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Characteristics, benefits and shortcomings of four major quality awards
Abby Ghobadian, Hong Seng WooIn an increasingly global and competitive environment, an organization’s long‐term survival may depend on improved quality, productivity and customer service. The pressing need to…
Trend testing in reliability engineering
George A. BohorisConsiders trend testing in the context of reliability/survival applications. Suggests that the very common tendency in reliability testing to fit lifetime distributions to…
Quality management, problems and pitfalls: a critical perspective
Adrian Wilkinson, Hugh WillmottQuality initiatives have become widespread in recent years. However, the diverse meanings attached to quality initiatives make it a seductive and slippery philosophy of management…
Transients’ effects on the reliability of programmable electronics
H.K. Tang, Brian LeeProgrammable electronics are particularly susceptible to transients, a form of electromagnetic interference. The widespread use of programmable electronics in many mass‐produced…
Generative and case study research in quality management: Part II: practical examples
Amrik Sohal, Alan Simon, Edmund LuProvides two practical examples of Australian quality management studies which have used generative and case study methodologies. Used the generative research strategy to study…
Reliability analysis of GFRP pultruded composite rods
M.H. Abdallah, Enayat M. Abdin, A.I. Selmy, U.A. KhashabaThe mechanical properties of FRP composites have a remarkable scatter, even when the specimens are prepared and tested under identical conditions. Proposes a new computerized…
The PCB industry in Hong Kong and China: A 14‐step implementation strategy for ISO 9002 certification
C.L. Tang, V.M. Rao TummalaDevelops a framework for planning, developing and implementing an effective quality management system to satisfy the ISO 9002 quality assurance standard for any medium‐to…
An improved minimal cut set algorithm
Chakib Kara‐ZaitriPresents a new qualitative fault tree evaluation algorithm based on bit manipulation techniques for the identification of the largest independent sub‐trees and the subsequent…
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- Professor Jiju Antony