...) as the occurrence of a shock within a threshold period in our generalized model, one can study the renewing warranty cost analysis. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Systems theory Replacement control Production methods Production planning and control A shock in the (n+1)th sub...

...T. Genadis Examines the distribution of the time spent by particular jobs in a two‐station reliable production line with a single machine at each station and FIFO queuing discipline. The processing times are assumed to follow the exponential distribution with different means. Develops an analytic...

...Svetislav B. Kostic; Vojislav Dj. Arandjelovic The concept of dependability of a product has been successfully applied in the military and associated industries and also in the special high technology industries. Today, a need has been recognized for introducing this concept into other industrial...

... quality into products and services. A powerful approach to designs for quality is the quality function deployment (QFD) process. QFD’s simplification procedures call for improvement through the analysis of indirect relationships among quality’s ends and means. An illustrative example enhances QFD’s...

...Bo‐Shi Huang; Huan‐Neng Chiu Develops a framework which provides a step towards better planning of production, scheming inspection and preventive maintenance. Studies the effects of an imperfect production process on the optimal production cycle time. The system is assumed to deteriorate during...

...J. Lyu; A. Gunasekaran There is a growing understanding that the quality of a product should be built in at the design phase. More and more reports have shown that this kind of approach, named design for quality, can benefit the company to make it much more competitive. In many Eastern countries...

...Andrea Corvi; Roberto Pierandrei; Dario Vangi Examines the problems connected with quality assurance in composite material components. Focuses on the quality implications of the product during the material selection and characterization phases and on the evaluation of allowables through statistical...

...A.Z. Keller; A. Kazazi; A. Carruthers Over the past two decades the “Just‐in‐Time” (JIT) manufacturing philosophy has increasingly influenced operation and production systems of many Western manufacturing companies. As a consequence, many other manufacturers are now currently considering adopting...

... trouble areas within the production system. This article analyses the use of the Andon system in Western organisations and explores the issues concerning its usage for management and employees. The various types and mechanisms of the Andon system are discussed and examples of its usage...

...L. Brennan; H. Cullinane; C. O′Connor; D. Punch; J. Sheil The determination of quality costs on a production line is discussed. An approach to quality costs analysis is developed and illustrated employing a particular production line. This line which is devoted to the assembly and testing...

... is described and the way in which the company adopted this approach is discussed in detail. © MCB UP Limited 1990 PRODUCTION QUALITY SUPPLY Establishing Vendor Rating Based on Quality Performance and Other Criteria Nigel Parker Black and Decker, Spennymoor, Co. Durham Historical Perspective...

... ownership rights, product liability, and termination of the agreement and the settlement of disputes. The conclusions are that co‐makership does not present any insuperable legal problems, nor are these problems novel or difficult. © MCB UP Limited 1990 CO‐MAKERSHIP LAW PRODUCTION QUALITY...

... with and the appropriate steps in this process outlined. © MCB UP Limited 1990 CO‐MAKERSHIP PRODUCTION QUALITY SUPPLY CHAIN Co-makership as an Extension of Quality Care Alan Harrison University of Warwick, Coventry Introduction What is the role of quality in a supply chain? Much depends...

... improvement in wave‐soldering and carbonitriding processses. QUALITY PRODUCTION STATISTICS IJQRM 7,1 Quality Improvement Using Experimental Design 70 Received March 1988 Revised July 1988 T.E. Lim Nanyang Technological Institute, Singapore Introduction Experimental design was developed by R.A. Fisher...

... in” approach while companies in the US and Europe use a “Product out” approach. Each of these approaches is described, and the two compared. © MCB UP Limited 1990 EMPLOYEES ETHICS JAPAN PRODUCTION SALES IJQRM 7,1 The Market-orientated Production Systems of Japanese Companies 14 Naoto Sasaki...

... developed model for assessing the impact of failures of equipment (subject to multiple repair modes) on system production capability is presented. It is based on the numerical simulation of delay times in the production flow and enables the analyst to consider alternative and realistic policies of failure...

... developed here incorporates statistical, economic and administrative considerations in addition to other practical work situations. Some guidelines for implementing the model in the production environment are provided. IJQRM 6,3 24 Economic Design of a Partially Dynamic -Control Chart by F.O. Olorunniwo...