... that from as early as in the preconstruction stage of a project, the availability of quality standards and documentation is problematic when implementing quality management processes. The critical factor of the quality control activities of a project and the quality management roles and responsibilities...

... at: maira.bauer@rambler.ru 15 04 2022 05 07 2022 08 08 2022 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Dairy industry Logistics performance index Planning Quality control Supply chain One factor in the competitiveness...

... function that assigns to each object x a grade of membership ranging from 0 to 1. To enhance competitiveness, companies should continuously improve their production processes and product quality. In the quality control of manufacturing process, critical to quality (CTQ) is the key measurable...

... of cybernetic approaches to business processes is shown. Especially quality control loops are analysed in order to find appropriate solutions for their design and implementation in enterprises. Findings – As a core element of the paper an approach for the systematic implementation of control loops...

... Quality culture SPC Variability Quality control Management theory The conceptual root of total quality management (TQM) can be traced to the work of Walter Shewhart in statistical process control (SPC) at the Bell Laboratories in the USA during the 1920s. Shewhart's concern was to develop...

...Yu Yang; Hanhui Hu; Xiao Qian Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report a pilot project on quality control in China's government department (AQSIQ), based on an extended EFQM excellence model. Design/methodology/approach After careful comparisons, the EFQM Excellence Model was selected...

... in routine quality improvement projects in the area of information systems which also augments the general database of quality‐related testing cases. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Design Quality control Quality management techniques Communication technologies The total quality...

...Salaheldin I. Salaheldin; Mohamed Zain Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how quality control circles (QCCs) enhance work safety in a manufacturing firm in a developing country environment of the Middle East. Design/methodology/approach This paper is an exploratory investigation...

.... This can be detected from different factors that constitute the specific goals of this study; of which the most important are: Naser Abdulrahman Alsaleh can be contacted at: dr.naser@consultant.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Quality control Total quality management Food...

... 2007 Learning organizations Statistical process control Quality control Control theory Food industry These two strategies are observed in models of OL developed by Argyris (1992) and Senge (1990) . Senge makes the distinction between “adaptive” and “generative” learning, where...

...Kasturi Narasimhan A.   Birolini . Reliability Engineering: Theory and Practice, 4th edition . Springer , 2004 . 544 pp , ISBN: 3‐540‐40287‐X   £100.00, US$ 149.00 (Hardcover) © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 --> Reliability management Quality control...

... Miyauchi from the Japanese Union of Scientists and Engineers visited Fiji to advise the national productivity board on the implementation of quality control circles. By the end of 1986, quality circles had taken root in Fiji. But, with the advent of the 1987 military coup, the momentum gained by the FNTC...

...Jiju Antony Mike Kaye; Andreas Frangou It is widely considered that the advanced statistical quality improvement techniques (ASQIT) such as design of experiments and Taguchi methods form an essential part of the search for effective quality control. These quality improvement techniques are well...

... our expectations and thus specification (in SPC terms, we wish to find and remove common causes). Quality control Root cause analysis Total quality management Convinced disciples of Shewhart and Deming know that TQM is much more than fine exhortations and platitudes. At its most...

... to quality and concludes that the benefits of simulation could make a significant contribution to the continuous improvement of the quality management systems themselves. Chanadra and Melloy[ 12 ] also described a software program, in this case developed for the purpose of illustrating quality control...

...March Laree Jacques Examines the past and future of total quality management through observations contributed by senior leaders of the USA quality movement on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the American Society for Quality Control, the 40th anniversary of the European Organization...

.... Finally, the model can be of assistance to other companies contemplating the TQM goal. It is the Japanese experience that 95 per cent of the problems in the workshop can be solved with simple quality control (QC) methods such as the seven tools of QC. They are: Pareto diagrams, cause‐and‐effect...

... Feedback manufacturing Performance measurement Product quality Quality control Self‐assessment Quality control by a QC auditor, after the job is done, is a waste of time and money. Above all, it does not help to eliminate the source of the defects. The source of most defects in industry...

... the desired results. Reliance on methodologies will not. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Quality assurance Quality control TQM Quality is one of the most important aspects of life today, affecting everything around us and all that we do. Yet it is difficult to define,and means different things...

..., control, quality assurance and (total) quality management. Introduces a new concept of quality to describe more accurately quality in (total) quality management terms. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Australia Productivity Quality assurance Quality control Quality management TQM There has...