Article ID: | iaor199248 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 29 |
Issue: | 10 |
Start Page Number: | 2151 |
End Page Number: | 2158 |
Publication Date: | Oct 1991 |
Journal: | International Journal of Production Research |
Authors: | Hui Yer Van |
This paper studies production control with complete inspection where every finished product is subject to variable inspection. Two process states, in-control and out-of-control, are assumed. If the inspection signals that the process is out of control, remedial action is taken to restore the process to the in-control state. Inspected items are either accepted with a quality cost of reworked according to the observed quality characteristic. Specification limits and action limits are derived from an economic model.