PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Chapter 17 QUALITY MANAGEMENT Chapter 17 Quality Management Benefits of Quality Control I. II. Minimum scrap or rework due to reduced defectives. Reduced cost of labour and material as a result of reduced defectives. III. Uniform quality and reliability of product help in increasing sales turn over. IV. Reduced variability resulting in-higher quality and reduced production bottle necks. V. Reduced inspection and reduced inspection costs
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Quality Management Quality Assurance and Control Table of Contents Introduction 2 Importance of Quality in Organisations 3 Customers 3 Continuous Improvement 4 Waste Reduction Culture 5 Quality Assurance & Quality Control 6 Quality Assurance 6 Quality Control 7 Differences between Assurance and Control 7 Quality Control & Assurance Control Mechanisms 8 Key Performance Indicators 8 Integrate Quality
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Brand 5 Chapter 2: Quality Management System 7 2.1 Introduction 7 2.1.1General 7 2.1.2 Process approach 7 2.2 Requirements of a quality management system 10 2.2.1 Scope 10 2.2.2Normative Reference 11 2.2.3 Terms and definitions 11 2.2.4General Requirements 11 2.2.5 Documentation requirements 11 2.2.6Management responsibility 14 2.2.7Planning 15 2.2.8Responsibility‚ authority and communication 15 2.2.9 Management review 16 2.2
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CHAPTER 52 AN INTRODUCTION TO ECOLOGY AND THE BIOSPHERE Learning objectives The Scope of Ecology 1. Define ecology. 2. Describe the relationship between ecology and evolutionary biology. 3. Distinguish between abiotic and biotic components of the environment. 4. Distinguish among organismal ecology‚ population ecology‚ community ecology‚ ecosystem ecology‚ and landscape ecology. 5. Clarify the difference between ecology and environmentalism. Interactions between Organisms and the
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Management by Objectives Motivating employees seems to be a challenge for managers - Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the MBO program and provide at least one example to support your discussion. Goal-Setting Theories have evolved since the 50s and have an impressive documented literature. The Goal-Setting Theory addresses the issues that goal specificity‚ challenge‚ and feedback have on performance (Robbins‚ 2009‚ p185). Setting goals and motivating employees are always an important
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Implement Quality Improvement at Riordan Manufacturing Continual improvements are essential for businesses to attain a competitive advantage in their industry and remain profitable. Riordan Manufacturing must apply Total Quality Management (TQM) to their organizational processes to eliminate waste‚ reduce costs‚ increase productivity‚ and focus on customer satisfaction. This paper identifies an improvement plan by outlining the steps of Riordan Manufacturing’s developed quality management process and
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INTRODUCTION TO P & O MGMT Concept of Production Production : * A crucial function in any organisation * Transformation of a range of inputs into the planned outputs ( goods or services ) meeting laid down quality standards * Step-by-step conversion of one form of material into another form through chemical or mechanical process to enhance the utility of the product to the end users. * Value addition process at each stage * A process by which “goods and services are created”
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Management by objectives (MBO) Overview The essence of MBO is participative goal setting and choosing one’s course of actions. An important part of the MBO is to measure and compare the employee’s actual performance with the set standards. After defining the organizational objectives as per the yearly business plan set by the top management‚ objectives are cascaded into smaller‚ more specific goals at each level of organization (divisional‚ departmental‚ individual). The manager and his
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assembly line‚ industrial innovators have constantly focused on improvement through a variety of different manufacturing strategies. Lean manufacturing is a manufacturing strategy that seeks to produce a high level of throughput with a minimum of inventory. Originally a Japanese methodology known as the Toyota Production System designed by Sakichi Toyoda‚ lean manufacturing centers around placing small stockpiles of inventory in strategic locations around the assembly line‚ instead of in centralized
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.........................................2 1.3 Objective..................................................................................................2 1.3.1 Main Objective...........................................................................2 1.3.2 Specific Objective......................................................................2 1.4 Scope and Limitation...............................................................................2 1.5 Significance of the Study..........
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