{"product_id":"the-road-to-quality-control-isbn-9781119514930","title":"The Road to Quality Control","description":"Professor Woodall’s essay shows that this book represents a remarkable contribution, even by today’s standards, because of its contemporary thinking about the relationship between the specific topic of SQC and the broader company context of Quality Management.  It also demonstrates the remarkable awareness of at least some young US engineers in the post-war period about the vital role of Statistical Quality Control in establishing and maintaining a competitive position. The book reveals that there was unsuspected knowledge extant immediately post-war, about the importance of Statistical Quality Control when appropriately applied in an industrial setting.  It also helps to correct wide-spread historical misconceptions about who specifically was responsible for helping Japanese industry get back on its feet post-war, a task assigned to General Douglas Macarthur by President Truman and how Macarthur was indebted to Sarasohn. \u003cp\u003eForeword xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI Introduction \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStep 1. Establishing the Quality Standard 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStep 2. Establishing a Section to Evaluate Quality 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStep 3. Establishing Inspection Standards 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStep 4. Selection of Inspection Methods 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStep 5. Investigation of the Current State of Quality 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTechnical Terms Used in Quality Control 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eII Probability and Statistical Inference 17\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeasures of Central Tendency 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeasure of Variability 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII Sampling Inspection 43\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpecifying an Acceptable Proportion of Defective Items 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIV Application of Sampling Inspection 63\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eV Quality Control of the Production Process 75\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Statistical Tables for Sampling Inspection 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSL 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.)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThoughts on \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Road to Quality Control – The Industrial Application of Statistical Quality Control \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eby Homer M. Sarasohn 101\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eW. H.Woodall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuality Management 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUse of Acceptance Sampling 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eControl Chart Methods 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheory vs. Practice 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSome Other Books of the Era 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHomer Sarasohn and American Involvement in the Evolution of Quality Management in Japan, 1945–1950 109\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eN.I. Fisher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Events Prior to 1945 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Data 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 1945–1947 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Data 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1.1 Civil Communications Section (CCS) activities 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1.2 Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers (JUSE) 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1.3 Visits to Japan byW. Edwards Deming 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Interpretation 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 1948–1950 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Data 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1.1 CCS activities 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1.2 JUSE activities 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1.3 Deming’s activities 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Interpretation 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Conclusions 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Key Sources of Information 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRésumé 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Notes on the Text 139\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eN. I. Fisher\u003c\/b\u003e is a Visiting Professor of Statistics at the University of Sydney, a management consultant, and Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Wiley journal \u003ci\u003eStat\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eY. Tanaka\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor Emeritus of Statistics at Okayama University and involved in quality control as a member of the teaching and consulting staff of JSA (Japan Standard Association) seminar in Osaka. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eW. H. Woodall\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor of Statistics at Virginia Tech and a former editor of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Quality Technology\u003c\/i\u003e (2001–2003) and Associate Editor of \u003ci\u003eTechnometrics\u003c\/i\u003e (1987–1995).   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Detailed Account of the Historical Document on Statistical Quality Control and How It Changed Japan's Fortunes Post-World War II\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Road to Quality Control: The Industrial Application of Statistical Quality Control by Homer M. Sarasohn\u003c\/i\u003e contains an English translation of the book, \u003ci\u003eThe Industrial Application of Statistical Quality Control\u003c\/i\u003e (SQC), written by a remarkable American engineer. Homer M. Sarasohn was the first person to teach the Japanese how to manage a company in post-war Japan. In addition, the book includes essays by N. I. Fisher and W. H. Woodall that discuss the historical significance of the American involvement in the evolution of SQC in Japan in the years following World War II. The original 1952 edition, published in Japanese, is largely unknown, even inside Japan. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book clearly demonstrates the amazing contribution, even by today's standards, of Sarasohn's contemporary thinking about the role of Statistical Quality Control in the broader context of Quality Management. In addition, the text debunks the historical misconceptions about who was responsible for helping the Japanese industry revive and shows how General MacArthur was indebted to Sarasohn. This historically important text: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003econtains the English version of the historical document that helped Japan learn how to apply SQC in order to manage a company effectively\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eincludes two essays: one from a world expert in the area of SQC and the other from an acclaimed expert on Quality Management\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ereveals Homer M. Sarasohn's\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e contribution to the field of SQC\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003edemonstrates the vital role of SQC in helping Japan establish and maintain a competitive position after World War II\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten for statisticians, SPC\/SQC practitioners, members of the American Society for Quality and Japanese statisticians, \u003ci\u003eThe Road to Quality Control: The Industrial Application of Statistical Quality Control by Homer M. Sarasohn\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the importance of Statistical Quality Control when appropriately applied in an industrial setting.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990332129509,"sku":"NP9781119514930","price":129.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119514930.jpg?v=1761787392","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-road-to-quality-control-isbn-9781119514930","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}