The success of the Six Sigma movement has generated enormous interest in business
world. By quoting one of our friends, Subir Chowdhury,“people's power” and “process …

A roadmap to consistent, high-quality service for any organization A service is typically
something created to serve a paying customer, whether internal or external. Some services …

Economic specification limits have typically been developed on the basis of a single quality
characteristic. From the viewpoint of the customer, products are often evaluated based on …

The first book to integrate axiomatic design and robust design for a comprehensive quality
approach As the adoption of quality methods grows across various industries, its …

Many manufacturers have discovered that optimizing design parameters is a costeffective
means of improving product quality and being competitive in the world market. In this regard …

Quality has many definitions as it applies to different contexts. Taguchi (1-3), who has made
several contributions to quality engineering, defines quality in terms of the loss imparted to …

The need to remain competitive for survival in the current world market has led
manufacturing sectors to consider the low cost and high quality of product and process …

This paper discusses a set of models which determine optimal product tolerance and
minimize combined manufacturing and quality related costs. These models include the …

The aim of this paper is to develop an optimization model for quality improvement by
considering quality investment in rework policies and supply chain profit sharing. To improve …

Purpose This research aims to study the stencil printing process of the quad flat package
(QFP) component with a pin pitch of 0.4 mm. After the optimization of the printing process …