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An Evaluative Study of the Attitudinal and Performance‐related Outcomes of Quality Circle Participation
Frances M. HillStudies two Northern Ireland manufacturing companies, Shirtco and Carpetco, to generate some quantitative data concerning possible attitudinal and behavioural outcomes of quality…
Does Higher Quality Mean Higher Cost?
Russell D. Johnson, Brian H. KleinerThe conventional wisdom of managers in the US dictates that improving product quality will increase the cost of making the product which will either increase the price or reduce…
On the Utilization of a Split Production System
M.N. Gopalan, U. Dinesh KumarAnalyses a split production system which has a single station in the first stage followed by two parallel stations in the second stage, in connection with the efficiency of the…
Design for Quality in the Shipbuilding Industry
J. Lyu, A. GunasekaranThere is a growing understanding that the quality of a product should be built in at the design phase. More and more reports have shown that this kind of approach, named design…
Comparative Perceptions of Product Quality Management
T.W. BatleyThere has been an increasing drive to improve total quality management of manufactured products internationally in recent years. This has resulted in many improvements in the…
Implementation of a Construction Industry Quality Assurance System
A.H. Tyler, D.T. FrostDescribes an applied research and development project at present being undertaken by the Department of Civil Engineering at Loughborough University to produce and implement a…
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International Journal of Quality ScienceEditor:
- Professor Jiju Antony