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Activity Number:
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344
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, August 8, 2006 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Quality and Productivity
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| Abstract - #307378 |
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Title:
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Quality Techniques in the Mill Benefit Young Trees in the Field
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Author(s):
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Bonnie P. Dumas*+
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Companies:
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MeadWestvaco Corporation
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Address:
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Forestry Division, Charleston, SC, 29483,
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Keywords:
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quality ; forestry ; statistical process control (SPC) ; Six Sigma
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Abstract:
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A case study examines whether quality management tools useful to meet carton specifications in a mill assembly line are successful in a forestry research initiative to identify best quality loblolly pine trees. A research tree improvement goal is to identify trees having the best growth, form and disease resistance traits. Toward this end alpha lattice experimental designs are used to control variation in testing over a thousand loblolly varieties, costing many thousands of dollars, at multiple locations. Six Sigma methodology used in our packaging mills was applied to this environment. The result was identification of a quality goal to reduce misplacement of young trees in field planting spots, a problem in implementing the complex designs. The outcome is an improved process of study installation that insures the correct tree placement that is imperative for high quality research data.
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