PeakSigma.com by Robert L. Horst (A Six Sigma Resource)

Robert L. Horst, P.E.

List of Published Work and Conference Presentations (1991 to date):

1. "Putting Teeth in Six Sigma," AMExpo: Advanced Mfg. Exposition & Conference, Charlotte NC, March 2009.

2. "Putting Teeth in Six Sigma," IEEE Susquehanna Section Meeting, Lancaster PA, September 2008.

3. "Measuring and Achieving Six Sigma Performance," Manufacturing Engineering, vol. 133. no. 1, pp. 117-122, July 2004.

4. "Making the Six Sigma Leap Using SPC Data," Proceedings of the 24^th International Electronics Manufacturing Technical Symposium, pp. 50-53, Austin TX, October 1999.

5. "Safety and Six Sigma," Manufacturing Engineering, vol. 122, no. 2, p. 14, February 1999.

6. U.S. Patent 5,715,181: Isogrammetric Analysis Method for High Yield Processes, February 3, 1998.

7. "A Quality Tool for the 21^st Century," Automation Forum Quarterly, October 1997; and NEMA Electroindustry, vol. 2, no. 8, August 15, 1997.

8. "Isogrammetric Level-of-Defectives Analysis Method for Manufacturing," NCMS Annual Technical Conference, Hilton Head Island SC, June 1996.

9. "4½-Sigma Quality Objective for Process Industries," IPC’94 International Forum for Plant-Floor Automation and Control, Detroit MI, April 1994—Best Paper Award.

10. "Value Focus—Performance, Not Conformance," Fourth International Conference on Productivity and Quality Research, Univ. of Miami FL, February 1993.

11. "Automation, Productivity, and Quality Improvement in the Factory," IEEE Technical Meeting, Susquehanna Section of IEEE, Lancaster PA, January 1993.

12. "Vision System for High-Resolution Dimensional Measurements and On-Line SPC: Web Process Application," IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 28, no. 4, July/August 1992.

13. "Investing in Automation: Total Quality Management Unlocks the Dollars," Controls & Systems, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 46-48, January 1992.

14. "Factory Automation Economic Justification by Taguchi Method: Automotive Example," Conference Record of IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, vol. II, pp. 1367-1373, Dearborn MI, October 1991.