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Research Article
Optimal quality investment and specification limits settings with 100% inspection and sampling inspection for quality protection
*Chung-Ho ChenCorresponding authorchench@stust.edu.twDepartment of Industrial Management and Information Southern Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyYong-Kang Distri, Tainan City, 71005, Taiwan, R.O.C.View full profile → , Tzu-Hsien Leethlee@stust.edu.twDepartment of Industrial Management and Information Southern Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyYong-Kang Distri, Tainan City, 71005, Taiwan, R.O.C.View full profile →
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- Received:
- 08 Feb 2023
- Published Online:
- 01 Apr 2026
- Article type:
- Research Article
- Language:
- EN
- Article no.:
- JIOS-1424
- Pages:
- 1345–1358
Abstract
Shin et al. [2] proposed the process parameters and tolerance designs model. Their model firstly obtained the process mean and standard deviation. Then the tolerance model is formulated for obtaining the optimal tolerance. Product inspection is a short-term method for assuring the shipment quality. One should consider a long-term method for improving quality, e.g., quality investment. In this paper, the authors address the extension of Shin et al.’s [2] tolerance model with quality investment.
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Subject Classifications
60E05 Probability distributions: general theory
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