The aim of this paper is to develop an optimization model for quality improvement by considering quality investment in rework policies and supply chain profit sharing. To improve product’s quality, the decision of process target and its tolerance is important since it directly affects the defective rate, manufacturing cost, and loss to customer due to the deviation of product from its specifica...

The value of management decisions, the security of our nation, and the very foundations of our business integrity are all dependent on the quality of data and information. However, the quality of the data and information is dependent on how that data or information will be used. This paper proposes a theory of data quality based on the five principles defined by J. M. Juran for product and serv...

From the past, honey has been known as a healthy product for human life. Iran has a suitable climate for beekeeping and is among the high-ranked countries in honey production. However, due to failure to comply with quality issues, export of honey from Iran is associated with many problems. According to this issue, this paper presents a robust possibilistic optimization network design model for ...

To meet customer demands, companies must manage numerous variants and versions of their products. Since product-related data (e.g., requirements’ specifications, geometric models, and source code, or test cases) are usually scattered over a large number of heterogeneous, autonomous information systems, their integration becomes crucial when developing complex products on one hand and aiming at ...

the main objective of this project was to investigate the behavior and the damaging effects of hot tear segregationsin the continuously cast steel blooms on the final product quality. to achieve this aim, plant data from three differenttypes of steels were used. investigations using the scanning electron microscope (sem) equipped with energydispersive x-ray spectroscopy (eds) probe and metallog...

the aim of this research was to investigate the satisfaction and loyalty of female bodybuilders towards domestic and foreign sport garments considering garments characteristics. in other words, this research attempted to answer this question that which characteristics rise female athletes' satisfaction from sport garments with special brands and consequently their loyalty so that the obtai...