Design capability and the costs of failure

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 211, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 409-423

  Swift, K G ^a   Raines, M ^a   Booker, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conformability analysis; Design acceptability; Failure costs; Manufacturing variability; Process capability; Product quality

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMICS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT LIABILITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

CONFORMABILITY ANALYSIS; DESIGN ACCEPTABILITY; FAILURE COSTS; MANUFACTURING VARIABILITY; PROCESS CAPABILITY;

PROCESS ENGINEERING;

EID: 0031386061     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954405971516374     Document Type: Article

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