Contains many examples of multi-purpose quantitative techniques Combines research tools and business strategies in a single volume Brings together the accumulated life's wisdom of a respected global expert on quality Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
Miryam Barad held academic visiting positions at many Universities around the world (The University of Science and Technology of China, Purdue University, State University of New York (SUNY) at Binghamton USA, University of New South Wales, Australia, Brunel University, UK). This enabled her to meet researchers from different parts of the world and work together on research and publications. Her research and professional interests focus on various aspects of Quality and Flexibility. Initial research on Quality Strategies and Quality Control expanded to include Flexibility modelling and evaluation in a variety of systems such as Manufacturing, Logistics and Information. Many of her published papers use multi-purpose techniques such as Design of Experiments (DOE), Petri Nets and Quality Function Deployment (QFD).

Inhalt
Part I.- Definitions of Strategy.- Quality Orientated Strategies.- Flexibility Orientated Strategies.- Part II.- Design of Experiments.- Petri Nets.- Quality Function Deployment.