Quality engineering for continuous performance improvement in products and processes: A review and reflections

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 173-189

  Dabade, B M ^a,b,c,d   Ray, P K ^a,e,f,g,h,i  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b VEERMATA JIJABAI TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^d SHRI GURU GOBIND SINGHJI INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^e INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^f GEC of India Ltd   (India)

^g INFORMS   (United States)

^h IIMM   (India)

ⁱ World Acad of Productivity Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Analysis aids; Fractional factorials; Off line quality control; Quality engineering; Response surface methodology; Statistically designed experiments; Taguchi methods

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; MANUFACTURE; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STATISTICAL METHODS; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

ANALYSIS AIDS; FRACTIONAL FACTORIALS; OFFLINE QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY ENGINEERING; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; TAGUCHI METHOD;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0030143430     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1638(199605)12:3<173::AID-QRE5>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Review

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