the increasing emphasis on supply chain management (scm) has led researchers to rethink models, constructs, and frameworks for quality management (qm) that have been developed for the field of operations management. in this paper, within the framework of a structural model we investigate how these two supply chain management-related quality practices (customer focus and supplier quality managem...

Michigan State University Quality Matters: Teaching Tools MSU has a campus subscription to QM. This page provides information for creating a personal QM account in order to make full use of the QM rubric and online resources to create and assess improved online education and student learning. Also offers links to other technology tools for teaching available at MSU. https://tech.msu.edu/teachin...

We obtain a generalization of Furstenberg’s Diophantine Theorem on non-lacunary multiplicative semigroups. For example we show that the sets of sums {(p1 qm 1 + p2 qm 2 )α : n, m ∈ N} and {(p1 qm 1 + 2n)α : n, m ∈ N} are dense in the circle T = R/Z for all irrational α, where (pi, qi) are distinct pairs of multiplicatively independent integers for i = 1, 2.

Quality management (QM) systems have been developed and used by many in the construction industry to ensure right things are done and things are done right the first time. However, current quality systems are designed to monitor and control the “production process” of a specific organization, with the QM data being revealed to the accreditation bodies during the auditing process only. As great ...

We show that there are significant conceptual differences between QM and QFT which make it difficult to view QFT as just a relativistic extension of the principles of QM. The root of this is a fundamental distiction

The oxy-myoglobin (Mb-O2) structure was probed by QM/MM (hybrid quantum mechanical/ molecular mechanical) calculations using DFT/MM to elucidate the effect of the heme propionates and the protein matrix on the chemistry of heme Fe-O2 moiety. On this line, we have probed the role of His97 in various protonation states of the heme propionate-6.

Manufacturing companies in Malaysia have never had it so tough. They are now confronting increasing prices of oil and raw materials, high advancement in innovation and technology, as well as high customer expectation on the quality of products and services. In addition, managers of these companies are well aware of the increasing competitive pressures in the world market. It is clear today that...

Protein pKas and metalloprotein reduction potentials are studied with computational methodologies based on an ab initio quantum mechanics (QM) description of the protein and a linearized Poisson-Boltzmann Equation (LPBE) description of the solvent. The practical applicability of the QM/LPBE method is extended to proteins by using a QM description of the ionizable residue and a molecular mechani...

Until at the end of 19th century, it was usually believed that any experimental results could be explained with classical mechanics (CM). The black body radiation phenomena crushed this belief, and the concept of energy quanta was introduced by Planck in 1900 to overcome the difficulty. Afterwards quantum mechanics (QM) has been applied to far broader areas of physics with indisputable success....