. by Dr. Sophronia Ward

	Brain Teasers: Pumping Leaks Anyone who has faced a production problem with a need to solve it by using production data can relate to the notion of a brain teaser. The brain teasers presented here are based on real-world situations encountered by workers in manufacturing environments. by Dr. Sophronia Ward

	Brain Teasers: Through Thick or Thin Anyone who has faced a production problem with a need to solve it by using production data can relate to the notion of a brain teaser. The brain teasers presented here are based on real-world situations encountered by workers in manufacturing environments. by Dr. Sophronia Ward

	Brain Teasers: Managers Under Pressure Xavier has just been promoted to quality manager at a glass container manufacturing plant. In this capacity, he reports values for key characteristics of the glass containers during production meetings. Based on the reported values, those in attendance will determine what required actions need to be taken on the process. by Dr. Sophronia Ward

	Brain Teasers: Is the Customer Always Right? Darlene is the marketing director for a company that makes vision inspection equipment. One customer makes disks that are soft and subject to distortion with mechanical inspection of the disk diameter. This customer has complained that the visual inspection equipment is not performing as well as it did in the past. by Dr. Sophronia Ward

	Brain Teasers: Conveying the Right Messages Anyone who has faced a production problem with a need to solve it by using production data can relate to the notion of a brain teaser. The brain teasers presented here are based on real-world situations encountered by workers in manufacturing environments. by Dr. Sophronia Ward

Brain Teasers: Short-Run Capability: How Much Data Is Needed?

Lidia, a process engineer, has been assigned to set up short-run capability studies to test critical characteristics of new product designs. Current practice is to make a production run of nine, 18 or 30 units to test. Because time and cost are concerns, most of the process engineers conduct the short-run capability studies with nine units. However, Lidia is interested in finding out how many units she really needs to test in order to detect a shift in the average of each characteristic of a new design.

by Dr. Sophronia Ward

	Brain Teasers: Are Current Measurements Good Enough for Tighter Specifications? Colin is the expert on measurement studies for a company that makes electrical components. For two critical product measurements—resistance and watts—product specifications are expressed as a percent of the target value for the particular component. by Dr. Sophronia Ward

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