A tool to measure quality engineering tools and techniques implementation in Malaysian and Indonesian automotive company

Organizations operating in the automotive sector must continually improve their product quatlty and delivery, reduce material and labor costs, waste, and vulnerability in the supply chain. Poorquatity components entering the supply chain create massive problems for vehicle manufacturer...

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Main Authors: Tri Putri, Nilda, Mohd Yusof, Sha'ri
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/2550/
http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/2550/1/3.pdf
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Summary:Organizations operating in the automotive sector must continually improve their product quatlty and delivery, reduce material and labor costs, waste, and vulnerability in the supply chain. Poorquatity components entering the supply chain create massive problems for vehicle manufacturers thus making product quality key to survival (Hoyle, 2005). To be able to increase the quality of products continuously and to satisf customers, the automotive related companies should consider adopting and implementing quatity engineering (QE). QE is one of the approaches that can be used to implement continuous quallty improvement. Komashie et al. Q007) believed that quantiffing and improving quahty requires the use of specific methods or tools.