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Statistical Thinking and Methods in Quality Improvement: A Look to the Future

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Pages 119-129 | Published online: 07 Jun 2010

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Vimal K. E. K.Divya Rashmi, Sivakumar K.Jayakrishna Kandasmay, Paranitharan K. P.Balaji Venkataraman. (2023) Developing a Delphi assisted total interpretive structural model (D-TISM) for adopting the Industry 4.0 technologies within Lean Six Sigma framework. Production Planning & Control 0:0, pages 1-25.
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Roger W. Hoerl & Ronald D. Snee. (2022) Introduction to special edition of Quality Engineering. Quality Engineering 34:4, pages 423-425.
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Christine M. Anderson-Cook, Lu Lu, William Brenneman, Jeroen De Mast, Frederick Faltin, Laura Freeman, William Guthrie, Roger Hoerl, Willis Jensen, Allison Jones-Farmer, Dennis Leber, Angela Patterson, Marcus Perry, Stefan H. Steiner & Nathaniel T. Stevens. (2022) Statistical engineering – Part 2: Future. Quality Engineering 34:4, pages 446-467.
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Willis A. Jensen. (2020) Statistics = Analytics?. Quality Engineering 32:2, pages 133-144.
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Willis A. Jensen, Douglas C. Montgomery, Fugee Tsung & Geoffery G. Vining. (2018) 50 years of the Journal of Quality Technology. Journal of Quality Technology 50:1, pages 2-16.
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Ronald D. Snee, Roger W. Hoerl & Gabriella Bucci. (2016) A statistical engineering strategy for mixture problems with process variables. Quality Engineering 28:3, pages 263-279.
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Kymm K. Hockman & Willis A. Jensen. (2016) Statisticians as innovation leaders. Quality Engineering 28:2, pages 165-174.
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Ronald D. Snee. (2015) A Practical Approach to Data Mining: I Have All These Data; Now What Should I Do?. Quality Engineering 27:4, pages 477-487.
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T. N. Goh. (2015) Emerging Megatrends in Quality Engineering and the “New 5S” Response. Quality Engineering 27:4, pages 450-460.
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Ronald D. Snee. (2015) Discussion of “Statistics: A Life Cycle View”. Quality Engineering 27:1, pages 122-125.
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Pere Grima, Lluís Marco-Almagro, Sandrine Santiago & Xavier Tort-Martorell. (2014) Six Sigma: hints from practice to overcome difficulties. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence 25:3-4, pages 198-208.
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RogerW. Hoerl. (2014) Discussion of “Statistical Engineering and Variation Reduction”. Quality Engineering 26:1, pages 61-64.
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RonaldD. Snee & RogerW. Hoerl. (2012) Leadership—Essential for Developing the Discipline of Statistical Engineering. Quality Engineering 24:2, pages 162-170.
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Grant Reinman, Timothy Ayer, Thomas Davan, Matthew Devore, Steven Finley, Jaime Glanovsky, Lauren Gray, Benjamin Hall, Charles (Chas) Jones, Amanda Learned, Erica Mesaros, Robert Morris, Sandra Pinero, Randel Russo, Ethan Stearns, Matthew Teicholz, Wendy Teslik-Welz & David Yudichak. (2012) Design for Variation. Quality Engineering 24:2, pages 317-345.
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ChristineM. Anderson-Cook, Lu Lu, Gordon Clark, StephanieP. DeHart, Roger Hoerl, Bradley Jones, R. Jock MacKay, Douglas Montgomery, PeterA. Parker, James Simpson, Ronald Snee, StefanH. Steiner, Jennifer Van Mullekom, G. Geoff Vining & AlysonG. Wilson. (2012) Statistical Engineering—Forming the Foundations. Quality Engineering 24:2, pages 110-132.
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Willis Jensen, Christine Anderson-Cook, JuliaA. Costello, Necip Doganaksoy, RogerW. Hoerl, Stu Janis, Julia O'Neill, Bill Rodebaugh & RonaldD. Snee. (2012) Statistics to Facilitate Innovation*: A Panel Discussion. Quality Engineering 24:1, pages 2-19.
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Willis A. Jensen. (2012) A Journey to Quality Leadership–Quality3. Journal of Quality Technology 44:1, pages 80-81.
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