Open AccessQuality Control: An Investigation Of Alternative Management Policies
Author(s) -
Leon Korte,
Virginia L. Bean
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of applied business research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2157-8834
pISSN - 0892-7626
DOI - 10.19030/jabr.v3i2.6530
Subject(s) - quality (philosophy) , process (computing) , control (management) , production (economics) , product (mathematics) , computer science , operations management , reliability engineering , operations research , engineering , economics , artificial intelligence , mathematics , microeconomics , philosophy , geometry , epistemology , operating system
Determining product quality can be accomplished by quality control personnel or production personnel. Either approach has identifiable costs. This paper presents a computer simulation model for a single channel, two stage process with a buffer inventory. The model provides for a control group (where inspection is performed by quality control personnel at the end of each process) and an experimental group (where inspection is made by production personnel during each process). The model is described using hypothetical parameters for production levels, machine deterioration, and repair times.