Survey of recent advances on the interface between production system design and quality

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 557-574

  Inman, Robert R ^a   Blumenfeld, Dennis E ^b   Huang, Ningjian ^a   Li, Jingshan ^c   Le, Jing ^d  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

andon; inspection; Manufacturing; statistical process control; supply chain; tolerance

Indexed keywords

ANDON; CONTROL PROCESS; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; PRODUCTION SYSTEM DESIGNS;

FITS AND TOLERANCES; INSPECTION; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCT DESIGN; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL; SUPPLY CHAINS; SURVEYS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 84875402328     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0740817X.2012.757680     Document Type: Article

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