Six Sigma and Beyond - Design for Six Sigma, Volume VI


D. H. Stamatis
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About the Author

D. H. Stamatis, Ph.D., ASQC-Fellow, CQE, CMfgE, is president of Contemporary Consultants, in Southgate, Michigan. He received his B.S. and B.A. degrees in marketing from Wayne State University, his master's degree from Central Michigan University, and his Ph.D. degree in instructional technology and business/statistics from Wayne State University.

Dr. Stamatis is a certified quality engineer for the American Society of Quality Control, a certified manufacturing engineer for the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and a graduate of BSI's ISO 9000 lead assessor training program. He is a specialist in management consulting, organizational development, and quality science and has taught these subjects at Central Michigan University, the University of Michigan, and Florida Institute of Technology.

With more than 30 years of experience in management, quality training, and consulting, Dr. Stamatis has served and consulted for numerous industries in the private and public sectors. His consulting extends across the United States, Southeast Asia, Japan, China, India, and Europe. Dr. Stamatis has written more than 60 articles and presented many speeches at national and international conferences on quality. He is a contributing author in several books and the sole author of 20 books. In addition, he has performed more than 100 automotive- related audits and 25 preassessment ISO 9000 audits , and has helped several companies attain certification. He is an active member of the Detroit Engineering Society, the American Society for Training and Development, the American Marketing Association, and the American Research Association, and a fellow of the American Society for Quality Control.

Acknowledgments

I want to thank Dr. A. Stuart for granting me permission to use some of the material in Chapter 14. The summaries of the different distributions and reliability have added much to the volume. I am really indebted for his contribution.

As with the other volumes in this series, many people have helped in many ways to make this book a reality. I am afraid that I will miss some, even though their help was invaluable.

Dr. H. Hatzis, Dr. E. Panos, and Dr. E. Kelly have been indispensable in reviewing and commenting freely on previous drafts and throughout this project.

I would like to thank Dr. L. Lamberson for his thoughtful comments and suggestions on reliability, G. Burke for his suggestions on R&M, and R. Kapur for his valuable comments about the flow and content of the material.

I want to thank Ford Motor Company and especially Richard Rossier and David Kelley for their efforts to obtain permission for using the introductory material on "robust teams ."

I want to thank Prentice Hall for granting me permission to use the material on conjoint and MANOVA analysis in Chapter 2. That material was taken from the 1998 book Multivariate Data Analysis , 5th ed., by J.F. Hair, R.E. Anderson, R.L. Tatham, and W.C. Block.

I want to thank McGraw-Hill and D.R. Bothe for granting me permission to use some material on six sigma taken from the 1977 book Measuring Process Capability , by D.R. Bothe.

I want to thank J. Wiley and the Buffa Foundation for granting me permission to use material on the Monte Carlo method from the 1973 book Modern Production Management , 4th ed., by E.S. Buffa.

I want to thank the American Supplier Institute for granting me permission to use the L8 interaction table as well as some of their OA and linear graphs.

I want to thank M.A. Anleitner, from Livonia Technical Services, for his contribution to the topic of "function" in Chapter 2, for helping me articulate some of the key points on APQP, and for serving as a sounding board on issues of value analysis. Thanks, Mike.

I also want to thank J. Ondrus, from General Dynamics ” Land System Division, for introducing me to Value Analysis and serving as a reviewer for earlier drafts on this topic.

I want to thank T. Panson, P. Rageas, and J. Golematis, all of them certified public accountants , for their guidance and help in articulating the basics of accounting and financial concerns presented in Chapter 15. Of course, the ultimate responsibility for interpreting their guidance is solely mine.

Special thanks go to the editors at CRC for putting up with me, as well as for transforming my notes and the manuscript into a user -friendly product.

I want to thank the participants in my seminars for their comments and recommendations. They actually piloted the material in their own organizations and saw firsthand the results of some of the techniques and methodologies discussed in this particular volume. Their comments were incorporated with much appreciation .

Finally, as always, this volume would not have been completed without the support of my family and especially my navigator, chief editor, and supporter ” my wife, Carla.




Six Sigma and Beyond. Design for Six Sigma (Vol. 6)
Six Sigma and Beyond: Design for Six Sigma, Volume VI
ISBN: 1574443151
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 235

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