Successfully Implementing Statistical Process Control in Integrated Steel Companies

C. Ruth Harris and Walter Yit
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C. Ruth Harris: School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5, Canada
Walter Yit: Manufacturing Controls, Dofasco Inc., PO Box 2460, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3J5, Canada

Interfaces, 1994, vol. 24, issue 5, 49-58

Abstract: Implementing quality management techniques, such as statistical process control (SPC), is a competitive necessity for today's integrated steel producers in North America. We compared successful and unsuccessful SPC project implementations at 12 integrated steel companies to determine the differences in key factors. Successful implementations had larger teams and more middle management support than unsuccessful implementations.

Keywords: industries: mining/metals; statistics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1994
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