Quality Management and Design

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What is the primary goal of Statistical Process Control (SPC) in Total Quality Management?

  • To ensure the process operates at its full potential to produce conforming product (correct)
  • To reduce production costs
  • To monitor and control the quality of raw materials
  • To improve the quality of customer service

What is the first step in the process of conformance to specification?

  • Define the quality characteristics (correct)
  • Set quality standards for each quality characteristic
  • Find and correct causes of poor quality
  • Control quality against those standards

What is a key aspect of Total Quality Management?

  • Only including management staff in the quality improvement process
  • Focusing on reducing production costs
  • Only considering the quality of the final product
  • Including all parts of the organization and all staff in the quality improvement process (correct)

What is the purpose of process control charting in Total Quality Management?

<p>To monitor and control the process to ensure it operates within predetermined limits (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a characteristic of a normal distribution in Statistical Process Control?

<p>The chances of measurement points deviating from the average are predictable (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the ultimate goal of Total Quality Management?

<p>To continue to make improvements to the quality of products or services (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of quality according to the text?

<p>Consistent conformance to customer's expectations (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the gap between customers' expectations and their perceptions of the product or service?

<p>Quality Gap (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a quality characteristic of goods and services?

<p>Price (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the ability of a product or service to continue working at an accepted quality level?

<p>Reliability (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which aspect of quality refers to the aesthetic appeal of a product or service?

<p>Appearance (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the ease with which problems with a product or service can be rectified or resolved?

<p>Recovery (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary goal of the Six Sigma method in an organization?

<p>To reduce process variation and improve quality (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the standard deviation measure in a set of data?

<p>The dispersion of the data from its mean (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the number of defects per million opportunities in a process?

<p>DPMO (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of understanding the normal distribution in process control?

<p>To draw the control limits (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of a process operating at a 6 sigma level?

<p>Low process variation and few defects (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the DMAIC cycle related to?

<p>Six Sigma improvement cycle (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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