FAI First Article Inspection in production activity

Economic Production Quantity in Reworkable Production Systems with Inspection Errors, Scraps and Backlogging

The classical economic production quantity (EPQ) model is a well-known and commonly used inventory control technique. Common assumptions in this model are that all units produced are of perfect quality and shortage is not allowed, since in practice shortage, non-conforming product or scrap items are possible, these assumptions will underestimate the actual required quantity. The objective of th...

Integrated production-Inventory model with price-dependent demand, imperfect quality, and investment in quality and inspection

In practice, manufacturing systems are never perfect and may have low quality outputs. Therefore, different decisions such as reprocessing, sale at lower prices or diminishing are made according to industry and market. This paper investigates the importance of supply chain coordination through developing two models in centralized decision-making for an imperfect quality manufacturing system wit...

Integrated Inspection for Precision Part Production

Arthroscopic Treatment of FAI in Adolescent Athletes

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Article: Case Management and Think First Completion

This article considers the findings of a small-scale study of the practice of case managers supervising offenders required to attend the Think First Group. It explores the interface between one to one and group-based work within multi-modal programmes of supervision and seeks to identify those practices which support individuals in completing a group.