International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management: Volume 13 Issue 5

Failure mode and effects analysis: An integrated approach for product design and process control

Sheng‐Hsien (Gary) Teng, Shin‐Yann (Michael) Ho

Discusses the implementation of failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) for both product design and process control. FMEA is implemented in two ways to ensure that the…

Improving integrated circuits assembly quality ‐ a case study

Richard C. Whitfield, Kam‐Ming Kwok

Reports a case study in using a team approach to improve the quality, cycle time and yield of integrated circuits assembled in Hong Kong. Ford’s eight‐disciplines (8‐D) process is…

A Bayesian life test sampling plan for non‐repairable products sold under warranty

Y.I. Kwon

Proposes Bayesian life test sampling plan for non‐repairable products with exponential lifetime distribution, which are sold under a warranty policy. It is assumed that the…

A simple method of determining moments of a top event

K.P. Soman, K.B. Misra

Describes a simple algorithm which has been developed for determining exact moments of top event failure probability from the moments of the basic events in a fault tree. This…

Diagnosis of assignable cause in statistical process control

Zhang Wu

Explains that the shifts of a process may be classified into a set of modes (or classifications), each of which is incurred by an assignable cause. Presents an algorithm to…

Building‐in reliability ‐ implementation and benefits

James Prendergast, Eammon Murphy, Malcom Stephenson

Argues that in the coming years the present methods of demonstrating reliability will no longer be feasible and alternative methods must be found. Deals with building‐in…

Real‐time architecture for advanced quality monitoring in manufacturing

Devdas Shetty, Luvai Motiwalla, Jun Kondo, Saat Embong, Yunus Kathawala

Explains that the rapid growth of artificial intelligence techniques, especially neural networks and knowledge‐based systems, have paved the way for the development of an…