UNIT 10 – QUALITY QUESTIONS 1. What does it mean by “Quality” and “ Quality Control”? 2. What should companies do to maintain the quality of their products/services effectively? 3. What do you think about the quality of Vietnamese products? What should companies do to enhance their competitiveness in competition? ANSWERS 1. The definition of quality depends on the different circumstances and perceptions. The meaning of quality is also time-based or situational. a. The definition
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Summary of Key Points and Terminology – Chapter 1 • Quality assurance refers to any action directed toward providing consumers with goods and services of appropriate quality. Although craftspeople were attentive to quality‚ the industrial revolution moved responsibility for quality away from the worker and into separate staff departments. This had the effect of making quality a technical‚ as opposed to managerial‚ function. This thinking carried through Western industry until about 1980.
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try to discuss about how Quality Management helps in Hospitality industry. Quality is a main part of any business providers. Concept of Quality Management is creating and implementing quality planning authority‚ as well as control and improve the quality. They can help to improve efficiency and best practice to fellow workers. As well as it is very important element to identify customer’s satisfaction and expectation. Task 1 Understand the different approaches to quality management appropriate
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Quality Management Organizations Tammy E. Bushman MGT/420 October 17‚ 2012 James Pekny Quality Management Organizations Two quality management organizations that undoubtedly embellish the operation of a quality program both nationally and locally is the health care industry. As the health care industry distorts the nation ’s economical resources it is critical to present significant quality controls and quality improvements both nationally and locally. Because of quality management in healthcare
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Quality Management Organizations The American automobile industry chose to benchmark from the Japanese industry after they saw that they had gained the competitive advantage with better quality products. They did not understand the quality management concept and was not interested in using statistics for continual improvement. Edward Deming‚ an American citizen‚ was sent to Japan and taught his quality management concept using his 14 points for management approach because he believed that poor quality
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Total quality management or TQM is defined as a form of management that ensures that every element of the business is contributing to the overall total effort of a business of achieving the highest quality levels in the delivery of its products and services. This type of management’s goal is to assure that everything that is produced has meet very high standards. In this paper I will discuss the history of Total Quality Management‚ the philosophy of Total Quality Management (Fourteen Points)‚ and
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There are eight such dimensions of quality. These are: 1. Performance: It involves the various operating characteristics of the product. For a television set‚ for example‚ these characteristics will be the quality of the picture‚ sound and longevity of the picture tube. 2. Features: These are characteristics that are supplemental to the basic operating characteristics. In an automobile‚ for example‚ a stereo CD player would be an additional feature. 3. Reliability: Reliability of a product is
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Quality Management Assessment Summary Quality management is a devotion of time and resources to enhance the quality of business procedure which in turn reduces the possibility of unforeseen obscurity and troubles. Patients will in turn receive the products or services of the quality they deserve. Quality of production development should lower cost of the final product or services so that the facility can offer their customers better prices. Concepts of Quality management would include: Health care
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monitor the quality of products being produced and eliminate defects. (TQM) addresses organizational quality from managerial viewpoints focusing on customer-driven quality standards‚ managerial leadership‚ continuous improvement‚ quality built into product and process design‚ quality identified problems at the source‚ and quality made everyone’s responsibility. However‚ talking about solving quality problems is not enough. We need specific tools that can help us make the right quality decisions. These
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Contents Introduction and Orientation to the Topic 4 Report 5 Task 1 5 Defining Quality in Terms of Business 5 Evolution of Total Quality 5 Quality Management Approaches for Walmart 6 Deming’s approach 6 Juran’s Approach 6 Crosby’s approach 7 Similarities and differences among the Suggested Approaches 7 Similarities among Juran‚ Crosby and Deming’s approaches 7 The differences between Juran‚ Crosby and Deming’s approaches 7 Task 2 9 Customer satisfaction 9 Continuous Improvement 9
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