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The need to compete in a global market, where only products of low cost and high quality can capture their share of sales, has stimulated renewed interest in quality control. Since the birth, in the 1940’s, of what is known today as statistical quality control, research in this area has focused mainly on the development of standards, charts for process control, acceptance sampling plans, and inspection strategies, see Abdel-Malek and Benes (1991), Banks (1989), and Kennedy, et.al. (1987). As computer control of manufacturing permeated industry in the decade 1970–1980, the possibilities and advantages of sequential on-line quality control have become evident. Taguchi (1986) is credited with pioneering this philosophy which has led to improved performance for several manufacturers. Motivated by the current emphasis we develop in this study quality control policies and inspection strategies for one of the most frequently encountered means of production; that is flow lines.
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Abdel-Malek, L., Chao, X. (1993). Decision Methodology for Product Quality in Flow Lines. In: Fandel, G., Gulledge, T., Jones, A. (eds) Operations Research in Production Planning and Control. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78063-9_32
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