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                      Appraisals:                             Awards:
                        costs, 143f                             Best Plant’s Award, 133
                        customer-supplier, 389–390              Deming Prize, 48–49, 133
                        performance, 383–384                    European Foundation for Quality Manage-
                          alternatives to, 388–393                  ment Award, 133
                          criticisms of, 386–388                European Quality Award, 49–51
                        process, 390                            Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award,
                      Area under standard normal curve, 407–411     37t, 45–48, 46f, 51, 52, 133
                      Arrow diagrams, 273–275                   post-award surveillance, 234–235
                      ASQ. See American Society for Quality     pre-award audit, 217
                      Assessment, organizational, 139–149       pre-award survey, 231
                      Assignable causes, 163                    Quality Cup Award, 133
                      Association, 194
                      ATE. See Automated test equipment            B
                      Athey, Thomas H., 77–78                 Barriers:
                      Aubrey, C. A., 353                        to change, 249–250
                      Audits, quality, 211–226                  identifying, 72
                        auditor qualifications, 217–218       “Beer Game,” 360
                        book results, 213t                    Benchmarking:
                        characteristics and, 223–226            analysis and, 132
                        conducting, 216–221                     benefits of, 131
                        desk, 216                               competitive, 131
                        internal, 215                           failed efforts of, 134–136
                        internal quality surveys and, 218       getting started with, 132–134
                        planning, 216–221                     Benneyan, J. C., 386
                        post-audit activities, 220–221        Best Manufacturing Practices, 133
                        pre-award, 217                        Best Plant’s Award, 133
                        process, 214, 236                     Bias, 301, 301f
                        product, 212–213                        selection, 114
                          process, and materials control,     Big project approach, 38
                              221–223                         Black Belts, 54, 263, 352
                        reporting process, 219–220            Blanchard, Ken, 78
                        surveillance, 217                     Body of Knowledge, ASQ, 416
                        systems, 214                          Bonsignore, Mike, 53
                        third-party, 215–216                  Book audit results, 213t
                        two-party, 215                        Boss-less performance review,
                        types of, 212–216                         391–393
                      Auditor qualifications, 217–218         Bossidy, Larry, 53
                      Austin, N., 377                         Bottleneck, 84
                      Autocratic management style, 377        Boundary positions, 114
                      Automated test equipment (ATE),         Boy Scout analogy, 90
                          85–86                               Brainard, E. H., 232
                      Automation, 342                         Brassard, M., 256
                      Automotive Industry Action group (AIAG),   Breach of warranty, 24
                          345, 347t                           Breakthrough phase, 316
                      Average control charts, 165–167, 166t   Breakthrough strategy, 262
                      Average run length, 174                 Brookfield, D., 396










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