International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management: Volume 23 Issue 6

The role of follow‐up in achieving results from self‐assessment processes

Matthew W. Ford, James R. Evans

The aim of this paper is to investigate follow‐up as a salient factor in achieving results from organizational self‐assessment.

A comparative study on cultural differences and quality practices – Korea, USA, Mexico, and Taiwan

Dong Kyoon Yoo, S. Subba Rao, Paul Hong

This paper seeks to present an international comparative study on cultural differences and quality practices of four countries – Korea, USA, Mexico, and Taiwan. The paper aims to…

Quality management practices and their impact on performance

Lassâad Lakhal, Federico Pasin, Mohamed Limam

This paper aims to explore the relationship between quality management practices and their impact on performance.

A review of research on cost of quality models and best practices

Andrea Schiffauerova, Vince Thomson

This paper aims to present a survey of published literature about various quality costing approaches and reports of their success in order to provide a better understanding of…

Reliability analysis of a cooling seawater pumping station

Mohammad J. AlSalamah, Ebrahim Shayan, Mehmet Savsar

This paper aims to examine the reliability of a cooling seawater pumping station which pumps seawater to refineries and petrochemical plants in Kuwait mainly for cooling purposes…

Reliability value analysis of complex production systems based on the losses from failures

M.T. Todinov

The aim of this paper is to propose efficient models and algorithms for reliability value analysis of complex repairable systems linking reliability and losses from failures.