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A modified plastic company supplies interior components to an original equipment manufacturer OEM . Tensile strength is …
During a process audit at an automotive parts company, an auditor pointed to the X̄–R control chart hanging on the wall …
An electronics company entrusted the final inspection of its assembly line to an online automatic inspection device: par…
A certain automotive parts company installed an online visual inspection system last year: after stamping parts are off …
1. Comprehensive Certificates, Yet Inconsistent Judgments A manufacturing company was releasing a batch of aluminum die …
An incident occurred at a machining company: during a quarterly inventory check, it was discovered that the scrap rate o…
1. Introduction: Why a "Beautiful" Kappa Report Was Rejected by the Customer A certain electronics manufacturing company…
A quality engineer at a machining company has been staring at a control chart for two months, feeling frustrated. The ma…
A manufacturing company was undergoing a customer process audit. The quality manager presented a stack of measurement sy…
1. Daily Alarms, but No Issues Found on the Production Line A plastic injection molding company implemented an X̄ R cont…
1. A Vernier Caliper That "Can't See the Difference" A parts manufacturer was inspecting a shaft with a tolerance of 0.0…
1. GR&R Passed, but the Gauge Made Two Shifts into Rivals A certain electronics factory was inspecting the height of con…