...) 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 Yeh and Zhang (2004) introduced...

...Xia Pan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to put forward the view that systems theory, cybernetics, information theory, and dissipative structure theory should be the fundamental principles underlying quality management. These “new sciences” relate to quality management not just in terms...

...Cheng‐Nan Chen; Shueh‐Chin Ting Although the applications of grey system theory have been prosperous in the engineering field, there are very few applications to the management field. We argue that this theory is worthy of promotion to the management field. Therefore, the main purpose of this study...

... Environmental Management System. The ISO 8402 Vocabulary is streamlined using the “system’s view”. Finally, the benefits of this view for creating quality vocabulary are discussed. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Communications Quality Quality management Systems theory Terminology “In the beginning...