Quality Planning and Analysis

Juran JM. Quality planning and analysis. New York McGraw-HiU, 1993. 

JM Juran, FM Geyna. Quality Planning and Analysis From Product Development Through Use. 2nd ed. New York McGraw-Hill, 1980. 

Miller, F.. and Freund, J. F,., Prohahility and Statistics for Engineers. Prentice-Hall. 1990.. Iiiran. J. M.. and Gryna. F. M.. Quality Planning and Analysis., 4rd ed.. McGraw-Hill, 199.4. 

A fundamental design goal is to have processes that are error proof. Juran and Gryna, in Quality Planning and Analysis, speak appropriately of Error Proofing the Process, in these quotations ... 

Juran JM et al, Quality Planning and Analysis from Product Development Through Use, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1980. 

Jurat and Gryna (1983) have chapters in Quality Planning and Analysis that cover extensively Designing for Quality and Designing for Quality—Statistical Tools. ... 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1977. Guidelines for Air Quality Maintenance Planning and Analysis, Volume 10 (Revised) Procedures for Evaluating Air Quality Impact of New Stationary Sources. EPA-450/4-77-001 (OAQPS Number 1.2029R), Research Triangle Park, NC. 

EPA. 1989g. Review of the national ambient air quality standard for lead Exposure analysis, methodology and validation. OAQPS staff report. Research Triangle Park, NC U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. EPA-450/2-89-011. 

The link between quality planning and quality improvement is execution. The continuous improvement cycle (Fig. 5) starts with benchmarking and internal assessment to arrive at a gap analysis. From the gap analysis an action plan with assigned leadership, resources, timelines, and metrics is developed. From this quality plan, the plant s human resources must successfully execute the plan for improvement to occur. It is the leadership s responsibility to assure that the plan is do-able, appropriate and adequate resources are assigned, and that the culture of the plant supports change. This starts with the project leaders who must have not only the technical skills, but also the project... 

Agency, Monitoring and Data Analysis Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Research Triangle Park, NC, 1976. 

EPA Regulatory Impact Analysis of the Clean Air Mercury Peule. (2005). EPA-452/R-05-003. Washington, DC Office of Ar Quality Planning and Standards Environmental Ar Quality Strategies and Standards Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 

US-EPA (2002) Economic impact analysis (ElA) Small municipal waste combustors-emissions guidelines and new source performance. Office of Air Quality Planning And Standards, EP 4.52 EC 7/10,p 715... 

Adherence to the Quality Plan and related procedures is expected to reduce the probability of error in calculations by requiring documentation of benchmarks and applications, thereby causing the user to think through the various steps in a calculation, and by requiring independent double checks of all steps of a criticality analysis from reading dimensions on a drawing to interpreting Monte Carlo results. 

An inspection by Daimler-Benz of elastomer components for use in car construction showed that the percentage of defective components was much higher than that for plastics or metal parts. Reasons for this situation are discussed and ways and methods (failure mode effects analysis and statistical process control) of improving the quality of rubber injection mouldings outlined. It is concluded that quality should be achieved by quality planning and development rather than by quality control. 13 refs. 

A failure modes and effects analysis is a systematic analytical technique for identifying potential failures in a design or a process, assessing the probability of occurrence and likely effect, and determining the measures needed to eliminate, contain, or control the effects. Action taken on the basis of an FMEA will improve safety, performance, reliability, maintainability and reduce costs. The outputs are essential to balanced and effective quality plans for both development and production as it will help focus the controls upon those products, processes, and characteristics that are at risk. It is not the intention here to give a full appreciation of the FMEA technique and readers are advised to consult other texts. 

Suggested Format for the Sampling and Analysis Plan (Comprising the Field Sampling Plan and Quality Assurance Project Plan)... 

QA, quality assurance RI, remedial investigation FS, feasibility study SAP, sampling and analysis plan FSP, field sampling plan QAPP, quality assurance project plan OSHA, Occupational Safety and Health Administration. 

Ocean Data Evaluation System (ODES) Data Submissions Manual QA/QC Guidance for Sampling and Analysis of Sediments Water and Tissue for Dredged Material Evaluations Chemical Evaluations Quality Assurance Plan for the National Pesticide Survey of Drinking Water Wells Analytical Method 2, Chlorinated Pesticides Quality Assurance Project Plan for Analytical Control and Assessment Activities in the National Study of Chemical Residues in Lake Fish Tissue... 

Ghosh, S., Ed. (1990), Statistical Design and Analysis of Industrial Experiments, Dekker, New York, NY. Gibson, R.J. (1968), Experimental Design, or Happiness is Planning the Experiment, Bioscience, 18,223-225. Gitlow, H., Gitlow, S., Oppenheim, A., and Oppenheim, R. (1989), Tools and Methods for the Improvement of Quality, Irwin, Homewood, IL. 

The quality plan defines the inputs and outputs of any laboratory process. For example, the quality plans refer to the analytical methods, the irrstnrments and laboratory equipment that are used for the analysis, the characteristics of the analysis results etc. All laboratory processes (e g. analytical methods) and laboratory products (e g. analytical resrrlts) should be subject to verification and validation to ensme that they are fit for the ptrrpose. The acceptance criteria should be defined and records should always be kept as evidence of meeting the requirements. 

The Facility Closure Plan includes two sampling and analysis plans. The first, Sampling and Analysis Plan for HWMU Closure (Appendix 2 in the Plan), includes requirements and procedures for conducting field sampling operations and investigations of soils and structures associated with the MDB and the HWMUs, as well as data quality objectives and field sampling protocols that could be used to verify decontamination (U.S. Army, 2000a). 

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