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Vendor Evaluation Criteria and Perceived Organisational Performance: A Comparison of American and Japanese Firms
Maling Ebrahimpour, Paul M. MangiameliImportant evaluation criteria as they are perceived by quality managers in American and US‐based Japanese firms are examined. For this study, three different groups of companies…
A Review of the Cast Iron Foundry Industry ‐ Its Past, Present and Future: Part 1. A Survey of the Industry
A.J. Griffiths, P.S. Cheema, D.R. TowillThe UK cast iron foundry industry is surveyed in terms of past performance, present situation and future trends. The traditional “feast or famine” image is discussed in terms of…
Two Strategies for Regaining US Manufacturing Dominance
Batoul Modarress, A. AnsariDespite US government policymakers′ hopes for a return to US predominance in the marketplace, manufacturers face the fact that the Japanese manufacturing superiority is largely…
Reliability Measures for Large Systems
O.P. Gandhi, V.P. AgrawalA method for qualitative estimation of reliability of large and complex mechanical and hydraulic systems is presented. It is especially useful for comparison and optimum selection…
Quality Control: Changing with the Times
T.C.E ChengA brief review of the historical development of quality control is provided, followed by a discussion of some of its fundamental concepts. Two statistical techniques widely used…
An Exponentially Weighted Moving Average Combined Shewhart Cumulative Score Quality Control Procedure
Matoteng M. NcubeThe proposed exponentially weighted moving average combined Shewhart cumulative score (EWMA‐CUSCORE) procedure for controlling the process mean cumulate scores of ‐1, 0, 1 or 2h…
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- Professor Jiju Antony