Special issue: Achieving excellence through quality and productivity improvement

International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management 4(5/6) 2009

• Application of QFD and VA tools in the design of an automobile
• Flow shop operator scheduling through constraint satisfaction and constraint optimisation techniques
• A new method in selective assembly for components with skewed distributions
• Low cost automation and poka yoke devices: tools for optimising production processes
• Quality improvement of multistage and multi-response grinding processes: an insight into two different methodologies for parameter optimisation
• A quality assessment tool for improvement planning
• Six Sigma in services – challenges and opportunities
• Integrating Six Sigma and maintenance excellence with QFD
• Simulation model for the design of lean manufacturing systems – a case study
• Business practices and information strategy in performance improvement
• Applicability of Six Sigma for asset management