...Cebrail Çiflikli; Esra Kahya‐Özyirmidokuz Purpose Data mining (DM) is used to improve the performance of manufacturing quality control activity, and reduces productivity loss. The purpose of this paper is to discover useful hidden patterns from fabric data to reduce the amount of defective goods...

...Flavio Cesar Faria Fernandes; Moacir Godinho Filho; Maurice Bonney Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a practical proposal for integrating production control (PC) and quality control (QC) at the shop floor level. Design/methodology/approach The proposed method is based on three...

... workloads; 7. 7 kanban; 8. 8 total quality control; 9. 9 quality circles;and 10. 10 JIT purchasing. Based on the findings of the study, the researchers suggested that the model represented the integrative thinking inherent in JIT. The ten JIT management practices modeled...

... empowered via the aid of various engineering techniques. Proposes, based on these kind of thoughts, two directions for evolution of quality engineering. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Modelling Quality control Quality improvement Taguchi methods Recently, Taguchi methods have become very...

... industry Models Quality control Quality management Quality systems Theory Even though quality management is studied widely, little attention has been paid to the relationships between modern quality management practices and supporting information systems. This work aims at reducing...

... Competitiveness Deming Monitoring Quality control USA ADAPTING DEMING'S PHILOSOPHY: AN EVALUATIVE MODEL 3 The philosophy of strategic manufacturing goes far beyond the use of statistical methods. Adapting Deming's Philosophy: An Evaluative Model Jaideep G. Motwani, Victor E. Sower and Martin E. Roosenfeldt...

... are already extensive and are likely to prove essential to the future performance of the business. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Automotive components industry Costing ISO 9000 Quality control TQM QUALITY SYSTEMS AT CARELLO LIGHTING 3 Describes a firm's implementation of a total quality management...

... at Glasgow University, and Allistair U. Murray is an Operations Planning Executive at John McGavigan and Co. Ltd. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Corporate culture Decision making Information systems Information technology Quality control TQM ...

... Financial management Operations management Organizational performance Productivity Quality control QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AS AN OPERATIONS STRATEGY 3 Q uality is a strategy that wins in manufacturing, as in the marketplace, by eliminating waste. Quality Improvement as an Operations Strategy Everett E...

... Participation Quality circles Quality control 20 INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT & DATA SYSTEMS 91,6 Q uality control is declining into the enumeration of defects and the attribution of blame. New developments re-establish the old idea of the worker as a quality craftsman. Enhancing Quality Control: New Developments...

...T.N. Goh Efficient techniques of information collection and analysis are essential to all quality and productivity improvement studies. Most established concepts of quality control are passive in nature, intended more for the maintenance of the status quo than for purposeful changes...

...; the chief executives of companies have to make it happen. The quality regime and strategy must be one of a top-down approach, driven by the chief executive's commitment to provide the top quality product or service on offer. The focus on quality must move from the traditional quality control department...

.... In this article the authors report the views on quality of the seven senior executives who took part in the Manchester get‐together, typical quality policies pursued by their companies, and aspects of their quality management systems. © MCB UP Limited 1984 Quality Control Quality Assurance...