International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management: Volume 8 Issue 4

High‐level Management and Disaster

Sally A. Brearley

Corporate management must face not only the legal consequences of failing to manage risk adequately and to protect the public and the environment, but also the potential risks to…

Chain Sampling Plan for Three Attribute Classes

Gauri Shankar, B.N. Mohapatra, S. Joseph

This article presents a new chain sampling plan for three atttibute classes where items are classified into three categories namely good, marginal and bad. Various performance…

From Quality Circles to Total Quality

Franc¸oise Chevalier

Quality circles are a sign of the times, and their success provokes legitimate irritation for those confronted with their development. They often spark off controversy and…

Availability Management: Concepts, Evaluation and Strategic Directions

R.P. Mohanty

This article examines the underlying paradigm of the total management process of productivity so as to observe the underlying drives. Given the variety of conditions prevailing in…

Selection of ChSP‐(0,1) Plans for Given IQL and MAPD

K. Subramani, K. Govindaraju

This article provides tables based on the Poisson model for selection of chain sampling plans of type ChSP‐(0,1). The Indifference Quality Level and the Maximum Allowable Percent…

Scheduling Imperfect Preventive and Overhaul Maintenance

Festus O. Olorunniwo, Ariwodo Izuchukwu

Although each maintenance task performed on an item of equipment may enhance its reliability, neither preventive nor overhaul maintenance can return the equipment to good‐as‐new…