• DocumentCode
    3077795
  • Title

    The unknown factor in the human equation

  • Author

    Midkiff, Edwin B.

  • Author_Institution
    Boeing Mil. Airplanes, Wichita, KS, USA
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    22-26 May 1989
  • Firstpage
    1982
  • Abstract
    Experience with the initial institution of the total-quality-commitment program at Boeing Military Airplanes is described. An effort is made to demonstrate how some unknown factors have affected the improvement process. It is noted that important lessons can be learned from incompletely successful endeavors. Criteria for determining a company´s readiness for total-quality management are assessed
  • Keywords
    human factors; military systems; quality control; Boeing Military Airplanes; human equation; total-quality management; total-quality-commitment program; Airplanes; Assembly; Business; Contracts; Costs; Equations; Government; Humans; Manufacturing; Military aircraft;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Aerospace and Electronics Conference, 1989. NAECON 1989., Proceedings of the IEEE 1989 National
  • Conference_Location
    Dayton, OH
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NAECON.1989.40490
  • Filename
    40490
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3077795