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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Continuous Improvement Philosophy: Continuously improve the quality of your product or service. Involves all operations and work centers including suppliers and customers 2. Six Sigma ← Originally developed by Motorola ← Refers to an extremely high measure of process capability ← A Six Sigma capable process will return no more than 3.4 defects per million operations (DPMO) ← Utilizes a highly structured approach to process improvement
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developers are free to create applications which are valid according to the specification and which will therefore work with software designed for it. Downloaded from FaaDoOEngineers.com Some major names in OHA HTC SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS MOTOROLA GOOGLE NVIDIA ELECTRONICS INTEL CORP EBAY SONY ERRICSON Downloaded from FaaDoOEngineers.com Android is open source. The source code of the android os is freely available to anyone. Being an open source it has the following
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This paper got 97% high distinction Question: While there is widespread evidence to support the view that effective quality management practices can lead to improved organisational performance‚ some would argue that the importance of quality to logistics systems has not been fully realised. In the last decade the growing importance of quality management has been a widely debated topic. Much empirical evidence links an organisations quality management practices to improved organisational performance
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Kanban‚ as a means of manufacturing‚ was developed by Toyota during the late 1940s and early 1950s. During that period‚ the Toyota Corporation studied American supermarkets and their management techniques. Taiichi Ohno‚ the man credited with developing JIT‚ saw the relationship between the supermarket and its customer as an efficient means of organizing production‚ because a supermarket assures future stock while only supplying what the consumer has immediately signaled that he or she needs. The premise
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Exam II BA 301 Spring 2003 S.K. Norman Version 1 Select the best answer. 3 Points each. 1. In the 1980’s‚ Xerox studied the distribution system of L.L. Bean. Xerox compared the performance of it’s distribution system with L.L. Bean’s and used what it learned to improve its operations. This process is called a. employee empowerment b. benchmarking c. copycatting d. industrial espionage 2. You are auditing
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1.0 Introduction Lean manufacturing is the systematic elimination of waste from all aspects of an organization’s operations‚ where waste is viewed as any use or loss of resources that does not lead directly to creating the product or service a customer wants when they want it. In many industrial processes‚ such non-value added activity can comprise more than 90 percent of a factory’s total activity Lean manufacturing or lean production are reasonably new terms that can be traced to Jim Womack‚ Daniel
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SCM 460 GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGY Dr. Alex Rodrigues Logistics / Manufacturing Interface & Lean Logistics Class Topics • Topic 1: – • Describe the steps of Design For Logistics (DFL) Topic 2: – Understand the philosophy of Lean Manufacturing/Logistics Procurement Perspectives • Continuous Supply: Stockouts of raw materials or components can stop production and result in extreme cost. • Minimize Inventory Investment: One goal of modern procurement is to maintain continuous supply with
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Growing Disillusionment with NAOs? In the past three decades or so‚ Western manufacturers have pursued world-class manufacturing status through a shotgun blast of three-letter acronyms: TQM (total quality management)‚ JIT (just-in-time production)‚ DFM (design for manufacturability)‚ QFD (quality function deployment)‚ QPD (quick product/process development)‚ CIM (computer integrated manufacturing)‚ ERP (enterprise resource planning)‚ SCM (supply chain management)‚ CRM (customer relationship management)
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14-1 JIT and Lean Operations Operations Management William J. Stevenson 8th edition 14-2 JIT and Lean Operations CHAPTER 14 JIT and Lean Operations McGraw-Hill/Irwin Operations Management‚ Eighth Edition‚ by William J. Stevenson Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. All rights reserved. 14-3 JIT and Lean Operations JIT/Lean Production • Just-in-time (JIT): A highly coordinated processing system in which goods move through the system‚ and
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