International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management: Volume 31 Issue 7
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Improving integration of human resources into quality management system standards
Kathryn A. Boys, Anne E. WilcockLittle attention has been paid to how quality management systems (QMSs) are optimized by supportive employee behavior. The purpose of this paper is to provide a critical review of…
Self-certification framework for technological innovation: a case study
Dong-Young Kim, Young-Ha HwangThe purpose of this paper is to present a self-certification framework for assessing technological innovation and certifying superior products. The paper discusses how and why…
Conceptualizing e-government service quality under credence based settings : A case of e-counseling in India
Amritesh, Subhas C. Misra, Jayanta ChatterjeeThe purpose of this paper is to acknowledge the potential complexities in conventional notions of e-government service environments, which have earlier been conceptualized as a…
A revised FMEA application to the quality control management
Claudia Paciarotti, Giovanni Mazzuto, Davide D’EttorreThe purpose of this paper is to propose a cost-effective, time-saving and easy-to-use failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) system applied on the quality control of supplied…
Development of fuzzy U control chart for monitoring defects
Soroush Avakh Darestani, Azam Moradi Tadi, Somayeh Taheri, Maryam RaeiszadehShewhart's control charts are the most important statistical process control tools that play a role in inspecting and producing quality control. The purpose of this paper is to…
The verification of effective leadership style for TQM: A comparative study between USA-based firms and China-based firms
Young Sik Cho, Joo Y. JungThe purpose of this paper is to verify the universal applicability of total quality management (TQM) across national boundaries. Specifically, the authors examined the validity of…
Development of a metrological management model using the AHP and SEM techniques
Jaime Beltrán, Jesús Muñuzuri, Miguel Rivas, Enrique MartínThe evaluation of management systems is usually based on a series of assumptions which are never questioned. The purpose of this paper is to focus on two of these assumptions, in…
Multicomponent joint reliability importance of series-in-parallel and parallel-in-series systems
Kanchan Jain, Isha Dewan, Monika RaniJoint reliability importance (JRI) of components is the effect of a change of their reliability on the system reliability. The authors consider two coherent multi-component…

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