Process improvement by variance reduction for a single filling operation with rectifying inspection

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 431-436

  Al Sultan, K S ^a   Pulak, M F S ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Optimal target value; Process optimization; Rectifying inspection; Variance reduction

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; INSPECTION; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTIVITY;

OPTIMAL TARGET VALUE; RECTIFYING INSPECTION; SINGLE FILLING OPERATION; VARIANCE REDUCTION;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0031190806     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095372897235000     Document Type: Article

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