International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management: Volume 41 Issue 5

Towards environmental sustainability: the nexus between green supply chain management, total quality management, and environmental management practices

Luay Jum’a, Ziad Alkalha, Maher Alaraj

With the increasing concern over environmental pollution and global warming, companies are required to act responsibly to mitigate these environmental issues. Their activities…

Optimal and economic design of modified double sampling plan under new Weibull–Pareto distribution

M. Sankara Narayanan, P. Jeyadurga, S. Balamurali

The purpose of this paper is to design a modified version of the double sampling plan to handle the inspection processes requiring a minimum sample size to assure the median life…

Governance mechanism to improve sustainability report quality: the impact on information risk and stock market participation

Dormauli Justina, I Wayan Nuka Lantara

This study aims to examine the effect of sustainability report quality (SRQ) on information risk. This research also aims to examine the effect of SRQ on stock market…

Essential building blocks for future blended learning with the right amount of blend

Vandana Savara, Yousef Assaf, Mustafa Hariri, Haya Bassam Alastal, Rania Asad

This paper aims to shed light on how the composition of future blended learning (BL) courses can be changed to provide students with quality academic learning experiences. The…

A solution approach proposal with a lean perspective for the poultry sector with WRM and BWM integration

Elif Kiran, Yesim Deniz Ozkan-Ozen, Yucel Ozturkoglu

This study aims to analyze lean wastes for the poultry sector in Turkey and link lean tools to this study, focusing on identifying each lean waste that affects poultry production…

Assessment of the factors for the adoption of Internet of things (IoT) in the logistics: a PLS-SEM (partial least squares structural equation modeling) approach

Ankur Kumar, Ambika Srivastava, Subhas C. Misra

The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence that technological, environmental and organizational factors have on the rate of Internet of Things (IoT) adoption within…

Competitive priorities and engagement: can they be a source of satisfaction? Customer-centered model

Abdulkareem Salameh Awwad, Abdel Latef Anouze, Elizabeth A. Cudney

This study aims to investigate and test the impact of competitive priorities, in terms of quality, speed, dependability, flexibility, cost and patient engagement, on patient…

A rule-based machine learning methodology for the proactive improvement of OEE: a real case study

Laura Lucantoni, Sara Antomarioni, Filippo Emanuele Ciarapica, Maurizio Bevilacqua

The Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is considered a standard for measuring equipment productivity in terms of efficiency. Still, Artificial Intelligence solutions are rarely…

Construction of taxonomy of conceptualization of sustainability in improving the industrial production process

Fábio de Oliveira Neves, Eduardo Gomes Salgado, Henrique Ewbank, Paulo Sampaio

Industrialization is a major contributor to pollution and the worsening of some social problems. A change in this context would help in a new industrial model aiming at a viable…

Time truncated attribute control chart for the generalized Rayleigh distributed quality characteristics and beyond

Mahendra Saha, Pratibha Pareek, Harsh Tripathi, Anju Devi

First is to develop the time truncated median control chart for the Rayleigh distribution (RD) and generalized RD (GRD), respectively. Second is to evaluate the performance of…