Title: Quality insight: quality integration using engineering systems methodology

Authors: Adedeji Badiru

Addresses: Air Force Institute of Technology, Dayton, OH 45433, USA

Abstract: The final analysis in the pursuit of quality for any product boils down to quality integration. This edition of quality insight revisits the importance of building quality into a product right from the outset through the hierarchical process of systems design, evaluation, justification, and integration, using the DEJI systems model. Quality is best assured when it is integrated into all aspects of the production process. We can look no further than the tools and techniques of the field of industrial engineering, which thrives on a foundation of systems thinking. This is exactly what product quality integration needs in incorporating the multi-faceted nuances of a complex product. This paper uses the DEJI Systems Model and the Engineering Problem Solving methodology to present a case for pursuing quality integration in business, industry, academia, and other organisational types.

Keywords: DEJI systems model; quality integration; process improvement; quality standards; quality feasibility; product justification.

DOI: 10.1504/IJQET.2022.123500

International Journal of Quality Engineering and Technology, 2022 Vol.8 No.4, pp.325 - 334

Received: 23 Jun 2021
Accepted: 10 Sep 2021
Published online: 23 Jun 2022 *