International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management: Volume 38 Issue 7

Power distribution operational risk model driven by FMEA and ISM approach

Pallawi Baldeo Sangode, Sujit G. Metre

The purpose of this paper is to identify various risks in the power distribution supply chain and further to prioritize the risk variables and propose a model to the power…

Performance improvement of a crystallization system through optimization and sensitivity analysis

Anil Kr. Aggarwal

This paper deals with the performance optimization and sensitivity analysis for crystallization system of a sugar plant.

A practical integrated solution into enterprise application: a large-scale quality control system development case study

Vahid Hajipour, Hamidreza Amouzegar, Sajjad Jalali

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) offers a streamlined system architecture to feed businesses with beneficial information in the current intense global competition. The primary…

The influence of operational excellence on the culture and agility of organizations: evidence from industry

André M. Carvalho, Paulo Sampaio, Eric Rebentisch, João Álvaro Carvalho, Pedro Saraiva

This article offers a novel approach that brings together management, engineering and organizational behavior. It focuses on the understanding of organizational dynamics in an era…

A hybrid reliability-centered maintenance approach for mining transportation machines: a real case in Esfahan

Rana Jafarpisheh, Mehdi Karbasian, Milad Asadpour

The purpose of this study is to propose a hybrid reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) approach for mining transportation machines of a limestone complex, a real case in Esfahan…

A software reliability growth model with Gompertz-logarithmic failure time distribution

Tahere Yaghoobi

The Gompertz curve has been used in industry to estimate the number of remaining software faults. This paper aims to introduce a family of distributions for fitting software…

The after-sales strategy of an industrial equipment manufacturer: evaluation and control

Miguel Afonso Sellitto

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the after-sales strategy of an industrial equipment manufacturer.

RAM assessment of the repairable industrial structure with genuine human-mistake working conditions with generalized fuzzy numbers

Pooja Dhiman, Amit Kumar

The present paper investigated a skim milk powder production plant with genuine human mistake for analyzing its performance in terms of its reliability, availability and…

Availability modeling and estimation of Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit using generalized Stochastic Petri Nets

Thangamani Gurunathan

The purpose of this paper to present a practical and systematic approach to estimate the availability of a process plant using generalized stochastic Petri nets (GSPNs). The…