This study reports a recent survey of the current state of quality management implementation and practices in China with reference to the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) criteria. Comparisons are made between firms in three different stages of the development of a quality system:...

Describes the quality journey that began as quality control circles, moved to implement an international quality management system, and now continues its TQM programme called “Quest for excellence”. Kowloon‐Canton Railway Corporation is the first railway company in Asia to have a part of...

Reviews some new trends in parallel machine scheduling (PMS). PMS, as an area of research, is governed by questions that arise in production planning, flexible manufacture systems, computer control, etc. The main characteristic of these problems is to optimize an objective, with jobs to be...