Application of root cause analysis in improvement of product quality and productivity

Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 16-53

  Mahto, Dalgobind ^a   Kumar, Anjani ^a  

^a National Institute of Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Cause and effect diagram; Interrelationship diagram and current reality tree; Root cause analysis

Indexed keywords

MACHINERY; PRODUCTIVITY;

CAUSE-AND-EFFECT DIAGRAM; CUTTING OPERATIONS; ENGINEERING PROBLEMS; INTERRELATIONSHIP DIAGRAM AND CURRENT REALITY TREE; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MULTISTAGE MANUFACTURING; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; ROOT CAUSE IDENTIFICATION;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84858179137     PISSN: 20138423     EISSN: 20130953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3926/jiem.2008.v1n2.p16-53     Document Type: Article

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