Quality Circles Quality Circles (QC) or Quality Control Circles (QCC) : History * Pioneered by Japanese. * Japanese nomenclature: Quality Control Circles (QCC)‚ generally now known as Quality Circles (QC) or some call it as Small Group Activity (SGA). * 1962: First QC Circle was registered with QC Circle Head Quarters in Japan. * 1974: Lockheed Company‚ USA started Quality Circle movement. * 1977: International Association of Quality Circles (IACC) was formed in USA.
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Seven Basic Management Tools "The Old Seven." "The First Seven." "The Basic Seven." Quality pros have many names for these seven basic tools of quality‚ first emphasized by Kaoru Ishikawa‚ a professor of engineering at Tokyo University and the father of “quality circles.” Start your quality journey by mastering these tools‚ and you ’ll have a name for them too: "indispensable." 1. Cause-and-effect diagram (also called Ishikawa or fishbone chart): Identifies many possible causes for
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Split-type air conditioner Some rooms do not have external windows or walls. Difficulties arouse in creating sufficient air flow in the rooms‚ which can lead to discomfort for residents in terms of temperature and humidity. The split-type air conditioner can be used in these situations. Introduction: A split air conditioning simply means that the condensor (or sometimes referred to as the “outdoor unit”) is separated from the “indoor unit”‚ thus the term “split”. The split air conditioning
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Vans: Skating on Air 1. Problem Statement: The key issues in the Vans: Skating on Air case are how to drive the next stage of growth for the company. To arrive at this answer‚ management must consider which product categories Vans should participate in‚ which distribution channels Vans should be in and how to integrate into the places their customers want to be. 2. SWOT Analysis : STRENGTHS: Well-recognized Lifestyle Brand Strong Distribution Channel: Items Sold in 12‚000 Domestic Locations
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Information Quality Brief paper written for the National Convention on Quality‚ November 16th‚ 2012 By Verleshwar Singh Principal Consultant‚ OpenMedia Introduction In today’s world where information plays an important role for the efficient and effective conduct of business operations‚ the significance of information quality has increased tremendously. Information quality can be defined significantly in two ways: inherent quality and the pragmatic quality. Inherent quality is mainly
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Quality of Work Life Quality of work life (QWL) is viewed as an alternative to the control approach of managing people. The QWL approach considers people as an ’asset’ to the organization rather than as ‘costs’. It believes that people perform better when they are allowed to participate in managing their work and make decisions. This approach motivates people by satisfying not only their economic needs but also their social and psychological ones. To satisfy the new generation workforce‚ organizations
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Quality management chapter 8 Quality management: Focus on Six Sigma Review and Discussion Questions 1. Is the goal of Six Sigma quality realistic for services such as Blockbuster Video Stores? A goal of Six Sigma can also be used for services. The one area where Six Sigma maybe difficult is that many aspects of service quality are based upon customer perception--for example--the courtesy of the clerk. In spite of all efforts‚ someone may perceive that the clerk was not courteous. But in
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named Air Blade in Vietnam. This report will analyze the situation of this new product including the current market‚ the marketing environment‚ the organization‚ the customer and the competitors. By gathering the information from secondary data‚ the report includes 6 main parts. The first part is Company Analysis that analyses Honda Vietnam’s missions and objectives. The next part identifies the environment elements around the company that can affect its product – Air Blade. Additionally‚ Air Blade’s
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Structures and Air Force Recruiting Service The Unites States Air Force is one of the nation’s largest organizations. It employs a divisional organization under one command which is composed of three mid-level management recruiting groups and 24 front-line recruiting squadrons employing more than 1‚500 personnel to promote its mission: “… to recruit quality airmen from a cross-section of America responsive to the ever-changing needs of the Air Force” (U.S. Air Force‚ 2008)
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Growth Opportunity.” Retrieved from (www.centreforaviation.com)?‚ on 11th May 2009 - Connel‚ J - Lawton‚ T.C. and Solomko‚ S. (2003). “Low Fare Airlines in Asia: An Exploratory Study of Cost Competition‚ Market Dynamics‚ and Sustainable Advantage.” Air Transport Research Society‚ Working Paper‚ Toulouse. - Microsoft (2005) Budget Airlines in Asia Pacific Fly High on Microsoft Business Solutions. Retrieved from (http://www.microsoft.com/malaysia/press/linkpage4285.asp on 20th October 2005)?‚ on 11th
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