Now entitled Statistical Process Control and Data Analytics, this revised and updated eighth edition retains its focus on processes that require understanding, have variation, must be properly controlled, have a capability and need improvement – as reflected in the five sections of the book. In this book the authors provide not only an instructional guide for the tools but communicate the management practices which have become so vital to success in organizations throughout the world. The book is supported by the authors' extensive consulting work with thousands of organizations worldwide. A new chapter on data governance and data analytics reflects the increasing importance of big data in today’s business environment.
Fully updated to include real-life case studies, new research based on client work from an array of industries and integration with the latest computer methods and software, the book also retains its valued textbook quality through clear learning objectives and online end-of-chapter discussion questions. It can still serve as a textbook for both student and practicing engineers, scientists, technologists, managers and anyone wishing to understand or implement modern statistical process control techniques and data analytics.
John Oakland is one of the world’s top ten gurus in quality and operational excellence; Executive Chairman, Oakland Group; Emeritus Professor of Quality & Business Excellence at Leeds University Business School; Fellow of the Chartered Quality Institute (CQI); Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society (RSS); Fellow of the Cybernetics Society (CybSoc); Fellow of Research Quality Association (RQA).
Robert Oakland is Director in the Oakland Group and works across the globe helping complex organizations to unlock the power in their data using advanced analytical and statistical techniques to improve the quality, cost and delivery of their products and services.