International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management: Volume 34 Issue 7

Integration of Taguchi and Shainin DOE for Six Sigma improvement: an Indian case

Anupama Prashar

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the application of Six Sigma/design of experiments (DOE) hybrid framework for improving damping force (DF) generation process in a…

Bootstrap test for process capability indices

Bahram Sadeghpour Gildeh, Sedigheh Rahimpour, Fatemeh Ghanbarpour Gravi

The purpose of this paper is to construct a statistical hypotheses test for process capability indices and compare the pairs of them with a fixed sample size.

Supply chain risk assessment approach for process quality risks

Abhijeet Ghadge, Xie Fang, Samir Dani, Jiju Antony

The purpose of this paper is to proactively analyse and mitigate the root causes of the product and security risks. The case study approach examines the effectiveness of the fuzzy…

Does interaction between TQM practices and knowledge management processes enhance the innovation performance?

Maha Mohammed Yusr, Sany Sanuri Mohd Mokhtar, Abdul Rahim Othman, Yaty Sulaiman

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of applying total quality management (TQM) on enhancing knowledge management processes. It also examine the relationship…

Exploring research on quality and reliability management through text mining methodology

Daniel Carnerud

The purpose of this paper is to explore and describe research presented in the International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management (IJQRM), thereby creating an increased…

A conceptual continuous improvement implementation framework for UK manufacturing companies

Richard Scott McLean, Jiju Antony

The purpose of this paper is to review current continuous improvement implementation models and frameworks, and present a new conceptual framework tailored specifically to the…

The impact of TQM practices and KM processes on organisational performance: An empirical investigation

Bara’ Tareq Qasrawi, Soud Mohammad Almahamid, Shadi Tareq Qasrawi

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of total quality management (TQM) practices in terms of leadership, strategic planning, customer focus, teamwork, process…

Identification of challenges and their ranking in the implementation of cloud ERP: A comparative study for SMEs and large organizations

Shivam Gupta, Subhas C. Misra, Akash Singh, Vinod Kumar, Uma Kumar

The purpose of this paper is to identify the critical challenges in the implementation of cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP). The challenges identified were customization…

Lean Six Sigma: yesterday, today and tomorrow

Jiju Antony, Ronald Snee, Roger Hoerl

The purpose of this paper is to share the experiences and perspectives of three practitioners from two continents on the subject of Lean Six Sigma (LSS) from both academic and…

Examining nonlinear relationships between quality management and financial performance

Vicente Roca-Puig, Ana B. Escrig-Tena

A thorough analysis of nonlinear relationships between quality management (QM) and organizational outcomes has largely been ignored in the current empirical QM literature, which…

Estimation of P(X<Y) for generalized half logistic distribution based on Type-II censored data

Soumya Roy, Biswabrata Pradhan, E.V. Gijo

The purpose of this paper is to compare various methods of estimation of P(X<Y) based on Type-II censored data, where X and Y represent a quality characteristic of interest for…

A predictive maintenance system for hybrid degradation processes

Ming-Yi You

The purpose of this paper is to propose a predictive maintenance (PdM) system for hybrid degradation processes with continuous degradation and sudden damage to improve maintenance…