| Message |
Noriaki KANDA |
3 |
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| Features〔Competitiveness of Industries and Strategic Activities of International Standardization〕 |
| Introduction |
Masao TAKESHITA |
4 |
| The Importance of Standards |
Yasushi NOTO |
6 |
| Current Trends in International Standardization Activities |
Hiroo WAKAI Tomoko SAKAGUCHI |
13 |
| Proposals for the Strategic Promotion of International Standardization - Focusing on the Practical Use of Intellectual Property Rights in International Standardization and the Prioritization of the Strategic Technologies |
Ryo WATANABE |
22 |
| Economic Effect of International Standardization |
Takamitsu WADA |
31 |
| Strategy of International Standardization on The Spring Industry |
Shigeo AIBA Takayuki TABE |
37 |
| Recent Movement on Standardization on Competitive Advantage |
Yutaka OKAMOTO |
46 |
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| Message |
| Thanks Message on Retiring as Chairperson of Asian Network for Quality (ANQ) |
Noriaki KANO |
57 |
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| Contributed Article |
| Necessary and Sufficient Condition for Optimality of Monotone Procedure in Condition Monitoring Maintenance with General Number of Actions |
Lu JIN Kazuyuki SUZUKI |
73 |
| A Supporting Method for Creating Designs Reflect Potential Customers' Image of a Concept |
Masaya TASHIRO Masahiko MUNECHIKA |
84 |
Knowledge Management of Failures for Process Design -Construction of Knowledge Structure on a Causal Chain of Failures in a Manufacturing Process |
Yasuhiko TAMURA Yoshinori IIZUKA Yuki MATSUKAWA |
95 |
| Likelihood Ratio Test for Equality of Odds Ratios between Dependent Contingency Tables and Increased Precision with Dependent Samples |
Masami MIYAKAWA Eiji TANAKA |
114 |
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| Technical Note |
| e-Diagnosis System for Sustainable Management Innovation |
Syohei ISHIZU Hiroshi OSADA |
121 |
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| Applied Research |
| Evaluation of the Proneness of Missing-Information and Jumping-to-Conclusions in Reading Sentences in an Emergency |
Kiyoshi SHIOZAWA Takeshi NAKAJO |
132 |
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| Quality Report |
| Standardization of Design and Development Processes Focusing on Information Flows |
Takeshi NAKAJO |
142 |
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