{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2020669017","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1243/09544054jem1769","title":"Enhancement of Axle Bearing Quality in Sewing Machines Using Six Sigma","display_name":"Enhancement of Axle Bearing Quality in Sewing Machines Using Six Sigma","publication_year":2010,"publication_date":"2010-03-25","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2020669017","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1243/09544054jem1769","mag":"2020669017"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1243/09544054jem1769","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1243/09544054jem1769","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1243/09544054jem1769","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S68701239","display_name":"Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part B Journal of Engineering Manufacture","issn_l":"0954-4054","issn":["0954-4054","2041-2975"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-d","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"C-F Huang","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I154864474","display_name":"National Taiwan University of Science and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/00q09pe49","country_code":"TW","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I154864474"]}],"countries":["TW"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"C-F Huang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Industrial Management, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Industrial Management, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I154864474"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"K-S Chen","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I65446980","display_name":"National Chin-Yi University of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/040bs6h16","country_code":"TW","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I65446980"]}],"countries":["TW"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"K-S Chen","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I65446980"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5109077011","display_name":"S-H Sheu","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I154864474","display_name":"National Taiwan University of Science and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/00q09pe49","country_code":"TW","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I154864474"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I177918364","display_name":"Providence University","ror":"https://ror.org/03fcpsq87","country_code":"TW","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I177918364"]}],"countries":["TW"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"S-H Sheu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Industrial Management, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China","Department of Statistics and Information Science, Providence University, Taichung County, Taiwan, Republic of China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Industrial Management, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I154864474"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Statistics and Information Science, Providence University, Taichung County, Taiwan, Republic of China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I177918364"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5110035541","display_name":"T-S Hsu","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I154864474","display_name":"National Taiwan University of Science and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/00q09pe49","country_code":"TW","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I154864474"]}],"countries":["TW"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"T-S Hsu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Industrial Management, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Industrial Management, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I154864474"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":{"value":4150,"currency":"USD","value_usd":4150},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.9956,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":33,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.81743325,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"224","issue":"10","first_page":"1581","last_page":"1590"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11443","display_name":"Advanced Statistical Process Monitoring","score":0.9477999806404114,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1804","display_name":"Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11443","display_name":"Advanced Statistical Process Monitoring","score":0.9477999806404114,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1804","display_name":"Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10164","display_name":"Quality and Supply Management","score":0.024299999698996544,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1404","display_name":"Management Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13706","display_name":"Management and Optimization Techniques","score":0.011699999682605267,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1408","display_name":"Strategy and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sewing-machines","display_name":"sewing machines","score":0.9829999804496765},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/axle-bearings","display_name":"axle bearings","score":0.7960000038146973},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/six-sigma","display_name":"Six Sigma","score":0.9639999866485596},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/process-capability-index","display_name":"process capability index","score":0.9700000286102295},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/control-charts","display_name":"control charts","score":0.8500000238418579},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/process-yield","display_name":"process yield","score":0.6079999804496765}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C23119410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q236908","display_name":"Six Sigma","level":3,"score":0.7608515024185181},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C196985124","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1369242","display_name":"Control chart","level":3,"score":0.7346333265304565},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779530757","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1207505","display_name":"Quality (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.6652939319610596},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15165950","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128536","display_name":"Pareto chart","level":3,"score":0.6207255721092224},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199978012","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1273815","display_name":"Bearing (navigation)","level":2,"score":0.5882896184921265},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C117671659","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11049265","display_name":"Manufacturing engineering","level":1,"score":0.5463767647743225},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C113644684","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1356717","display_name":"Statistical process control","level":3,"score":0.5398139357566833},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98045186","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205663","display_name":"Process (computing)","level":2,"score":0.5202844738960266},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.5089128017425537},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C129727815","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188209","display_name":"Axle","level":2,"score":0.491463303565979},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C90673727","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q901718","display_name":"Product (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.4766619801521301},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C91439571","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1279773","display_name":"Process capability","level":3,"score":0.4742804169654846},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C190812933","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28923","display_name":"Chart","level":2,"score":0.4516887962818146},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.3734738528728485},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C200601418","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2193887","display_name":"Reliability engineering","level":1,"score":0.34960150718688965},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199639397","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1788588","display_name":"Engineering drawing","level":1,"score":0.3330671191215515},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C21547014","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1423657","display_name":"Operations management","level":1,"score":0.21222072839736938},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C174998907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q357662","display_name":"Work in process","level":2,"score":0.158354252576828},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78519656","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101333","display_name":"Mechanical engineering","level":1,"score":0.15223482251167297},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.12034213542938232},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0993330180644989},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105795698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12483","display_name":"Statistics","level":1,"score":0.09631401300430298},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2524010","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8087","display_name":"Geometry","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C137335462","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380772","display_name":"Lean manufacturing","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1243/09544054jem1769","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1243/09544054jem1769","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1243/09544054jem1769","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S68701239","display_name":"Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part B Journal of Engineering Manufacture","issn_l":"0954-4054","issn":["0954-4054","2041-2975"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-d","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.7207000255584717,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure"}],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":18,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W152569421","https://openalex.org/W1593449005","https://openalex.org/W1596067371","https://openalex.org/W1967801887","https://openalex.org/W1975975526","https://openalex.org/W1982775699","https://openalex.org/W2019554891","https://openalex.org/W2040911660","https://openalex.org/W2042434199","https://openalex.org/W2077122150","https://openalex.org/W2093848899","https://openalex.org/W2118281403","https://openalex.org/W2120505141","https://openalex.org/W2128701490","https://openalex.org/W2155701011","https://openalex.org/W2163904704","https://openalex.org/W4230917442","https://openalex.org/W4235581671"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2116876433","https://openalex.org/W3126550068","https://openalex.org/W4388528499","https://openalex.org/W4297329000","https://openalex.org/W2755625960","https://openalex.org/W4285557120","https://openalex.org/W4254855733","https://openalex.org/W2276745353","https://openalex.org/W4390820763","https://openalex.org/W2121517211"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0,59],"today's":[1],"world":[2],"there":[3],"is":[4,42,73,117],"increasing":[5],"emphasis":[6],"on":[7],"personal":[8],"style":[9],"and":[10,12,97,121,133,157],"individuality,":[11],"hence":[13],"a":[14,63,110],"preference":[15],"for":[16,105],"semi-finished,":[17],"customizable":[18],"products":[19,27],"over":[20],"finished":[21],"products.":[22],"Consequently,":[23],"sales":[24],"of":[25,66,79,131,159],"do-it-yourself":[26],"are":[28,90,98,145],"increasing,":[29],"including":[30],"the":[31,43,60,69,83,123,129,141,151],"high-quality":[32],"equipment":[33],"necessary":[34],"to":[35,53,75,95,100,119,139],"complete":[36],"semi-finished":[37],"goods.":[38],"A":[39],"representative":[40],"example":[41],"sewing":[44,46,67,160],"machine;":[45],"machines":[47,161],"must":[48],"have":[49],"high":[50],"process":[51,102,143],"yield":[52],"keep":[54],"after-sales":[55],"service":[56],"costs":[57],"low.":[58],"current":[61],"paper,":[62],"key":[64],"component":[65],"machines,":[68],"upper":[70],"axle":[71],"bearing,":[72],"used":[74,99,118],"present":[76],"an":[77],"implementation":[78],"Six":[80,163],"Sigma":[81,164],"via":[82],"measure-analyse-improve-control":[84],"(MAIC)":[85],"approach.":[86],"Four":[87],"bearing":[88,107,126],"characteristics":[89],"identified":[91],"as":[92],"being":[93],"critical":[94],"quality":[96],"develop":[101],"capability":[103,113],"indices":[104],"evaluating":[106],"quality.":[108,127,165],"Then,":[109],"multi-characteristic":[111],"product":[112],"analysis":[114],"chart":[115],"(MPCAC)":[116],"identify":[120,140],"analyse":[122],"factors":[124],"affecting":[125],"Finally,":[128],"results":[130,148],"experiments":[132],"statistical":[134],"tests":[135],"using":[136],"control":[137],"charts":[138],"optimum":[142],"levels":[144],"presented.":[146],"The":[147],"show":[149],"that":[150],"MAIC":[152],"approach":[153],"will":[154],"help":[155],"manufacturers":[156],"suppliers":[158],"achieve":[162]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-10-30T12:39:25.321706","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}