This book has proven incredibly helpful on so many occasions that I highly recommend it. Here are some examples:

Years ago, when I had a problem to deal with to improve probe yields on some major products, I presumed that a certain technique existed. I searched through several libraries, and finally found this book - and it had exactly the technique I needed.

Months later, an associate expressed frustration with his efforts to model a complex reliability problem - I showed him this book, and his eyes lit up as he saw the technique he needed.

Years later, when I needed to develop a statistical model for on time delivery, I again referred to this book to derive relationships between the standard deviation and average yields - but it also provided the information I needed on using Poisson statistics for process and assembly yield, and gave a helpful model for obtaining the cycle time distributions for a series of processes, such as from order through manufacturing and shipping to delivery of final product.

OK. I'm in the middle of reading. I enjoy eavery moment. It's a simple story, writtenn as if told.. It is intersting to see how many things havn't really changed here, in Israel, while also teaching a lot about recent history. I wonder how the English translation is. (I'M reading it in HEBREW)