CHAPTER 1 IMPORTANCE OF QUALITY Quality is the business of doing business —Anonymous The importance of quality‚ be it in product or service‚ cannot be overemphasized. Just study some of the tips given from time to time to make matters easier for everyone. For instance‚ Indian Government’s Postal Department‚ one of the most extensive‚ popular and efficient in the world issues guidelines such as “PIN Code helps speed up your mail. If the PIN Code in your address is missing or inaccurate‚ please send
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have been responsible for the quality movement with the leading contributors W. Edwards Deming‚ Joseph M. Juran‚ and Philip B. Crosby. Compare and Contrast the three primary quality gurus and select one of these leaders and describe why you feel his work has definitely contributed to project quality management. Build on the items presented in the textbook in terms of their contributions and the comparison of the expert ’s work. Discuss the highlights of the quality Guru ’s contribution. Note what
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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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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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A Homeric epic legend is thought to be over an ordinary individual. The qualities of a run of the mill epic saint are quality‚ reliability‚ strength‚ and insight. Truth be told‚ the Macmillan Dictionary for Students characterizes a legend as "one who is appreciated and turned upward to for valor‚ accomplishments‚ and honorable characteristics" (483). Odysseus satisfies the greater part of the necessities for an epic saint and then some. He shows his capacity to be an eloquent speaker‚ and his balance
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IE 421 INDUSTRIAL QUALITY CONTROL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The sincerity and abyss gratitude is greatly expressed to all the people who in different ways have reinforced and contributed to the course of carrying out this project. We would like to extend our appreciation to all of them for their indispensable help and support. A heartfelt gratitude to Engr. Christel B. Nuñez‚ our instructor in Industrial Quality Control for her unreserved help and unwavering guidance throughout the completion
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Name: QUALITY MANAGEMENT MID TERM EXAM Question You are a project management consultant assigned to a small manufacturing firm that has been experiencing a myriad of problems. After conducting interviews and fact-finding with key managers‚ you have observed the following: •Company revenues and profits have fallen dramatically over the previous 12 months‚ along with a drop in market share •Customer complaints have reached an all time high •Employee morale is at an all time low •The
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