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Managing commitment: increasing the odds for successful implementation of TQM, TPM or RCM
Jonas Hansson, Fredrik Backlund, Liselott LyckeQuality management, by means of total quality management (TQM), is considered to foster organisational performance characterised by competitiveness and long‐term profitability…
Total quality as a new global competitive strategy
Satish Mehra, Surendra P. AgrawalTotal quality has been acclaimed as an organizational philosophy to enhance global competitiveness. However, changing paradigms in global business operations require that quality…
Total quality management principles and practices in China
Jin‐Hai Li, Alistair R. Anderson, Richard T. HarrisonConsiders the role and practices of total quality management in China. After a brief overview, considers the evolution of quality practices and the links to economic reform in…
Quality management practices in Hong Kong industries: A comparison between electronics and toys manufacturing industries
K.S. Chin, V.M. Rao Tummala, K.M. ChanIn order to maintain competitiveness in a global market, more Hong Kong manufacturers are continuing the pursuit of quality management after being certified to ISO 9000. They…
Optimal selection of the most reliable design whose degradation path satisfies a Wiener process
Hong‐Fwu YuAt the research and development stage of a product, the manufacturer usually faces the problem of selecting the most reliable design among several competing ones for some parts…
Dependency and its predictions for systems and its components
Omkarprasad S. Vaidya, Sushil KumarThis study builds up the case for dependency considerations in system analyses by explaining “dependency” as a concept, and proposes a methodology to predict the dependency for…
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- Professor Jiju Antony