International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management: Volume 39 Issue 3

Guest editorial: Recent communications in system reliability, quality and supply chain management

Mangey Ram, Christian N. Madu, Liudong Xing, Tadashi Dohi

Maintenance strategy selection: a comprehensive review of current paradigms and solution approaches

Amitkumar Patil, Gunjan Soni, Anuj Prakash, Kritika Karwasra

In today's competitive industries, the selection of best suitable maintenance strategy is dependent on large number of quantitative and qualitative factors, and it becomes an…

An optimal scheduling policy for upgraded software with updates

Adarsh Anand, Subhrata Das, Mohini Agarwal, Shinji Inoue

In the current market scenario, software upgrades and updates have proved to be very handy in improving the reliability of the software in its operational phase. Software upgrades…

Three-echelon apparel supply chain coordination with triple bottom line approach

Patanjal Kumar, Dheeraj Sharma, Peeyush Pandey

An apparel supply chain primarily consists of geographically distant suppliers, manufacturers and retailers. The coordination among the members of the supply chain becomes…

Software reliability prediction and release time management with coverage

Saurabh Panwar, Vivek Kumar, P.K. Kapur, Ompal Singh

Software testing is needed to produce extremely reliable software products. A crucial decision problem that the software developer encounters is to ascertain when to terminate the…

Routing and collection load decisions in a green logistics system for delivering lunch boxes

Rabin K. Jana, Dinesh K. Sharma, Subrata Kumar Mitra

The purpose of this paper is to offer improvement in routing and collection load decisions for a green logistics system that delivers lunch boxes.

Ranking of performance indicators in an Internet of Things (IoT)-based traceability system for the agriculture supply chain (ASC)

Sanjeev Yadav, Dixit Garg, Sunil Luthra

The prime aim of this paper is the identification and prioritization of performance indicators, which motivate the development of an Internet of Things (IoT)-based traceability…

Analysis of signature reliability of ring-shaped network system

Mangey Ram, Subhi Tyagi, Akshay Kumar, Nupur Goyal

The purpose of this paper is to design a ring network topology system and alter it into a series–parallel type framework. Then, reliability of the framework is analysed and…

Empirical evaluation of code smells in open-source software (OSS) using Best Worst Method (BWM) and TOPSIS approach

Stuti Tandon, Vijay Kumar, V.B. Singh

Code smells indicate deep software issues. They have been studied by researchers with different perspectives. The need to study code smells was felt from the perspective of…

A multiphase acceptance sampling model by attributes to investigate the production interruptions in batch production within tobacco industry

Damla Yüksel, Yigit Kazancoglu, P.R.S Sarma

This paper aims to create a new decision-making procedure that uses “Lot-by-Lot Acceptance Sampling Plan by Attributes” methodology in the production processes when any production…

Drivers of sustainable healthcare supply chain performance: multi-criteria decision-making approach under grey environment

Md Kamal Hossain, Vikas Thakur

This paper aims to explore the drivers of sustainable healthcare supply chain (SHCSC) performance measurement through extensive literature review and experts' opinions. The…