Current business conversation often focuses on data and big data. Data are the raw information from which statistics are created and provide an interpretation and summary of data.

Anthony Chirico¹ describes how narrow-limit gauging (NLG, aka compressed limit plans) can reduce enormously the required sample size, and therefore the inspection cost, of a traditional attribute sampling plan.

Within maintenance management, the term MTBF (mean time between failures) is the most important key performance indicator after physical availability.

‘Process Capability: What It Is and How It Helps,” parts one,

If Fyodor Dostoyevsky had been a mathematician, he might have written a book called Crime and Statistics. However, since “statistics” doesn’t have quite the same ring as “punishment,” it wouldn’t have sold as well.

This is part three of a three-part series.

Annalise Suzuki, director of technology and engagement at software provider Elysium Inc., spoke to Quality Digest about the importance of model-based definitions (MBD) for data quality, validation, and engineering

Everybody wants to design and conduct a great experiment! To find enlightenment by the discovery of the big red X and perhaps a few smaller pink x’s along the way.

Walter Shewhart, father of statistical process control and creator of the control chart, put a premium on the time order sequence of data.

Machine learning as a tool in your analytical toolkit can help accelerate the discovery of insights in data that can create a more efficient manufacturing process and drive innovation.