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• Alive and kicking–but will Quality Management be around tomorrow? A Swedish academia perspective

  Bjarne Bergquist ⁽¹⁾

  (1) Quality Technology Luleå University of Technology 97187 Luleå Sweden, Sweden

  01 - 18

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  10.12776/qip.v16i2.53

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• Lean and Six Sigma Methodologies in NHS Scotland: An Empirical Study and Directions for Future Research

  Jiju Antony ⁽¹⁾, Maneesh Kumar ⁽²⁾

  (1) University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom,

  (2) Cardiff University, United Kingdom

  19 - 34

  Abstract Views : 3198

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  10.12776/qip.v16i2.55

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• Researching Lean: Methodological Implications of Loose Definitions

  Mikael Brännmark ⁽¹⁾, Jostein Langstrand ⁽²⁾, Stina Johansson ⁽³⁾, Agneta Halvarsson ⁽⁴⁾, Lena Abrahamsson ⁽⁵⁾, Jörgen Winkel ⁽⁶⁾

  (1) Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Division of Ergonomics, Stockholm, Sweden Linköping University, HELIX VINN Excellence Centre, Linköping, Sweden, Sweden,

  (2) Linköping University, Division of Quality Technology and Management, Linköping, Sweden Linköping University, HELIX VINN Excellence Centre, Linköping, Sweden,, Sweden,

  (3) Luleå University of Technology, Department of Human Work Science, Luleå, Sweden, Sweden,

  (4) Linköping University, HELIX VINN Excellence Centre, Linköping, Sweden APeL FoU, Örebro, Sweden, Sweden,

  (5) Luleå University of Technology, Department of Human Work Science, Luleå, Sweden, Sweden,

  (6) University of Gothenburg, Department of Sociology and Work Science, Göteborg, Sweden Technical University of Denmark, Department of Management Engineering, Lyngby, Denmark, Sweden

  35 - 48

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  10.12776/qip.v16i2.67

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• An Assessment of Recovsat Utilization for Different Service Typologies

  Ana Cristina Costa ⁽¹⁾, Rogério Puga-Leal ⁽²⁾, Zulema Lopes Pereira ⁽³⁾

  (1) , Portugal,

  (2) UNIDEMI – R&D Unit in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal,

  (3) UNIDEMI – R&D Unit in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

  49 - 58

  Abstract Views : 1344

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  10.12776/qip.v16i2.64

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• An Innovative Approach to the Integrated Management System Development: SIMPRO-IMS Web Based Environment

  Kristina Zgodavova ⁽¹⁾, Peter Bober ⁽²⁾

  (1) Technical University of Kosice, Faculty of Metallurgy, Department of Integrated Management, Slovakia,

  (2) Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia

  59 - 70

  Abstract Views : 1943

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  10.12776/qip.v16i2.69

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• A Process Towards Societal Value within a Community-Based Regional Development Project

  Anna Åslund ⁽¹⁾, Ingela Bäckström ⁽²⁾

  (1) Mid Sweden University, Östersund, Sweden,

  (2) , Sweden

  71 - 83

  Abstract Views : 1745

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  10.12776/qip.v16i2.70

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• Improvement in Product Development: Use of back-end data to support upstream efforts of Robust Design Methodology

  Vanajah Siva ⁽¹⁾

  (1) Chalmers University of Technology

  84 - 102

  Abstract Views : 1629

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  10.12776/qip.v16i2.65

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• Idea of Quality Versus Idea of Excellence

  Marko Kiauta ⁽¹⁾

  (1) University Dipl. Ing. of Electrical Engineering, Tangram TQC d.o.o. Consulting & Engineering Ltd.; Slovenia, Slovenia

  103 - 114

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  10.12776/qip.v16i2.74

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