Quality Management Development in Mainland China
There is a famous expert of quality management once said: “21 century is a century of quality.” Quality is the life of a company. Quality is the precondition of a company’s profit. Quality is the precondition of creating the brand of a company.
So, the company should focus on the development of quality. Developing the quality is the only way to having a continuous development in this market which is full of competition.
Quality management (QM) represents one of the most significant research themes in operations management. As QM is playing a more and more important role in business enterprise. Many studies have investigated the effects of various QM practices on quality performance, operational performance, and business performance. Overall, these studies have shown that QM practices have a strong effect on quality and operational performance, but a weak or insignificant effect on business performance [B1, 2].
Our paper most concentrates on quality management development in mainland China. It was divided into the following 5 parts.
* Industrial Development Background in China
China has made great progress since it opened its economy thirty years ago and began to become a market economy. An extraordinary modernization process has taken place, particularly in the coastal areas and cities. New industries have been developing fast, enormous progress has been made in the business environment, and the country has considerably improved its participation in the global economy in which it is now a major player. However, important challenges lie ahead. These stem from a more demanding international environment, as well as from specific characteristics of China’s current stage of development[B2].
Since the 1950s, with the rapid development of productivity and science and technology changes greatly, people pay more attention to the durability, reliability,