RAILROADS/SUPPLIERS AND A MUTUAL GOAL: IMPROVING QUALITY

Quality-assurance programs are coming on-line, and suppliers are lining up to qualify. Directed, primarily, at high-volume and "critical"-component suppliers, quality-assurance programs require in-house inspection procedures. But as more railroads establish programs that suit their specific needs, a program with common minimum standards, along wtih performance evaluations, may be needed.

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• Publication Date: 1990-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 3 p.
• Serial:
  • Railway Track and Structures
  • Volume: 86
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-9016

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Inspection; Productivity; Quality assurance; Standards; Suppliers
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00491341
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 28 1990 12:00AM