The effect of reliability consideration on the application of quality index

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 65-77

  Seifoddini, H ^a   Djassemi, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PLATTEVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular manufacturing; Quality index; Reliability consideration

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INVENTORY CONTROL; MACHINE COMPONENTS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PROCESS ENGINEERING; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY THEORY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

JOB SHOP; QUALITY INDEX; WORK-IN-PROCESS (WIP);

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0035370386     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-8352(00)00072-3     Document Type: Article

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