Economic manufacturing quantity, optimum process mean, and economic specification limits setting under the rectifying inspection plan

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 336-344

  Chen, Chung Ho ^a   Lai, Min Tsai ^a  

^a SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric quadratic quality loss function; Economic manufacturing quantity; Process mean; Rectifying inspection plan; Specification limits

Indexed keywords

COST REDUCTION; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ASYMMETRIC QUADRATIC QUALITY LOSS FUNCTION; ECONOMIC MANUFACTURING QUANTITY; PROCESS MEAN; PRODUCT QUALITY; RECTIFYING INSPECTION PLAN; SPECIFICATION LIMITS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 34249288651     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2006.09.078     Document Type: Article

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