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Articles by Soren Bisgaard - six sigma and more

ASQ Statistics Division Winter 2006 Newsletter by Soren Bisgaard et. al., Jan 2006
The newsletter includes, The Future of Quality Technology: From a Manufacturing to a Knowledge Economy and From Defects to Innovations; and Douglas Hawkins' acceptance speech for the William G. Hunter Award.
Dutch Hospital Implements Six Sigma by Jaap van den Heuvel, Ronald J.M.M. Does and S?ren Bisgaard., Feb 2005
"The first group of 16 GBs were initially involved with seven projects. One project was terminated during the course of the training because it didn?t run well. This was a nice change, because in the pre-Six Sigma phase of the hospital?s quality improvement initiative, such a project would have dragged on forever. The other six projects were successfully completed in February, 2003."
Six Sigma and the Bottom Line by Soren Bisgaard and Johanees Freieslsben, Sep 2004
"One way to get management to listen is to usa a managerial accounting framework appropriately modified to the quality context."
What Can You Find Out From 12 Experimental Runs? by George Box and Soren Bisgaard, Nov 2002
Examines the possibilities of factorialy designed experiments using many variables at once.
Improving Business Processes with Six Sigma by Soren Bisgaard, Roger Hoerl and Ron Snee, Jun 2002
Power Point presentation for the Quality and Productivity Research Conference.
Service Quality by S?ren Bisgaard, Aug 1999
This article outlines concepts and models for Quality Management in the service sector.
Detecting Malfunctions in Dynamic Systems by George Box, Spencer B. Graves, S?ren Bisgaard, et. al., May 1999
Computer controls are increasingly being employed in systems ranging from simple to very complex. This report explores extending these computer systems to include monitoring schemes to detect malfunctions.
Importance of Graphics in Problem Solving and Detective Work by Soren Bisgaard , Feb 1996
This article discusses how statistical graphics catalyzes the problem solving process. Two industrial examples are used to illustrate this idea. Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
An Explanation and Critique of Taguchi's Contributions to Quality Engineering by George Box, Soren Bisgaard, and Conrad Fung, Mar 1988
"This paper presents an overview of Professor Genichi Taguchi's contributions and concludes that Professor Taguchi's quality engineering ideas are of great importance. However, many of the statistical design and analysis techniques he employs are often inefficient and unnecessarily complicated and should be replaced or appropriately modified."
The Scientific Context of Quality Improvement by George Box and Soren Bisgaard, Sep 1987
Scientific method is a key ingredient in the new philosophy of quality and productivity improvement. This paper provides an overview. A discussion of new ideas of how to design quality into products and processes is provided and Taguchi's work is evaluated and put in context. Publication: Quality Progress, June 1987.
Studies in Quality Improvement: Designing Environmental Regulations by Soren Bisgaard and William G. Hunter, Feb 1986
"this report outlines a framework, which is based upon statistical quality control concepts, for designing environmental regulations... With slight modifications, the framework outlined in this report can be applied to the design of standards of all kinds"
Lean Six Sigma in Healthcare by Henk de Koning, John Verver, Jaap van den Heuvel, Soren Bisgaard and Ronald Does, Jan 0003
"This article outlines a methodology and presents examples to illustrate how principles of Lean Thinking and Six Sigma can be combined to provide an effective framework for producing systematic innovation efforts in healthcare. Controlling healthcare cost increases, improving quality, and providing better healthcare are some of the benefits of this approach."

Dr. Bisgaard's page at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Søren Bisgaard received the 2002 Hunter Award from the ASQ Statistics Division.