Foreword

Introduction to quality and statistical quality control.

Introduction to the Minitab statistical software package.

Basic elements of descriptive statistics.

Basic elements of probability.

Basic elements of inferential statistics.

The fundamental tools of statistical process control.

Shewhart control charts for a continuous quality characteristic.

CUSUM control charts for a continuous quality characteristic.

EWMA control charts for a continuous quality characteristic.

Non-parametric Shewhart control charts for a continuous quality characteristic.

Control charts for more than one continuous quality characteristic.

Shewhart control charts for a discrete quality characteristic following a binomial distribution.

Shewhart control charts for a discrete quality characteristic following a Poisson distribution.

CUSUM and EWMA control charts for a discrete quality characteristic.

Control charts for more than one discrete quality characteristic.

Control charts with flow rules.

Control charts for high-performance processes.

Control charts for processes with autocorrelation.

Process capability.

Control charts for processes with special causes.

Applications of statistical process control in healthcare.

Statistical quality control using IBM SPSS Statistics 29, R, and Python.

Reliability theory.

Maintenance theory.

Modern equipment maintenance techniques – Total Productive Maintenance (TPM).

Overall equipment effectiveness.

Failure analysis.

Statistical tables.

Glossary of terms.

References.

Index of terms.