International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management: Volume 36 Issue 3

Reliability, availability and maintainability analysis of a cement plant: a case study

Devendra Choudhary, Mayank Tripathi, Ravi Shankar

The demand of cement in India is expected to increase rapidly as the government has been giving immense boost to various housing facilities, infrastructure projects, road networks…

Behavioral study and availability optimization of a multi-state repairable system with hot redundancy

Amit Kumar, Vinod Kumar, Vikas Modgil

The purpose of this paper is to identify the criticality of various sub-systems through the behavioral study of a multi-state repairable system with hot redundancy. The…

An exploratory study of the results of the implementation of EFQM in private Spanish firms

Raquel Gómez-López, Ana Maria Serrano-Bedia, María Concepción López-Fernández

The implementation of business excellence models is becoming a key competitive priority for companies, but the type of results they obtain by implementing such models and the…

Optimal availability for determining choice and repair policy of system components

Angus Jeang, Chang Pu Ko, Chien-Ping Chung, You-Jie Chen, I. Lin

The purpose of this paper is to establish the regression model by a simulation method that was obtained by using the system response at unit cost as the response value. The unit…

Triangular cyclic accelerated degradation zero-failure test plan

Preeti Wanti Srivastava, Manisha Manisha

Zero-failure reliability testing aims at demonstrating whether the product has achieved the desired reliability target with zero failure and high confidence level at a given time…

Lean Six Sigma for small- and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises: a systematic review

Paul Alexander, Jiju Antony, Bryan Rodgers

The purpose of this paper is to explore the most common themes within Lean Six Sigma (LSS) relating to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) within manufacturing…

Drivers and internalisation of the EFQM excellence model

Ana B. Escrig-Tena, Beatriz Garcia-Juan, Mercedes Segarra-Ciprés

Although the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) Excellence Model has been widely adopted throughout Europe, a thorough examination of the factors that contribute to…

Why do organizations discontinue Lean Six Sigma initiatives?

Michael Sony, Subhash Naik, K.K. Therisa

Lean Six Sigma (LSS) has been one of the most widely used quality improvement initiatives over the last decade. However, the success rate of LSS is dismally poor, and most…

Lean and Six Sigma practices in the public sector: a review

Bryan Rodgers, Jiju Antony

The purpose of this paper is to provide a critical analysis of publications relating to the use of continuous improvement (CI) methodologies, such as Lean, Six Sigma and Lean Six…