International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management: Volume 38 Issue 4

A reliability-based and sustainability-informed maintenance optimization considering risk attitudes for telecommunications equipment

Ali Karevan, Kong Fah Tee, Mohammadreza Vasili

This study presents a reliability-based and sustainability-informed maintenance optimization model for telecommunications equipment. It considers several risk attributes…

Reliability parameter estimation of repairable systems with imperfect maintenance, repair and overhaul

Garima Sharma, Rajiv Nandan Rai

Industries generally require good maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facilities. Maintenance activities at MRO cover the normal scheduled check-ups known as scheduled…

Assessing project risks from a supply chain quality management (SCQM) perspective

Barbara Gaudenzi, Abroon Qazi

Project-driven supply chain risks pose a significant threat to the success of complex development projects, in terms of achieving key performances such as quality, time and…

The impact of non-urgent patients in emergency departments' operations

Higor Leite

Globally, the presence of non-urgent patients in emergency departments (EDs) is considered one of the main reasons for creating excessive waiting times and overcrowding in units…

A hybrid multi-criteria decision-making approach to assess the enablers of manufacturing flexibility under fuzzy environment

Ruchi Mishra

The study aims to assess and prioritise the enablers of manufacturing flexibility by evaluating the degree of environmental uncertainty and manufacturing flexibility in an…

Extension of technology continuance theory (TCT) with task technology fit (TTF) in the context of Internet banking user continuance intention

Samar Rahi, Mubbsher Munawar Khan, Mahmoud Alghizzawi

The advancement in Internet technology has played a significant role in revolutionizing the Internet banking services. Therefore, little is discussed about factors that motivate…

Six Sigma quality evaluation of life test data based on Weibull distribution

Niveditha A, Ravichandran Joghee

While Six Sigma metrics have been studied by researchers in detail for normal distribution-based data, in this paper, we have attempted to study the Six Sigma metrics for…

A new model to monitor very small effects of a polynomial profile

Karim Atashgar, Leila Abbassi

Different real cases indicate that the quality of a process is better monitored by a functional relationship rather than the traditional statistical process control (SPC) methods…

Value stream mapping in education: addressing work stress

Jan Riezebos, Babette Huisman

Teachers of primary education experience high levels of stress but lack rational coping strategies to reduce their work stress. The paper develops a value stream mapping for…