International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management: Volume 27 Issue 7

TQM practices of Japanese‐owned manufacturers in the USA and China

Masahiro Miyagawa, Kosaku Yoshida

The main objective of this study is to explore the relationship between total quality management (TQM) practices and the business performance of Japanese‐owned manufacturers in…

Capitalising on ISO 9001 benefits for strategic results

Borut Rusjan, Milena Alič

The purpose of this paper is to identify and classify potential and verified benefits of implementing quality management systems (QMSs) according to ISO 9000 standards.

Entry barriers and industry rivalry: Do they mediate the relationship between quality management practices and performance?

Bishnu Sharma, David Gadenne

This study aims to investigate the impact of quality management practices on performance and the extent to which industry rivalry and entry barriers moderate the relationship…

An optimization‐based framework for designing acceptance sampling plans by variables for non‐conforming proportions

Belmiro P.M. Duarte, Pedro M. Saraiva

This paper seeks to present an optimization‐based approach to design acceptance sampling plans by variables for controlling non‐conforming proportions in lots of items. Simple and…

Modeling failure types and failure times of turning and boring machine systems

Abhijit Ghosh, S.K. Majumdar

The purpose of this paper is to model the occurrences of successive failure types and times to failure of the two repairable machine systems.

A modified FMEA approach to enhance reliability of lean systems

Rapinder Sawhney, Karthik Subburaman, Christian Sonntag, Prasanna Rao Venkateswara Rao, Clayton Capizzi

The purpose of this paper is to encourage the integration of Lean principles with reliability models to sustain Lean efforts on a long‐term basis. It seeks to present a modified…