Many people who have heard of QFD (Quality Function Deployment) would like to understand more about this powerful tool. This article/case study serves as an introduction to the basics and provides a simple example application of QFD. Later, you can build on this according to your needs. Below is an empty first house of quality […]
Athletes and their purported use of performance-enhancing drugs have dominated the sporting news in the last few months. The controversy seems to be particularly heated in the sport of baseball, with the Mitchell Report naming many famous players. Of particular interest is the accusation by Brian McNamee that Roger Clemens used performance-enhancing drugs to increase
I was suspended approximately 200 feet above a ravine when the thought occurred to me. Had the engineer(s) of the Gondola lift that my family and I were currently occupying used Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) when designing the lift? What is Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)? FMEA is a simple tool used
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The Binomial Distribution is commonly used in statistics in a variety of applications. Binomial data and statistics are presented to us daily. For example, in the election of political officials we may be asked to choose between two candidates. Polling organizations often take samples of “likely voters” in an attempt to predict who will be
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