QCAS / Volume 46 / Issue 5

Title Cat:App Page
Choosing a lower specification limit for an exponential process with ‘the larger the better’ tolerance: A simple, exact solution 110:Y 481
A new SPC monitoring method: The ARMA chart 111:Y 485
Two alternatives to the Shewhart X&#772 control chart 111:Y 489
A demerits control chart for autocorrelated data 112:Y 491
Control charts and feedback adjustments for a jump disturbance model 119:Y 495
Determination of the optimal process mean with the consideration of variance reduction and process capability 120:Y 499
Understanding the hierarchy of process control 190:Y 503
Using order statistics to assess the sampling variability of personnel selection utility estimates 210:Y 505
Clinical trials and sample size considerations: Another perspective 240:Y 507
Drive out fear (unless you can drive it in): The role of agency and job security in process improvement 311:A 511
Too much or too little ambiguity: The language of total quality management 311:Y 513
Obstacles to implementing quality 319:Y 515
Checklists: A perfect tool to tune up your quality manual 320:Y 517
Integrating Kano’s model in the planning matrix of quality function deployment 323:Y 519
Improvement in organizational performance and self-assessment practices by selected American firms 329:Y 521
Teaching strategy and policy using the Baldrige Award criteria 343:Y 523
Measuring customer satisfaction: Why, what and how 350:Y 525
The need for the introduction of quality management into Greek health care 410:B 527
Tire failures, SUV rollovers put quality on trial 410:M 529
When success turns into failure: A package driven business process re-engineering project in the financial services industry 420:S 533
An empirically derived model of the role of IS networks in business process improvement initiatives 420:Y 535
Markov chain approach to failure cost estimation in batch manufacturing 440:M 537
The cost of quality in Internet-style networks 440:S 541
An empirical study on quality management practices in Shanghai manufacturing industries 490:M 543
Three approaches to analyze quality data originating in non-normal populations 510:Y 547
Practical small-sample asymptotics for distributions used in life-data analysis 512:Y 551
Using ranges to estimate variability 515:Y 555
Quality improvement through design of experiments: A case study 520:Y 559
Analysis of a difficult factorial designed experiment from polyurethane product research 524:Y 563
The use of response surface designs in the selection of optimum tolerance allocation 525:Y 567
Phase I analysis for autocorrelated processes 529:Y 569
Supercharging your Pareto analysis 531:Y 573
Asymmetric confidence bands for simple linear regression over bounded intervals 540:Y 575
Tolerancing mechanical assemblies with CAD and DOE 660:M 579
The universal safeness of test allocation strategies for partition testing 730:Y 583
Improved inspection schemes for deteriorating equipment 810:Y 585
Evaluating complex system reliability using reliability block diagram simulation when little or no failure data are available 820:Y 587
On the value of an item subject to general repair or maintenance 840:Y 589
The assessment of software quality from the user perspective: Evaluation of a GIS implementation 850:T 591