I strongly believe that continuous improvement is more important than quality control. The reason behind my thinking is that quality control is an element of continuous improvement for the following reason. Quality control only identifies rejects. Its only purpose is to inspect items or services to determine whether or not a set criteria‚ or standard‚ is met; and decide whether the item will be fixed‚ rejected‚ or passed. Continuous improvement is the ability to constantly change and adapt by getting
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5 Paper received: 03.03.2008 Paper accepted: 00.00.200x Basic Quality Tools in Continuous Improvement Process Mirko Soković1‚* - Jelena Jovanović2 - Zdravko Krivokapić2 - Aleksandar Vujović2 1 University of Ljubljana‚ Faculty of Mechanical Engineering‚ Slovenia 2 University of Montenegro‚ Faculty of Mechanical Engineering‚ Podgorica‚ Montenegro If organizations wish to achieve continuous quality improvement they need to use appropriate selection of quality tools and techniques. In this paper
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Continuous improvement is a process of the seeking of small improvements in processes and products‚ with the objective of increasing quality and reducing waste. Continuous improvement is one of the tools that underpin the philosophies of total quality management and lean production. Through constant study and revision of processes‚ a better product can result at reduced cost. Kaizen (the translation of kai (“change”) zen (“good”) is “improvement” or “change for the better”) has become a foundation
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INTRODUCTION The concept of Business Process Reengineering (BPR) is to rethink and breakdown existing business process. This allows a company to reduce cost and improve productivity through newer‚ more efficient process. It is important to remember however‚ though there are instances where these is necessary‚ BPR is not without its disadvantage. This makes it vital to weight your decision carefully. One of the most obvious adverse effects of a company’s decision to reengineer is lowered employee
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committed to a culture of continuous improvement. Continuous improvement is aligned and supports the corporate strategy to make consistent earnings grow. Continuous improvement involves all employees applying standard methods and tools to solve problems. My department has been involved in three kaizen events. I‚ personally‚ have been involved in two out of the three events‚ and I have been asked to participate in another event next week. A kaizen event is designed to help understand current state
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Continuous improvement in a management context means a never-ending effort to expose and eliminate root causes of problems. Usually‚ it involves many incremental or small-step improvements rather than one overwhelming innovation. From a Japanese perspective continuous improvement is the basis for their business culture. Continuous improvement is a philosophy‚ permeating the Japanese culture‚ which seeks to improve all factors related to the transformation process (converting inputs into outputs)
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Facilitate Continuous Improvement BSBMGT516C BY CALLAN FORGAN January 2015 Assessment Activity 1 1. You work for an organisation that does not actively encourage its employees to participate in decision-making processes‚ and to assume responsibility and exercise initiative as appropriate. What would you say to convince the organisation’s management that they should actively encourage employees to assume responsibility and initiative? Write a transcript of what you would say. “Although
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Unit 2 Assignment Question #1 Describe the three basic ways to implement CQI outlined in your Study Guide and outline how CQI has been introduce in your organization. If it has yet to be introduced‚ describe how you would introduce it referencing these three methods. Answer According to the Study Guide there are three ways to introduce Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI): 1. The quiet or whisper launch. It is suggested that “this is an effective way to begin if the staff or
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1.0 Executive Summary The major topic for this paper is to apply knowledge concept and idea of Berger (1997) “Continuous improvement and kaizen” to Master Cooling Sdn. Bhd. There is no improvement on work process and getting more complaints by customer on long process method support from this company. Berger (1997) implemented 3 principles on continuous improvement by process-oriented‚ improving and maintaining standards and people oriented. The major components for Master Cooling Sdn. Bhd. apply
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www.thetimes100.co.uk Continuous improvement as a business strategy Introduction The steel manufacturing company Corus focuses on meeting the needs of its worldwide customers and providing innovative solutions. It manufactures‚ processes and distributes steel and aluminium products worldwide. Corus is a subsidiary of Tata Steel‚ part of the giant Indian conglomerate. Tata Group includes businesses in many industries - for example‚ chemicals‚ automotive‚ telecommunications‚ leisure and consumer
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