is becoming the key distinction among transportation firms‚ FedEx recently announced plans to shrink its 4000 employee IT division by about 200 workers. The move has been considered jarring by some because FedEx traditionally has used layoffs only as a measure of last resort. How could this action affect the company’s organizational culture and employee relations‚ especially in lieu of its corporate philosophy? What steps should FedEx take in order to prevent or minimize possible negative effects
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Introduction What is TQM? Total Quality Management (or TQM) is a management concept introduced by W. Edwards Deming. TQM was developed to reduce the errors produced during the manufacturing or service process‚ increase customer satisfaction‚ streamline supply chain management‚ plan for innovation of tools and make certain workers have the highest level of training. One of the principal aims of TQM is to limit errors to 1 per 1 million units produced. Total Quality Management is often associated
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I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY II. INTRODUCTION A. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Company Profile MANG INASAL - Philippine ’s fastest growing barbeque fast food chain‚ serving chicken‚ pork barbeque and other Filipino favorites‚ was first established on December 12‚ 2003 in Iloilo City. Currently‚ there are 306 branches nationwide and with over 8‚000 employees system wide. MANG INASAL is doing its share in alleviating the unemployment burden of the country. The presence of every MANG INASAL in a certain
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IMPACT OF GLOBAZIATION AND COMPETITION ON TQM You cannot manage what you cannot measure. This is very true in today’s dynamic & competitive globalize environment. The business leaders face immense pressure in today’s turbulent competitive environment that’s move forward by globalisation‚ macro-environment factors and advanced technological growth of internet. The strong market forces within this competitive environment have developed global customers who are more aware of changes in the global
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philosophy governs every FedEx activity. They honor innovation‚ integrity and commitment. They have many formal policies‚ procedures and programs to bring out the best in their staff‚ individually and in teams. FedEx is looking for talented people that share the basic qualities of honesty‚ enthusiasm‚ creativity and respect for co-workers and customers. As FedEx has grown into a global company‚ a culture has developed the fullest potential of employees with FedEx. FedEx has led the industry in
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Study: Total Quality Management [TQM] Executive Summary: Our client‚ a multi-location ready mix concrete‚ sand and gravel supplier faced the twin problems of escalating costs and eroding customer service. MLE was engaged to support the President as he implemented his vision for the firm. Central to his vision was the creation of a culture which valued quality‚ customer service and continuous improvement. Over a six month period MLE Consulting performed a TQM readiness assessment‚ organized the
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Federal Express (FedEx) Corporation was founded by Frederick W. Smith in 1971 when he was just 28 years old and it specializes in overnight delivery of heavy freight‚ high-priority documents and packages. It has operations in 211 countries and it operates all over the United States providing delivery of time-sensitive‚ valuable cargo worldwide. Its main headquarters are in Memphis Tennessee USA and its subsidiaries include FedEx Express‚ FedEx Office‚ FedEx Trade Networks‚ FedEx Ground‚ FedEx Custom Critical
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General Articles Latest Legal News in England and Wales 11th October 2012 Weekly News Wrap from CaseCheck: Flexible courts‚ degree of force in self-defence and employee-owner employment contracts Flexible Courts Justice Minister Damian Green has announced a pilot scheme that seeks to speed up cases and modernise criminal justice services. The pilot will see Courts sitting outside of traditional working hours and on weekends and an increased use of video-link technology including prison to
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service unveiled by FedEx TELECOMWORLDWIRE-17 November 2009-SenseAware information service unveiled by FedEx(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS http://www.m2.com Transportation‚ e-commerce and business services provider FedEx Corp (NYSE:FDX) announced on Tuesday the introduction of SenseAware powered by FedEx‚ a next generation information service that combines a GPS sensor device and a web-based collaboration platform. According to the company‚ the solution‚ developed by the FedEx innovation team‚ is
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which includes on-time delivery and outstanding service.To attain this level‚ the organization needs to continually examine their quality system to see if it is responsive to ever changing customer requirements and expectations.The most successful TQM programs begin by defining quality from the customer’s perspective. Quality means meeting or exceeding the customers expectations.Customer satisfaction‚not increasing profits‚ must be the primary goal of the organization. It is the most important consideration
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