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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Manufacturing quality"”.
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Redefining manufacturing quality control in the electronics industry
… revised after the product has been released to manufacturing. This thesis explores best practices in testing methods and develops new methods to analyze test system performance. Both efforts were conducted in an effort to optimize existing test regimes. Upon completion of the above analyses the …
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Manufacturing Quality of Carbon/Epoxy IsoTruss (R) Reinforced Concrete Structures
<p>This thesis explores the quality of hand-manufactured carbon-epoxy IsoTruss® grid structures for use as reinforcement in concrete piles. Large IsoTruss® grid structures were manufactured and embedded in 14.0" (35.6 cm) diameter concrete to create IsoPiles™. The IsoPiles™ were designed to have …
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Advancing Manufacturing Quality Control Capabilities Through The Use Of In-Line High-Density Dimensional Data
… measurement devices. Unfortunately, appropriate quality control (QC) techniques have yet to be developed to take full advantage of this new data-rich environment and for the most part rely on extracting discrete key product characteristics (KPCs) for analysis. In order to maximize the potential …
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An assessment of manufacturing quality variation and an SPC handbook for the pallet and container industries
… (SPC) is one-way to prove to the buyer the quality level of their products. One part of the this thesis is a handbook, which explains a step by step process of implementing an SPC program for the pallet and container industry. In addition, the thesis examines the quality levels of materials …
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A root cause analysis of stock-outs in the pharmaceutical industry
… consistently increasing. PharCo suspected that manufacturing quality defects were a major cause of stock-outs, reducing the production yield and preventing the company from meeting customer demand. To help test this hypothesis and address the stock-out challenge, we reviewed existing research on …
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Improving Indian beehives and beekeeping
… to bolster Indian hive standardization and manufacturing quality are suggested to promote larger, more productive colonies. Fifth, designs of hive management tools are prototyped to help encourage scientific beekeeping. This thesis concludes with further research topics and actionable …
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The Effects Of Self-Directed Teams In An Automotive Manufacturing Environment
… EFFECTS OF SELF DIRECTED TEAMS IN AN AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT</p> <p>by</p> <p>DAVID W. SHALL</p> <p>December 2010</p> <p>Advisor: James L. Moseley, EdD, LPC, CHES, CPT</p> <p>Major: Instructional Technology</p> <p>Degree: Doctor of Philosophy</p> <p>This study compares self-directed …
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Statistical process control (SPC) in a high volume machining center : gage repeatability and reproducibility study
… center to reduce the scrap rate and improve the manufacturing quality. The system is demonstrated on a machining center at Waters Corporation as part of a team internship project. This thesis focuses on the gage repeatability and reproducibility study (Gage R&R study) for the implementation of …
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A UNIFORMLY MOST POWERFUL TEST FOR THE MEAN OF A BETA DISTRIBUTION
… real-world applications, including areas such as manufacturing (quality control) and analyzing patient outcomes in health care. It also plays a key role in statistical theory, including multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and Bayesian statistics. It is a flexible distribution that can …
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A multi-factor model for evaluating manufacturing defect opportunities in six sigma analysis
Six Sigma Quality Analysis provides a structured method for manufacturing quality problems and defect opportunities to be defined, measured, analyzed, improved, and controlled. The technique is now being widely used in both the manufacturing and service industries to evaluate the classical "defects …
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Towards Zero Defect Manufacturing in Multi-Stage Production Systems
Implementation of quality improvement methods in multi-stage production systems is essential to manage and quickly eliminate manufacturing quality defects. Many companies tend to prioritize production speed rather than overall throughput, and are hypothesized to be below the optimal level of …
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Fusion of multiprobe NDT data.
… and characterisation of defects can improve manufacturing quality and safety. The main advantage of NDT techniques is that the component inspected remains intact after examination. However, each NDT technique can only provide limited information about a defect, therefore the use of more than …
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Additive manufacturing of novel metal microwave components for space application
… and antennas specifically adapted to Additive Manufacturing (AM). The design freedom of 3-D printing allows passive components to have various advantages, such as enhanced performance, reduced weight and size, integrated different functions, part consolida tion, and elimination of assembly over …
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An application of design structure matrix methods to explore process improvements in aircraft fight line operations
… while reducing effort and increasing information quality. One recommendation to streamline flows was to design a system that leverages existing responsibilities of Manufacturing, Quality and Engineering and applying them in an electronic format by utilizing computers (a tool found at every level …
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Evaluation of critical success factors of 3D printing technology implementation using analytic hierarchy process (AHP)
… for implementing 3D printing technology in manufacturing firms of Malaysia. This technology has emerged during recent years as a flexible and powerful technique in advance manufacturing industry. However, while 3D printing technology is beginning to emerge in manufacturing sector, given the …
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In Defense of the Middleman: Quality Failures in the Generic Pharmaceutical Market
… such as wholesalers and retailers, discipline quality in the market for generic prescription drugs. Consumers are uniquely uninformed about quality in this market, since generic drugs are conventionally assumed to be interchangeable. As in many settings where consumers lack product information, …
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Quality improvement, inventory management, lead time reduction and production scheduling in high-mix manufacturing environments
… MA. This thesis addresses the improvement of a quality metric used at Applied Materials through the means of material shortage reduction and lead time reduction of system sub-assemblies. Manufacturing quality was found to be impacted by material shortages across the facility and capacity …
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An Integrated Control and Data Acquisition System for Pharmaceutical Capsule Inspection
… industry. Their current methods of quality control of their product is by performing manual inspection of every carton of capsules prior to shipment. In today's modern manufacturing world, more efficient and cost-effective means of quality control exist. It is Pharmaphil's desire to …
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Vacuum-Assisted Resin Transfer Molding (VARTM) Model Development, Verification, and Process Analysis
… are becoming promising technologies in the manufacturing of primary composite structures in the aircraft industry as well as infrastructure. A great deal of work still needs to be done on efforts to reduce the costly trial-and-error methods of VARTM processing that are currently in practice …
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Synergistic Modeling of Advanced Manufacturing Processes with Functional Variables
Modern manufacturing needs to optimize the entire product lifecycle to satisfy the customer needs. The advancement of sensing technologies has brought a data rich environment for manufacturing and provide a great opportunity for real-time, proactive quality assurance. However, due to the lack of …
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