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
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;
Conference_Titel :
WESCON/96
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3274-1
DOI :
10.1109/WESCON.1996.554018
