Yuji Yamakawa 1,*,†, Akio Namiki 2,†, Masatoshi Ishikawa 1,† and Makoto Shimojo 1,† 1 Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan; [email protected] (M.I.); [email protected] (M.S.) 2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan; [email protected] * Correspond...

This paper represents a detailed assessment on raw material waste generation of a semi-automated powder filling and packing process by applying certain quality tools such as Pareto Analysis and Fishbone Diagram. The aim of this study is to identify the sources or categories of raw material waste and analyse its underlying causes. Waste generation is an unavoidable incident in any production pro...

Identifying the sources of conflict in a supply chain is the starting point of managing conflicts along chain and initiating the proper actions for lasting outcomes. An extended review of literature on sources of supply chain conflict was concluded with an ample list of various causes. The conflicts sources were classified in 8 categories: commercial, financial, logistics, management, quality, ...

The train derailment is one of the major accidents in rail transit safety system. The reach uses collision accident of rail transit train in Tokyo and Shanghai as the case. Firstly, it present fishbone diagram to qualitatively analysis main factors in derailment. Then it set up a derailment accident tree model with the qualitative and quantitative analysis of. The results show that illegal oper...

Ninety nine electrostatic accidents were reviewed, based on information collected from published literature. All the accidents over the last 30 years occurred during the process of oil-gas storage and transportation. Statistical analysis of these accidents was performed based on the type of complex conditions where accidents occurred, type of tanks and contents, and type of accidents. It is sho...

Various lean management techniques (e.g., Ishikawa Diagrams, Total Quality Control, and Just-inTime) can be applied to improve the efficacy of online instructional systems. Problems with online pedagogy and errors or defects in course design can be analyzed by directed processes through techniques such as root cause analysis (RCA), resulting in determination of secondary and primary causes of a...

The principles of quality management, according to ISO 9000:2000 represent overall decision for managing and conduct of organization with the aim of constant improvement of perfomances and focus on the demands of buyers and other interested parties. The methods and system tools of quality management are used in the work concerning research of quality characteristicsof the product and factors th...

Blambangan Foodpackers Indonesia company limited is a company engaged in manufacturing with its primary products sardines. Application of HACCP in the company has been conducted in order to maintain consumer trust and produce a quality product in accordance with the guidelines applicable quality standards. This study aims to determine how the implementations of quality control in terms of the H...