DocumentCode
3409236
Title
Quality control in the American automotive industry
Author
Krabbe, Raymond J. ; Narayanan, Mysore
Author_Institution
Dept. of Manuf. Eng., Miami Univ., Oxford, OH, USA
fYear
1996
fDate
22-24 Oct 1996
Firstpage
388
Lastpage
394
Abstract
One of the largest American automobile manufacturers today, Ford, has been raising quality control measures to ensure high quality automobiles. In 1993 one of their employees, Joe Vigo, was awarded American Society of Quality Control´s (ASQC) 1993 Quality Leader Award. Vigo played an important role in the development of Ford´s Dimensional Control Plan, which has completely changed Ford´s concept of quality control
Keywords
Ford; automobile industry; automobiles; quality control; American automotive industry; Dimensional Control Plan; Ford; quality control; Automobile manufacture; Automotive engineering; Guns; Industrial control; Manufacturing industries; Quality control; Quality management; Road transportation; Vehicles; Warranties;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
WESCON/96
Conference_Location
Anaheim, CA
ISSN
1095-791X
Print_ISBN
0-7803-3274-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/WESCON.1996.554018
Filename
554018
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