International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management: Volume 8 Issue 3

Implementing a Quality System in a UK Manufacturing Company

David T. Gould

How one company has tackled the implementation of a quality system using BS5750 Part 2 as its guide is described. The setting of objectives, activating cultural change, planning…

The Application of Failure Mode and Effects Analysis at an Automotive Components Manufacturer

J.R. Aldridge, J. Taylor, B.G. Dale

Research carried out to develop and advance the application of design and process failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) at Garrett Automotive Ltd, Skelmersdale, is described…

The Lucas Approach to Facilitating Total Quality

I.M. Ford, D.G. Coward

In an attempt to catch, and hopefully overtake, its competitors Lucas Industries plc has implemented modern production techniques in a major period of reorganisation. The…

Quality and Cost Improvements

R. Haworth

The management and control of random process variations is often neglected in Europe. The Japanese emphasise the control and reduction of these variations and some multinationals…

Quality in Gear Manufacture: A Case Study

A.J. Birkett, P.M. Braiden

The result of a Teaching Company Scheme between the University of Newcastle‐upon‐Tyne and Eaton Ltd (axle division), Newton Aycliffe, is presented. The programme was devel‐.pb…

Quality Management and Design‐Build: The Opportunities for this Method of Procurement

T.C. Cornick, N.J. Barre

The UK construction industry has approached the application of quality assurance with some confusion. This is due in part to the traditional methods of procurement which have…