An application of TQM tools at a maintenance division of a large aerospace company

Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-46

  Vassilakis, E ^a   Besseris, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerospace engineering; Statistical process control; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

AERO-ENGINE; AEROSPACE COMPANY; AEROSPACE MAINTENANCE; ASSEMBLY PROCESS; ASSEMBLY UNITS; CAPABILITY INDICES; COMPONENT SPECIFICATION; CONTROL CHARTS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EXHAUST NOZZLE; FISHBONE DIAGRAMS; MAINTENANCE PROCESS; MULTIVARIATE CONTROL CHARTS; ONLINE PROCESS CONTROL; OUT-OF-CONTROL; PROCESS CAPABILITY INDICES; PROCESS EVALUATION; TOLERANCE ANALYSIS;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ASSEMBLY; FITS AND TOLERANCES; FLOWCHARTING; GRAPHIC METHODS; MAINTENANCE; PROCESS MONITORING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL; SURFACE TREATMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 67650702022     PISSN: 13552511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552510910943877     Document Type: Article

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