Engineering for conformance

TQM Magazine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 54-60

  Swift, K G ^a   Booker, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCTION; QUALITY CONTROL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCESS CONTROL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

DESIGN FOR QUALITY; KNOWLEDGE BASED DESIGN FOR QUALITY METHOD; PRODUCT QUALITY; PRODUCT ENGINEERING; QUALITY COSTS; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL (SPC);

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0029771874     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544789610118485     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Buzzell, R.D. and Gale, B.D., The PIMS Principles - Linking Strategy to Performance, Free Press, New York, NY, 1987.
2. Quality Assurance Programme 1992-1996, (DTI Translation 0219-92), Federal Ministry of Research and Technology, Germany.
3. Abbot, H., "The cost of getting it wrong", Product Liability International, February 1993.
4. Sturgis, R.W., Tort Cost Trends: An International Perspective, Tillinghast, Seattle, WA, 1992.
5. Batchelor, R. and Swift, K.G., "Conformability analysis in support of design for quality", in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B, 1996, p. 210.
6. Conformability Analysis Workbook, Version 1, University of Hull, Hull (forthcoming).
7. m is around three or above, the characteristic is unlikely to be in control.
8. pk= 1 the defect rate equates to 1,300ppm.
9. Isocosts in the non-safety critical region come from a sample of businesses and assume levels of cost at internal failure, returns from customer inspection or test and warranty returns. The costs in the safety critical region (S > 5) are based on allowances for failure investigations, legal actions and product recall, but do not include elements for loss of current or future business.