At New Haven Medical Devices, Nico pulls six samples an hour from an assembly line to examine them for quality defects. If he finds any, he makes adjustments to various pieces of equipment in his area. Nico's job involves
A. statistical process control.
B. benchmarking.
C. reduced cycle time.
D. feedforward control.
E. strategic control.
A. statistical process control.
Statistical process control uses periodic random samples from production runs (like those Nico takes) to see if quality is being maintained within a standard range of acceptability.
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