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A different and simple approach for comparing sampling methods in quality control
Manuel do Carmo, Paulo Infante, Jorge M Mendes– The purpose of this paper is to measure the performance of a sampling method through the average number of samples drawn in control.
The impact of employees’ attributes on the quality of food products
Dimitrios P. Kafetzopoulos, Katerina D. Gotzamani, Evangelos L. PsomasThe purpose of this paper is to analyse the importance of specific, quality-related employees’ attributes to the enhancement of product quality in food companies. The main goal is…
A hybrid framework based on SIPOC and Six Sigma DMAIC for improving process dimensions in supply chain network
Pratima Mishra, Rajiv Kumar SharmaThe purpose of this paper is to introduce a hybrid framework (suppliers, inputs, process, output and customers+define, measure, analyze, improve and control (SIPOC+DMAIC)) aimed…
Environmentally friendly as a new dimension of product quality
Kamyar Kianpour, Ahmad Jusoh, Maryam AsghariThe purpose of this paper is to extend the existing dimensions of product quality to cover ecological phenomena. It proposes adding a new dimension – environmentally friendly – to…
Step change-point estimation of multivariate binomial processes
S.T.A. Niaki, Majid KhedmatiThe purpose of this paper is to propose two control charts to monitor multi-attribute processes and then a maximum likelihood estimator for the change point of the parameter…
A dynamic model for hardware/software obsolescence
Kouroush Jenab, Kourosh Noori, Philip D. Weinsier, Sam KhourySince technological lifecycles do not always match hardware/software (HW/SW) lifecycles, obsolescence becomes a major issue in system lifecycle management as it can cause…
Multi criteria FMECA for coal-fired thermal power plants using COPRAS-G
Debasis Das Adhikary, Goutam Kumar Bose, Dipankar Bose, Souren MitraThe purpose of this paper is to present a multi criterion failure mode effect and criticality analysis for coal-fired thermal power plants using uncertain data as well as…
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