International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management: Volume 27 Issue 5

Modelling supply chain network: a quality‐oriented approach

K. Das, S. Sengupta

Successful supply chain (SC) design outlines a process for selecting compatible and competent partners and details their interrelationship at different nodes located in different…

Scrap loss reduction using the 5‐whys analysis

Uthiyakumar Murugaiah, Samuel Jebaraj Benjamin, M. Srikamaladevi Marathamuthu, Saravanan Muthaiyah

This paper seeks to document an approach to reduce scrap losses using the root cause analysis technique in a lean manufacturing environment.

Integrated hazard and operability study using fuzzy linguistics approach in petrochemical industry

M. Ilangkumaran, P. Thamizhselvan

This paper aims to investigate the failure modes present in the dangerous operations and modify processes. After the identification of potential failures, prioritization will be…

Clustering of European countries based on ISO 9000 certification diffusion

Fiorenzo Franceschini, Maurizio Galetto, Domenico Maisano, Luca Mastrogiacomo

One of the stated goals behind the formation of the International Organization for Standardization was to develop standards to facilitate international trade in goods and…

Availability, MTTF and cost analysis of complex system under preemptive‐repeat repair discipline using Gumbel‐Hougaard family copula

Mangey Ram, S.B. Singh

The main aim of this paper is to improve reliability characteristics namely availability, mean time to failure (MTTF), and expected profit of a complex system.

Reliability assessment for one‐shot product with Weibull lifetime components

Chung‐Chu Pan, Liou Chu

In daily life, many products, such as light bulbs, fuses, dry batteries, fireworks, semiconductors, are non‐repairable. The non‐repairable products are usually referred to as…