International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management: Volume 26 Issue 2

The effect of autocorrelated observations on a GWMA control chart performance

Shey‐Huei Sheu, Shin‐Li Lu

The purpose of this paper is to monitor small shifts in the process mean and/or variance for which observational data meet significant autocorrelation.

Infrastructure and core quality management practices: how do they affect quality?

Xingxing Zu

This empirical study seeks to resolve the conflicting findings in the quality management (QM) literature about how different QM practices, specifically, infrastructure QM…

The impact of “soft” and “hard” TQM elements on quality management results

Christos B. Fotopoulos, Evangelos L. Psomas

The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationships between “soft” and “hard” TQM elements and quality management results.

Competitive strategy, TQM practice, and continuous improvement of international project management: A contingency study

Joo Y. Jung, Yong Jian Wang, Sibin Wu

The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between competitive strategy, total quality management (TQM), and continuous improvement of international project…

Reliability estimation in Maxwell distribution with Type‐II censored data

Hare Krishna, Manish Malik

This paper seeks to focus on the study and estimation of reliability characteristics of Maxwell distribution under Type‐II censoring scheme.

Maintenance of industrial equipment: Degree of certainty with fuzzy modelling using predictive maintenance

Edwin Vijay Kumar, S.K. Chaturvedi, A.W. Deshpandé

The purpose of this paper is to ascertain overall system health and maintenance needs with degree of certainty using condition‐monitoring data with hierarchical fuzzy inference…