Asian Journal on Quality: Volume 1 Issue 1
Table of contents
Quality Management in Korea ‐ Past and Present Situations and Future Desirable Directions
Sung Hyun ParkFirst of all, this paper deals with the past and the present situations of quality management (QM) in Korea to show where the Korean industry stands in terms of QM movements…
Super Strict Quality Requirements of the 21st Century and Its Influence on the Industry of CHINA
Jing Sun, Gongxu ZhangThe famous US quality management expert J.M. Juran pointed out on the American Quality Congress of ASQC in 1994, that the 20th century is a century of productive force and the…
The design and use of multiple cusum scheme
Chuen‐Sheng Cheng, Sheng‐Su ChengControl charts are widely used for both manufacturing and service industries. Traditional Shewart control chart is a very simple procedure, it works well for detecting large…
The Requirements on statistical techniques in QS‐9000
Shu YamadaQS‐9000 was established by Chrysler, Ford, General Motors and some Truck Manufacturers to solve problems of efforts to prepare original standards for each company. When we compare…
Design Criterion for Estimating Mean and Variance Functions
Yong B. LimIn an industrial process, the proper objective is to find the optimal operating conditions with minimum process variability around the target. Vining and Myers (1990) suggest to…
A survey for research and application of quality science in CHINA
Jichao XuQuality science may be defined as the subject promoting both quality and productivity, which may include quality management, quality engineering and technology innovation. The…
A Test For Trend Change in Failure Rate Using Censored Data
Jae Joo Kim, Hai Sung Jeong, Myung Hwan NaThe problem of trend change in the failure rate is great interest in the reliability and survival analysis. In this paper we develop a test statistic for testing whether or not…
A Practice on performance testing for web‐based systems Hyperlink testing for web‐based system
Wen‐Kui Chang, Shing‐Kai HonThis paper investigates the issue of performance testing on web browsing environments. Among the typical non‐functional characteristics, index of link validity will be deeply…
Self‐evaluation model for TQM activity
Hiroshi Osada, Masahiko YamazakiObjective evaluation is necessary for the company to know the level of its TQM activity and to improve it. This article proposes self‐evaluation model for TQM activity through…
Control chart pattern recognition using average of cumulative sum
Chuen‐Sheng Cheng, Shin‐Jia ChenThe statistical process control chart is a monitoring technique useful in determining whether a process is behaving as intended or if there are some unnatural causes of variation…
A Procedure for Robust Evolutionary Operations
Yongyun B. Kim, Jai‐Hyun Byun, Sang‐Gyu LimEvolutionary operation (EVOP) is a continuous improvement system which explores a region of process operating conditions by deliberately creating some systematic changes to the…
A Technique and software of analysis and control for measurement process
Zhao Fengyu, Jichao Xu, Bo BergmanIn this paper, a two‐section method for measuring is introduced and the variation soruces of measurement process are analysed. Measuring is a special process. Various variation…
Change of Stock Earning Rate on Korean Quality Award Recipients: The comparison between KQA Index and Baldridge Index
Yung‐Ho Suh, Hyun‐Soo LeeThe purpose of this research is to understand the effects of Quality Management Award on stock prices movement and to examine the comparative advantages of quality award system in…