International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management: Volume 6 Issue 3

Subject:

Table of contents

Failure and Safety Analysis of Widespread Overhead Distribution Systems

R.H. Stillman, M. Darveniza

Decision making in respect of hazard and safety analysis in the face of uncertain data in the management of widespread distribution systems is focused on. The narrow…

Economic Design of a Partially Dynamic •‐Control Chart

F.O. Olorunniwo

In the economic design of •‐control charts the two extreme approaches used are that the design parameters are: (i) fixed once determined, and (ii) change from sample to sample…

What British Management can Reasonably Expect from a Quality Circle Programme

Frances M. Hill

One of the main difficulties with the Quality Circle (QC) technique is that, to the uninitiated, it appears attractively simple in concept. This attraction has been enhanced by…

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Productivity and Profitability through Quality ‐ Myth and Reality

K.E. Maani

The 1980s have seen the emergence of a new perception of productivity and its relationship to quality, cost and profitability. Supported by the startling success of the Japanese…

Some Attitudes to BS 5750: A Study

D. Whittington

The UK manufacturing industry may want quality systems based on BS 5750, but often for the wrong reasons. Quality managers are usually interested in implementing BS 5750 but need…

Cover of International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management

ISSN:

0265-671X

Online date, start – end:

1984

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Professor Jiju Antony