International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management: Volume 6 Issue 6

Prospects and Problems of the Quality Control Circle Transplant: The Permeable Discipline Barriers

Nicholas C. Georgantzas

The job redesign framework is implicit in the Quality Control Circle literature. It separates QCC′s from any policy considerations and creates grave distortions of view. The…

Total Quality Control in an Asian Division of a Multinational Corporation

Amrik S. Sohal, Geok‐Seng Tay, Andrew Wirth

During the 1980s many organisations around the world adopted the total quality control concept, and many successes and failures have been reported. The process of TQC…

Requirements for the Quality Database

Barbara M. Savage, James D.T. Tannock

The development of a quality database is central to effective automation of the operational activities of quality control. The importance of automation to quality data management…

Training, Problem Solving and Quality Improvement ‐ Some Forgotten Lessons from Japan

D.C. Perman

Schemes to improve quality performance have often concentrated on short‐term results or policy statements which do not establish the relevant work practices. In Japan such…

Interpretation of Fatigue Data Surfaces to Optimise Product Evaluation Test Levels

C. Lawrence

The use of fatigue loading as a test medium for the quality assurance of commercial gas and water pipe components is postulated. The establishment of an appropriate system…

Questions about Quality Costs

Anil K. Bajpai, Phillip C.T. Willey

The importance of quality costs and benefits is sometimes not recognised by industrial managers. Quality costs money but the benefits which accrue are elusive and hard to…