Description
Taylor & Francis Ltd Home Builders Guide To Continuous Improvement 2009 Edition by Jack B. Revelle, Derek N. Margetts
Presenting well-known tools and techniques, the Home Builder's Guide to Continuous Improvement provides important insights and necessary information to reduce cycle time duration and variation in order to improve quality and customer satisfaction and to minimize costs and accidents. Each chapter offers examples based on the authors' personal experience working with builders and trade contractors. Including figures and graphs to enhance the text, this book contains simple language, using residential construction industry terminology to improve understanding of continuous improvement concepts and practices. No previous math background is required, making it suitable for all levels. IntroductionPurpose of BookTarget AudienceBenefits of the BookExamplesBook FormatCycle Time ManagementIntroductionCycle Time DurationCycle Time VariationLean ConstructionExampleProblemsIntroductionIdentificationRankingExampleProblem SolvingIntroductionObjectivesMethodologiesExampleDealing with DataIntroduction to DataData AccumulationData AnalysisData PatternsExampleRoot CausesIntroductionDeterminationSelectionExamplesCorrective ActionsIntroductionDeterminationSelectionImplementationExampleProblem Follow-UpIntroductionData Collection and AnalysesProcess ModificationExampleRelationshipsDetermining Relationships between Data SetsLinear RelationshipsNonlinear RelationshipsOther RelationshipsPredicting Linear RelationshipsExampleSampling and RandomizationBackgroundConvenience SamplingJudgment SamplingTypes of Random SamplingApplications of SamplingExampleSample Size DeterminationSamplingSampling ErrorPopulation ProportionExample: Population ProportionPopulation MeanExample: Population MeanSoftwareIntroductionExcelQI Macro for ExcelAdvanced Analytical SoftwareDesign ExpertQFD SoftwareMicrosoft ProjectContinuous Improvement Tools and TechniquesIntroductionData TransformersTargeted ObjectivesTools and TechniquesAlphabetized List of Continuous Improvement Tools and TechniquesQuality Function DeploymentIntroductionKano ModelThe WHAT-HOW ConceptThe House of QualityAdvantages and Limitations of QFDQFD SoftwareExampleDesign of ExperimentsApproaches to Experimental DesignObjectives of DOEFactorial DesignsFractional Factorial DesignsScreening DesignsRobust Design/Taguchi MethodsOptimization DesignsPlanning and Running DOETypes of ExperimentsBefore the Statistician ArrivesOrthogonal ArrayGlossary of DOE TermsExampleComprehensive Glossary of Continuous Improvement TermsPertinent Web Sites Addressing Continuous Improvement