Ford in the 1980s‚ has been introducing revolutionary products‚ using the the total quality management to drive down cost‚ and gain market share‚ with a household slogan”quality is job1”‚ but lately the no.2 automaker had gaffes‚ that have cost it customer satisfaction‚ market share‚ and making it ranks last among the big-seven automakers. To counter these quality gaffes‚ like the explorer tire debucle‚ ford began overhauling its quality process‚ and redefined the way they approached business‚ as
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TOWARDS A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF SUPPLY CHAIN QUALITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES Article: International Journal of Production Research • This paper reports the result of a comparative study of quality tools and methods adaptation by operations and supply chain managers. • SCQM is defined as a system based approach to performance improvement that leverages opportunities created by upstream and downstream linkages with suppliers and customers. • Operation management is traditional been explained
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10/21/2011 Introduction to Process Safety Principles Dr. Angela E. Summers President‚ SIS SIS-TECH TECH Solutions‚ LP AIChE Regional 2011 Process Technology Conference Young Professional (YP) Session Contents What is Process Safety? Standards and Rules Resources for a Young Professional (YP) 1 10/21/2011 What is Process Safety? Industry Success: Illness and injury statistics now dominant metric. Industry has driven down rate Personal Safety is: Classic worker health and safety ‘Slips‚ Trips
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* Access model * A model that explores how an individual or groups relative resilience to disasters is impacted by differences in access to the economic or political resources needed to secure a livelihood. * The strengths of the model are that it provides a broad view of vulnerability including root causes‚ it gives weight to natural hazards‚ and it provides a framework for looking at livelihoods and vulnerability. * The limitation of the model‚ is that it is a tool for explaining
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Total Quality Management Quality has been defined by many authors .Some definitions are * Fitness for use –Joseph .M. Juran * Compliances with specific requirement –Philip .B. Crosby * Function of continuous improvement by reducing variability of desired output – Edward Deming * The totality of characteristics of an entity that bear upon its ability to satisfy the stated & unstated needs of the customer - ISO 8402 * Quality is perceived by customers ‚based on his actual
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INTRODUCTION TO SIX SIGMA CONTENT FLOW… Understanding Six Sigma Definition World at Six Sigma examples Six Sigma Scale Why Six Sigma Six Sigma Methodologies & Tools Define Measure Analyze Improve Control WHAT’S IN A NAME? Sigma is the Greek letter representing the standard deviation of a population of data. Sigma is a measure of standard deviation (the data spread) σ μ SIX SIGMA IS … A statistical concept that measures a process
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. PURPOSE 2 2. SCOPE 2 3. REFERENCES 2 4. TERMS‚ DEFINITIONS & ABBREVIATIONS 3 5. RESPONSIBILITY AND AUTHORITY 3 6. RECORD & DATA KEEPING 3 7. DOCUMENT CHANGE HISTORY 3 8. ASSET MANAGEMENT DEFINITION 4 9. STAKEHOLDERS 4 10. STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS 4 11. ASSET MANAGEMENT QUALITY FRAMEWORK 5 12. ASSET MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 5 13. ASSET MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT PROCESS 10 14. ASSET MANAGEMENT STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT 11 15. ASSET MANAGEMENT
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2010 Agile Conference An Iterative Approach for Development of Safety-Critical Software and Safety Arguments Xiaocheng Ge‚ Richard F. Paige and John A. McDermid Department of Computer Science‚ University of York‚ UK. {xchge‚ paige‚ jam}@cs.york.ac.uk in each step of the development process. To develop safetycritical systems‚ organisations are often required to adopt such processes‚ but their adoption can make it difficult to manage requirements volatility‚ introduce new and emerging technologies
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CHAPTER 1 1. Quality is a dynamic state associated with products‚ services‚ people and environments that meet or exceed expectations of customers and helps produce superior value. 2. TQM (Total Quality Management) approach of doing business that attempts to maximize organizations competitiveness through the continual improvement of people‚ processes‚ products‚ services‚ and environments. 3. Key elements of TQ: Strategically based –having a comprehensive strategy plan
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The Times of the New Year the new year started with joy and happy times. I ended the year with tears. My best friend was a drug addict and i had to help her into rehab. She did not want to go to rehab so we told her we were taking her to disneyland. She was so excited that she drove right home and packed her bags. Every country has their own holiday system. Different countries have different holidays. There are also some common holidays that people celebrate around the world‚ such as Christmas
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