“DEVOLPE A PASSION FOR LEARNING‚ IF YOU DO ‚ YOU WILL NEVER CEASE TO GROW” - ANTONY J D. ANGELO Strategic Quality and Systems Management Session 1 Dr. Indranil Bose Strictly Private & Confidential. Unauthorized use of the contents‚ information and materials is prohibited Opening case-1: Flight cancellation in USA In USA‚ 39991 flights have been cancelled during Dec‚2013-Jan.2014. 42533 flights‚ however‚ sat on the tarmac on different airports across USA for more than three hours.
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Case study 5 Training for improving service quality at Honda Introduction This case is about Honda American Motor Company which tries to improve quality due to blended learning approach. They split it in three different phase. 1. Phase one: The first phase takes place online. For two to three weeks‚ learners access a series of online modules that introduce the logical processes for effective problem solving and decision making. Learner progress is essentially self-paced‚ but since the content
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challenging task to improve product quality and service quality.Quality is the cornerstone of survival for a company. The history of numerous successful companies show that quality is also the dominant factor‚ especially for the Japanese company. To combat with the competition of North American’s company‚ quality become the most effective weapon for them to gain a remarkable market place in global. More and more companies are finding it necessary to to achieve high quality‚ and consider it a major strategy
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wide quality operations. Deming-Trained under Walter A Shewhart (father of SPC). Developed sampling techniques for the Bureau of Census. Became a key adviser to Japan in 1946. Juran-Trained under Walter A Shewhart (father of SPC). Became a key adviser to Japan in 1954. Joiner-Trained under W Edward Deming. Created consulting firm‚ Joiner Associates. Conway-Elected CEO of Nashua Corp 1979. First US Executive to hire Dr. Deming as a consultant in 1979. Formed consulting firm‚ Conway Quality‚ Inc
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the GAPS model of Service Quality using a personal example: Service Name: Bell Essential Plus Internet Service Existence of a Gap: Yes Expected Service (description of expectation): The expectation was (without reading the fine print‚ which is obscure and not indicative of essential information for new customers) that upon subscribing to Bell Essential Plus I’d be able to download media content and browse the internet at a speed of “5mbps”. Perceived Service (description of
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Based Management Meiklejohn Paul‚ Director Management Consulting 17 February 2012 Agenda 1. What is Activity Based Costing (ABC)? 1.1 What is ABC and Why should it be used? 1.2 Traditional costing vs ABC 1.3 Activity based costing processes 2. How ABC should be used to manage (Activity based management)? 2.1 When to use ABC? 2.2 How to use ABC for ABM? 2.3 Scoring High - Low value adding activities 2.4 Activity Based Management applications 3. ABC/ABM implementation 3.1 Where ABC has been used
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Quality Improvement Plan: Part III - Managing and Improving Quality In today’s health care environment‚ competition remains high and many organizations are seeking new ways to improve their quality of care‚ as well as remain competitive with other health care organizations in the process. Various methods exist today for organizations to integrate quality improvement strategies to help in the measurement of performance improvements. This paper will discuss:1) several methodologies‚ the pros and
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Quality of Care Quality of Care Within a health system‚ quality care involves providing patients with appropriate services and accurate evaluation through competence and compassion. Additionally‚ effective communication is essential for shared decision-making within a timely manner (Campbell‚ 2000). The purpose of this paper is to address the concept of adverse events and determine the relationship between patient satisfactions along with the quality of care. In most instances‚ patients and families
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FedEx Equals Quality FedEx was incorporated in June 1971 and officially began operations on April 17‚ 1973. Conceived by Chairmen and Chief Executive Officer Fredrick W. Smith‚ a man that would soon expand the small 14 aircraft fleet he started with into a $29 billion network of companies with 652 aircraft‚ 69‚000 vans and trucks‚ and over 250‚000 employees. FedEx did not become the largest shipping company by chance‚ they did it by focusing on their customers needs and making quality in their
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QUALITY CIRCLES: CONCEPT AND APPLICATIONS Quality circles were first developed in the 1960s by a man named Kaoru Ishikawa in Japan. The Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers (JUSE) were the ones who paid for the research that put the theories about behavior science and quality control together. A quality circle is a participatory management technique that enlists the help of employees in solving problems related to their own jobs. Circles are formed of employees working together in an
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