International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management: Volume 37 Issue 2

Importance measures for degrading components based on cooperative game theory

Yingsai Cao, Sifeng Liu, Zhigeng Fang

The purpose of this paper is to propose new importance measures for degrading components based on Shapley value, which can provide answers about how important players are to the…

Agile manufacturing: a literature review and Pareto analysis

Rahul Kumar, Kanwarpreet Singh, Sanjiv Kumar Jain

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the existing literature on agile manufacturing (AM) to pinpoint critical success factors (CSFs) affecting the successful implementation…

Reliability analysis of underground rock bolters using the renewal process, the non-homogeneous Poisson process and the Bayesian approach

Nicolas La Roche-Carrier, Guyh Dituba Ngoma, Yasar Kocaefe, Fouad Erchiqui

Reliability plays an important role in the execution of the maintenance improvement and the understanding of its concepts is essential to predict the type of maintenance according…

Assessing the synergy status of TQM and SCM initiatives in terms of business performance of the medium and large scale Indian manufacturing industry

Mandeep Kaur, Kanwarpreet Singh, Doordarshi Singh

The purpose of this paper is to develop an insight into the prevalent quality and supply chain practices adopted in the contemporary Indian manufacturing industry, and compare…

Implications of TQM in firm’s innovation capability

Daniel Jiménez-Jiménez, Micaela Martínez-Costa, Lorena Para-Gonzalez

Over the last few decades, some researchers have analysed the role of total quality management (TQM) as a precursor of innovation. However, the relationship between TQM and…

Standardized management systems and risk management in the supply chain

Dominik Zimon, Peter Madzík

The purpose of this paper is to determine the impact of standardized management systems (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 22000 and ISO 28000) on minimizing selected aspects of risk in…

Development of an auditing framework by integrating ISO 9001 principles within auditing

Omran Ahmad Abuazza, Ashraf Labib, Barbara M. Savage

The purpose of this paper is to develop an auditing framework which would assist the organizations that experience difficulties with the current ISO 9001 quality audits to achieve…

Application of Markov process/mathematical modelling in analysing communication system reliability

Amit Kumar, Pardeep Kumar

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the main components of a wireless communication system, e.g. input transducer, transmitter, communication channel and receiver on the basis…

Optimal parameters and tolerances in concurrent product and process design using simulation and fuzzy goal programming

Abbas Al-Refaie, Mays Haddadin, Alaa Qabaja

The purpose of this paper is to propose an approach to determine the optimal parameters and tolerances in concurrent product and process design in the early design stages…