產線製造之產品通常具有數項品質特徵。為驗證產品的一致性符合需求，品質管制與檢驗在製造程序中之重要性不言可喻。而製造產品之品質或有變化，一套可適時呈現此一變化之檢驗技術變的不可或缺。此外，產線設備之維修在實質上係用以維持生產效能。這是由於產線設備會隨時間老化與退化，從而影響產品品質。因此產線設備之維護策略可定義為特定情況下之總成本，並合理推定維護完善的產線設備可確保高品質之產品。環顧學術文獻，已分別將產品檢驗與產線維修之角色與優勢完整呈現，並建議後續應著眼於瞭解兩者之關連性如：藉此建立較佳之品質保證及生產效能之產品製造系統。然而，前述兩者(產品檢驗與產線維修)之鏈結並未有充分的學術研究。因此，本論文首先試圖研提結合產品檢驗計畫與產線設備維護策略之鏈結，並以產線管理觀點研提綜合管理思考架構。此一鏈結產線維護與產品品質之架構，可於未來研究中提供有效的最佳化模型。

Manufacturing product exhibits several quality characteristics. Quality control and inspection within manufacturing process are crucial to verify product conformance to requirements. The quality history of the product may change; therefore, an inspection technique that can accommodate the changes in product quality becomes increasingly indispensable. In addition, maintenance of manufacturing equipment is substantial to preserve production performance. The equipment may age and deteriorate with time and production, thus affecting product quality. Hence, maintenance policy for equipment define under certain circumstance based on total cost incurs. Well-maintained equipment ensures the high-quality products. The role and advantage of inspection and maintenance were individually well addressed in literatures. The proceeding observations, both on them, suggest realizing their relationship, as such a way as to establish better quality assurance and the performance of a production system. However, the link between these two aspects has not been sufficiently investigated. Hence, this thesis attempts to firstly propose the inspection plan for quality product and maintenance policy for equipment, independently. Moreover, a broad framework of interaction between inspection and maintenance is proposed to offer comprehensive managerial thinking in equipment management. While two kinds of connections are suggested: first, from the maintenance side and second, from the quality side, which provide useful initiation of possible joint optimization model for future research.

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