Improvement of quality performance in manufacturing organizations by minimization of production defects

Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 22, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 536-542

  Dhafr, Nasreddin ^a   Ahmad, Munir ^a   Burgess, Brian ^a   Canagassababady, Siva ^b  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Process Engineering   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Minimizationd; Production defects; Quality performance

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

PRODUCTION DEFECTS; QUALITY PERFORMANCE; SPC GRAPH; UPPER CONTROL LIMITS;

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 33746828188     PISSN: 07365845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcim.2005.11.009     Document Type: Article

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