International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management

2006 - 2025

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Volume 4, issue 5/6, 2009

Application of QFD and VA tools in the design of an automobile pp. 525-548

S.A. Oke, O.A. Onabajo, M.O. Oyekeye, A. Oluwo and S.A. Adeoye

Flow shop operator scheduling through constraint satisfaction and constraint optimisation techniques pp. 549-568

Gilles Neubert and Matteo M. Savino

A new method in selective assembly for components with skewed distributions pp. 569-589

S.M. Kannan, R. Sivasubramanian and V. Jayabalan

Low cost automation and poka yoke devices: tools for optimising production processes pp. 590-612

Rita Gamberini, Elisa Gebennini, Bianca Rimini, Elisa Spadaccini and Daniele Zilocchi

Quality improvement of multistage and multi-response grinding processes: an insight into two different methodologies for parameter optimisation pp. 613-643

Indrajit Mukherjee and Pradip Kumar Ray

A quality assessment tool for improvement planning pp. 644-657

Sam Woolford

Six Sigma in services – challenges and opportunities pp. 658-675

R. Nat Natarajan and Jason Morse

Integrating Six Sigma and maintenance excellence with QFD pp. 676-690

Maher Lazreg and Denis Gien

Simulation model for the design of lean manufacturing systems – a case study pp. 691-714

G. Anand and Rambabu Kodali

Business practices and information strategy in performance improvement pp. 715-729

Purnendu Mandal and Ashraf El-Houbi

Applicability of Six Sigma for asset management pp. 730-741

Gopi Chattopadhyay and Vineet H. Varma

Volume 4, issue 4, 2009

Experiences of Australian firms in implementing ISO 9001: a comparison of the 1994 and 2000 versions pp. 383-399

Daniel I. Prajogo

Reconfiguring product development process in auto industries for mass customisation pp. 400-417

A.H.M. Shamsuzzoha and Petri T. Helo

Computer experiments: application to the case of a recovery boiler pp. 418-436

Nuno Costa, Ramos Pires and Paulo Fontes

An integrated algorithm for efficiency assessment of wireless communication sectors pp. 437-460

A. Azadeh, H.R. Izadbakhsh and A. Bukhari

Modelling the relationship between product quality and process characteristics in process industry: an application pp. 461-475

Orhan Kuruuzum and Gokhan Akyuz

Control charts for variables to monitor the process mean and dispersion: a literature review pp. 476-520

D.R. Prajapati and P.B. Mahapatra

Volume 4, issue 3, 2009

Minimum loss design of asymmetric X and S control charts under two independent Weibull shocks pp. 247-282

Su-Fen Yang and M.A. Rahim

Experimental design selection: guidelines for practitioners pp. 283-302

Martin Tanco, Nuno Costa and Elisabeth Viles

Multi-response quality improvement by non-parametric DOE methods pp. 303-323

George J. Besseris

Quality improvement of machine vision-based non-contact inspection of surface roughness in turning through adaptive neuro-fuzzy interference system pp. 324-344

D. Shome, P.K. Ray and B. Mahanty

Influence of skewness and kurtosis on high sigma cause selecting control chart performance for bivariate cascade processes pp. 345-365

S. Lakshminarasimhan and S.M. Kannan

The importance of soft factors for quality improvement and organisational performance pp. 366-382

Muhammad Madi Bin Abdullah, Jegak Uli and Juan Jose Tari

Volume 4, issue 2, 2009

Investigation of manufacturing performance achievements through strategic total productive maintenance initiatives pp. 129-152

I.P.S. Ahuja and J.S. Khamba

Effect of quality management on competitive performance in manufacturing companies: international perspective pp. 153-177

Phan Chi Anh and Yoshiki Matsui

The analysis and evaluation of a quality system using the Six Sigma benchmark: evidence for the robustness of Six Sigma processes pp. 178-198

Eisenhower C. Etienne

Design and implementation of low cost automation system in heavy vehicle brakes assembly line pp. 199-211

G.L. Samuel and M. Darwin

Productivity and disability: the need to modify work standards pp. 212-227

Anand Subramanian and Anil Mital

Evaluation of reconfigured manufacturing systems: an AHP framework pp. 228-246

Ateekh-Ur Rehman and A. Subash Babu

Volume 4, issue 1, 2009

The impact of TQM implementation in a human service agency pp. 1-19

Tigineh Mersha, Ven Sriram and Lanny Herron

A performance measurement framework for internationalisation of small and medium enterprises pp. 20-38

Harinder Singh, Jaideep Motwani and Jared English

Productivity measurement for knowledge work in research and development pp. 39-54

Petri Helo, Josu Takala and Kongkiti Phusavat

Cost analysis in the implementation of ISO quality system in a petroleum refinery pp. 55-83

S.A. Oke, A.J. Abudu, O.G. Akanbi and F.A. Oyawale

A fuzzy logic model for competitive assessment of airline service quality pp. 84-102

Margaret F. Shipley and Steven P. Coy

A new X chart comparable to CUSUM and EWMA charts pp. 103-128

D.R. Prajapati and P.B. Mahapatra

Volume 3, issue 4, 2008

A quality and reliability improvement strategy for a small- and medium-sized manufacturing enterprise: a case study pp. 383-395

K.C. Aw, S.Q. Xie and E. Haemmerle

A methodology to determine maintenance criticality using AHP pp. 396-412

Anish Sachdeva, Dinesh Kumar and Pradeep Kumar

Design and development of knowledge managed total failure mode and effects analysis technique pp. 413-429

V. Mohan Sivakumar, S.R. Devadasan, R. Murugesh and R. Maharaja

Critical success factors of TQM: a UK study pp. 430-443

Khalifa Al-Khalifa and Elaine Aspinwall

Implementing Mahalanobis-Taguchi system to improve casting quality in grey iron foundry pp. 444-456

Vivek V. Khanzode and J. Maiti

ISO 9000:2000 quality management standard: experience in the state of Qatar pp. 457-471

Khalifa Al-Khalifa, Tamer A. Mohamed and Ameer Al-Salem

Six Sigma inspired sampling plan design to minimise sample size for inspection pp. 472-495

G. Manikandan, Sm. Kannan and V. Jayabalan

Volume 3, issue 3, 2008

Understanding virtual value chains in a retail environment: a case study of Wal-Mart pp. 263-274

Pradeep Gopalakrishna and Ram Subramanian

Application of hybrid structural interaction matrix to quality management pp. 275-289

S.A. Oke, M.K.O. Ayomoh, O.G. Akanbi and F.A. Oyawale

Improving productivity and profitability through Six Sigma: experience of a small-scale jobbing industry pp. 290-310

Darshak A. Desai

Quality improvement through ergonomics methodology: conceptual framework and an application pp. 311-324

Ozalp Vayvay and Oguzhan Erdinc

An inflation-based maintenance profitability model pp. 325-339

S.A. Oke, O.I. Oyedokun, O.G. Akanbi and F.A. Oyawale

Process monitoring strategy for a steel making shop: a partial least squares regression-based approach pp. 340-359

J. Maiti, Anupam Das and R.N. Banerjee

Total productive maintenance implementation in a manufacturing organisation pp. 360-381

I.P.S. Ahuja and J.S. Khamba

Volume 3, issue 2, 2008

Six Sigma: issues and problems pp. 145-160

Syed Shahabuddin

A brownfield lean conversion: a case study of Opel Belgium pp. 161-182

William M. Mothersell, Michael L. Moore and Mark Strolle

Design and development of an integrated quality control system pp. 183-205

Ali Azadeh and Javad Zeynali

The relationship between quality and productivity: a new perspective pp. 206-222

Arash Shahin

Ranking engineering characteristics in Quality Function Deployment by factoring-in the roof values pp. 223-240

J.R. Sharma and A.M. Rawani

The combined application of Quality Function Deployment and Pareto analysis for hotel services improvement pp. 241-262

S.A. Oke, C.E. Ofiabulu, A.A. Banjo, O.G. Akanbi and F.A. Oyawale

Volume 3, issue 1, 2008

People resistance in TQM implementation: a qualitative study on Malaysian universities pp. 1-11

Noor Azman Ali, Mohamed Zairi and Fauziah Mahat

Total productive maintenance experience: a case study pp. 12-32

Vinod Kumar Khanna

Optimisation of supply chain inventory for multiretail and multiitem class consumer product problems using genetic algorithm pp. 33-73

Prasun Das and Subhasis Chaudhury

A review of ISO 9001:2000 quality management practices in Oman pp. 74-105

Rafi Ashrafi

WTFMEA: a technique for failure prevention through global knowledge sharing pp. 106-126

C. Sudhahar, R. Suresh Premil Kumar, V. Senthil, S.R. Devadasan and R. Murugesh

Service quality evaluation of technical institutions using data envelopment analysis pp. 127-143

M.S. Khan, S.S. Mahapatra and Sreekumar