Machine Learning in Manufacturing

Machine Learning in Manufacturing: Quality 4.0 and the Zero Defects Vision reviews process monitoring based on machine learning algorithms and the technologies of the fourth industrial revolution and proposes Learning Quality Control (LQC), the evolution of Statistical Quality Control (SQC). This book identifies 10 big data issues in manufacturing and addresses them using an ad-hoc, 5-step problem-solving strategy that increases the likelihood of successfully deploying this Quality 4.0 initiative. With two case studies using structured and unstructured data, this book explains how to successfully deploy AI in manufacturing and how to move quality standards forward by developing virtually defect-free processes. This book enables engineers to identify Quality 4.0 applications and manufacturing companies to successfully implement Quality 4.0 practices. - Provides an understanding of the most relevant challenges posed to the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in manufacturing - Includes analytical developments and applications and merges a quality vision with machine learning algorithms - Features structured and unstructured data case studies to illustrate how to develop intelligent monitoring systems with the capacity to replace manual and visual tasks

Dr. Carlos Alberto Escobar worked as a research scientist at the Amazon Last Mile Delivery and Technology organization and as a senior researcher at the Manufacturing Systems Research Lab of General Motors, Global Research and Development. He also worked as Faculty Aide at Harvard Extension School. Dr. Escobar obtained his Ph.D. in engineering sciences with a concentration in artificial intelligence (2019) and a master's degree in quality engineering (2005) from Tecnológico de Monterrey. He also obtained a master's in industrial engineering (2016) from New Mexico State University. He is an industrial engineer (2001) from Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Juarez. Currently, he studies a master's in management (2024) at Harvard Extension School. He has published over 30 scientific articles in top journals. His research topic has been presented in top conferences, including the American Society of Quality. According to a published bibliometric study, he is considered one of the most cited and fruitful authors in Quality 4.0 (2022). The interest in his publications (2023) lies in the 99% at the Research Gate platform compared to his cohort of researcher registered in 2015. Dr. Escobar was recognized as the SHPE STAR of Today (2021) by the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, the largest association of Hispanic in STEM in the U.S. Dr. Escobar was in the Mexican national team of martial arts, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of Ciudad Juarez (2015) after his retirement. Today, he enjoys teaching his colleagues this sport.