Table of contents
Quality planning performance: the relationship between objectives and process
Simon S.K. LamExamines organizational objectives when conducting quality planning and how different planning objectives are related to its perceived performance. The sample included 42 firms…
The human side of total quality management in Taiwan: leadership and human resource management
Wen‐Hsien ChenTotal quality management (TQM) is widely recognized as an effective approach to enhance a firm’s competitive advantage. In addition to technical elements such as statistical…
Assessing employee turnover intentions before/after TQM
Tor GuimaraesTotal quality management programmes have produced an impressive list of claimed benefits and continue to accumulate converts to this philosophy. Many of the basic requirements for…
The use of probability limits for process control based on geometric distribution
M. Xie, T.N. GohControl charts based on geometric distribution have shown to be useful when this is a better approximation of the underlying distribution than the Poisson distribution. The…
Comparison between constant and step‐stress tests for Weibull models
Imad H. KhamisCompares optimum constant‐stress and simple step‐stress ALTs for the Weibull distribution. The purpose is to quantify the advantage of using step‐stress testing in comparison to…
Calculating the comparative two‐sample tests for censored reliability data
G.A. BohorisSummarizes part of the work carried out to date on seeking analytical solutions to the two‐sample problem with censored data in the context of reliability and maintenance…
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International Journal of Quality ScienceEditor:
- Professor Jiju Antony