Intro -- Contents -- Material on Enclosed CD-ROM -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- PART I Setting the Stage -- 2 Describing Processes -- 3 Seven Approaches to Variation Reduction -- 4 An Algorithm for Reducing Variation -- 5 Obtaining Process Knowledge...

The manufacturing processes have been in evidence for the past hundred yearsand are being widely used in diverse areas. Among various manufacturingprocesses, casting, welding, forging, non- traditional manufacturingprocesses etc are commercially used as manufacturing solutions. This specialissue...