Applying Measurement Data to Engineering Process Improvement

Abstract

Manufacturers spend a lot of time reworking parts, argue with vendors about whether parts were made correctly, and find parts that fail inspection yet fit and function perfectly – and parts that pass inspection and then do not fit at all. Underneath all of it is that different groups inside the same organisation hold different understandings of design intent. Donald Jasurda's case is that the measurement data already being collected can settle those arguments and feed back into the engineering process, rather than serving only as a pass-or-fail gate at the end of it.