Statistical Quality Control for the Food Industry
If an automobile tire leaks or an electric light switch fails, if we are short changed at a department store or erroneously billed for phone calls not made, if a plane departure is delayed due to a mechanical failure - these are rather ordinary annoyances which we have come to accept as normal occu...
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Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1990, 1990
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Edition: | 1st ed. 1990 |
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Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Programs without Management Support
- Training Quality Control Technicians
- Summary
- 1 Introduction
- Variability
- Quality Control Programs of the 1980s
- Problems with Tool Selection
- Quality Control Tools
- 2 Food Quality Systems
- Policy
- Quality Control Manual
- Product Research and Development
- Material Control
- Production Quality Control
- Departmental Relationships
- Product Performance
- Corrective Action
- Quality Personnel
- 3 Control Charts
- The Importance of Charting
- Procedure for Constructing X-Bar and R Charts
- Procedures for Constructing Attribute Charts
- 4 Fundamentals
- Analysis of Data
- Probability
- Binomial Distribution
- Poisson Distribution
- The Normal Distribution
- t-Distribution
- F-Distribution
- Analysis of Variance
- 5 Sampling
- Sampling Plans
- Why Sample?
- Samples from Different Distributions
- Sample Size
- How to Take Samples
- Types of Samples
- Types of Sampling Plans
- Types of Inspection
- Classes of Defects
- Sampling Risks
- Selection of Population to be Sampled
- Selection of Sample Frequency and Location
- Attribute Sampling Plans
- 6 Test Methods
- Basic Library
- Recommended References
- Test Methods
- Industry Test Methods
- 7 Product Specifications
- 8 Process Capability
- Capability Index
- 9 Process Control
- Chart Patterns
- 10 Sensory Testing
- The Senses
- Sensory Testing Methods
- Types of Panels
- Selection and Training of Panels
- 11 Net Content Control
- Evaluation of Net Content Performance
- 12 Design of Experiments
- Elimination of Extraneous Variables
- Handling Many Factors Simultaneously
- Experimental Design Analysis by Control Chart
- 13 Vendor Quality Assurance
- Vendor-Vendee Relations
- Specifications for Raw Materials, Ingredients, and Supplies
- Quality Assurance of Purchased Goods
- Selecting and Nurturing a Supplier
- 14 Implementing a Quality Control Program
- ManagementCommitment
- Getting Started
- An In-House Program
- Stepwise Procedures for Team Problem Solving