International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management: Volume 5 Issue 2

Design Implications of Product Liability

J.G. Roche

This article adopts the Juran concept of fitness for use which is defined and difficulties in achieving the ideal design are briefly mentioned. The author contends that…

Industrial Managers and their Attitudes to Quality

G.S. Aschner, L. Pataki

Recent changes in the world economic and social environment have set higher requirements in respect of the general quality of products and services. A key element of quality…

Cusum Charts — Give Your Data a New Look

A.F. Bissell

Cumulative Sum methods were first developed 30 years ago as an alternative to conventional quality control charts. In this article, the basic features of Cusum plotting are…

Investigation of Downtime Behaviour of CNC Machines: Time Series Models

Yash P. Gupta, Toni M. Somers, Lea Grau

The emergence of advanced manufacturing technologies such as Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS) is forcing organisations to re‐examine their manufacturing strategies. CNC…

Application of Dylam to the Safety Analysis of Chemical Processes

A. Amendola, N.A. Labath, Z. Nivolianitou, G. Reina

Safety analysis of hazardous processes requires the use of models to simulate dangerous transient conditions and to assess the availability of the relevant mitigating and…

Overcoming Problems Facing a Power Generating Company in a Developing Country

Mohammad Ali Shah, A.Z. Keller, A.S. Sohal

The results of a study carried out to identify the problems and issues arising in the electric distribution system of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation are presented. The…