Download or read book Optimization and Variation Reduction in Quality written by Wayne A. Taylor and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1991 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives the reader tools for optimizing performance and reducing variation in manufacturing. Statistical process control and Taguchi methods are featured in the book along with other less published techniques. The book covers the product life cycle from design to manufacturing and is aimed at improving industrial practice. Methods are shown through case studies and extensive graphics are used to illustrate points.