International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management: Volume 36 Issue 6

Synergetic success factors of total quality management (TQM) and supply chain management (SCM): A literature review

Mandeep Kaur, Kanwarpreet Singh, Doordarshi Singh

The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to present a set of critical factors for total quality management (TQM) and supply chain management (SCM) practices through an…

Total Quality Management practices and work-related outcomes: A case study of higher education institutions in Pakistan

Muhammad Naeem Khan, Shahab Alam Malik, Saquib Yousaf Janjua

The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of Total Quality Management (TQM) practices on the performance of employees working in higher education institutions (HEIs). It…

Acceptance X-bar chart considering the sample distribution of capability indices, C ˆ p and C ˆ p k : A practical and economical approach

Pedro Carlos Oprime, Fabiane Leticia Lizarelli, Marcio Lopes Pimenta, Jorge Alberto Achcar

The traditional Shewhart control chart, the X-bar and R/S chart, cannot give support to decide when it is not economically feasible to stop the process in order to remove special…

The effect of transformer parameters on reliability assessment with the help of health index

Neelam Chantola, S.B. Singh

The purpose of this paper is to study various reliability measures like reliability, mean time to failure (MTTF) and sensitivity of transformer including different parameters of…

Lean thinking for education: development and validation of an instrument

Eleni Sfakianaki, Andreas Kakouris

The purpose of this paper is to respond to the increasing demands that education currently faces and develop a structured approach for the implementation of lean thinking (LT) in…

Does IS0 9001 quality management system support product innovation? An analysis from the sociotechnical systems theory

Younès El Manzani, Mohamed Larbi Sidmou, Jean-jack Cegarra

Building on the sociotechnical systems theory (STS), the purpose of this paper is to investigate the direct impacts of the social and technical QMs (ISO 9001) practices on both…

Impacts of Lean Six Sigma on improving a higher education system: a case study

Milad Haerizadeh, Vijaya Sunder M.

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the applicability and impact of Lean Six Sigma (LSS), a contemporary quality excellence methodology, for improving education system in…

Testing for detection of crack in rotor using vibration analysis: an experimental approach

Bhumi Ankit Shah, Dipak P. Vakharia

Many incidents of rotor failures are reported due to the development and propagation of the crack. Condition monitoring is adopted for the identification of symptoms of the crack…

The relationships among transformational leadership, sustainable leadership, lean manufacturing and sustainability performance in Thai SMEs manufacturing industry

Piyachat Burawat

The purpose of this paper is to examine the structural relationship model among transformational leadership, sustainable leadership (SL), lean manufacturing practices and…