Discussion of “Bridging the gap between theory and practice in basic statistical process monitoring”

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About the authors

Rob Goedhart obtained his M.Sc. in econometrics in 2014 at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Operations Management and consultant at the Institute for Business and Industrial Statistics of the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. His current research topic is control charting techniques with estimated parameters.

Marit Schoonhoven obtained her Ph.D. in statistics in 2011 at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She is an associate professor at the Department of Operations Management and senior consultant at the Institute for Business and Industrial Statistics of the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Her current research interests include control charting techniques and operational management methods.

Inez M. Zwetsloot obtained her Ph.D. in statistics in 2016 at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Operations Management and consultant at the Institute for Business and Industrial Statistics of the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Her current research interests include robust exponentially weighted moving average charts and statistical process monitoring.

Ronald J. M. M. Does is Professor of Industrial Statistics at the University of Amsterdam, Director of the Institute for Business and Industrial Statistics, Head of the Department of Operations Management, and Director of the Institute of Executive Programmes at the Amsterdam Business School. He is Fellow of the ASQ and ASA, and Academician of the International Academy for Quality. His current research activities include the design of control charts for nonstandard situations, healthcare engineering, and operational management methods.