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"A thoughtful, complete, and very readable approach to robust engineering. It presents insights that correlate with those learned at Ford while developing and executing Design for Six Sigma. Having this book three years ago could’ve helped with that effort." –David Amos • DFSS Deployment Director Ford Motor Company "A must-read road map . . . Dr. Thornton cogently explains the importance and the effective implementation of variation risk management across the enterprise to managers, designers, and customers alike." –Mike Vander Wel, PE • Build Integration/Final Assembly Manager 7E7 Commercial Airplane Program Boeing Commercial Aircraft Group "Dr. Thornton has developed a straightforward and simple way to use this process for aligning customer requirements, product design, process capability, and quality inspections. It works well in the real world!" –Thomas Gonzalez • Divisional Vice President, Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs Immunoassay and Clinical Chemistry Abbott Diagnostics Division Written by Anna C. Thornton, the well-known author who coined the phrase "variation risk management," this comprehensive book presents new methods and implementation strategies based on her research of industry practices and her personal experience with such companies as Baxter Healthcare Corporation, The Boeing Company, Boston Scientific Corporation, Eastman Kodak Company, Ford Motor Company, Johnson & Johnson, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Northrop Grumman Corporation, and many others. Variation Risk Management helps businesses in product development and production focus their company variation reduction and quality efforts with quantitative methods that have proven successful at top corporations. Step-by-step guidelines demonstrate how to implement and apply variation risk management to real-world problems within the existing systems of an organization.

PRAISE FOR PRODUCT REALIZATION: GOING FROM ONE TO A MILLION "A must-read reference for anyone who intends to successfully build a product and bring it to market." ?Desh Deshpande, Entrepreneur & Life Member of MIT Corporation "This book is a go-to resource for new and experienced hardware teams to help them plan for and execute a new hardware startup successfully and avoid common pitfalls. Highly recommended." ?Bill Aulet, Managing Director, The Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship & Professor of the Practice, MIT Sloan School and Author of Disciplined Entrepreneurship "An excellent, practical guide for first time entrepreneurs building physical world products." ?Laila Partridge, Managing Director, STANLEY+Techstars Accelerator "Product Realization picks up where so many product design books end. Here is the book that explains it all ? chock full of shop-floor wisdom, fascinating stories and compelling examples." ?Steven Eppinger, Professor of Management Science and Engineering Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Product Realization contains the critical information and roadmap hardware entrepreneurs need as they take their concepts from prototype to production." ?Ken Rother, Managing Director eLab and Visiting Lecturer of Management, Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University Product Realization: Going from One to a Million delivers a comprehensive treatment of the entire product launch process from beginning to end. Drawing upon the author's extensive first-hand experience with dozens of successful product launches, the book explores the process of bringing a design from prototype to product. It illustrates the complicated and interdisciplinary process with vignettes and examples, provides checklists and templates to help teams, and points out common challenges teams will face. Perfect for both students, start-ups, and engineers in the field, Product Realization: Going from One to a Million will be the go-to reference for engineers seeking practical advice and concrete strategies to launch higher quality products, at the right cost and on time.