MANAGEMENT OF QUALITY Introduction Quality refers to the ability of a product or service to consistently meet or exceed customer requirements or expectations. Different customers will have different requirements‚ so a working definition of quality is customer-dependent. In order to rebuild its economy after the Second World War‚ Japan focused on quality improvement‚ making it a national imperative. This took place during a time when quality was not uppermost in the minds of business organizations
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Quality Initiatives Aiming for 120% product quality “We have to aim for 120% product quality. If 99% of the products we make are perfect‚ that would seem like a pretty good record. However‚ the customers who become the owners of the remaining 1% will surely consider their products 100% defective. It is unacceptable that even one customer in a thousand–even one customer in ten thousand–should receive a defective product. That’s why we have to aim for 120%.” When founder Soichiro Honda said this
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Quality management The term quality management has a specific meaning within many business sectors. This specific definition‚ which does not aim to assure ’good quality ’ by the more general definition‚ but rather to ensure that an organization or product is consistent‚ can be considered to have four main components: quality planning‚ quality control‚ quality assurance and quality improvement.[1] Quality management is focused not only on product/service quality‚ but also the means to achieve it
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Service quality has been recognized as a key factor in differentiating service products. Customer satisfaction can be secured through high quality products and services (Getty & Getty‚ 2003; Gupta & Chen‚ 1995; Tsang & Qu‚ 2000). Edvardsson (1996) reflected that the concept of service should be approached from the customer ’s point of view‚ since it was his/her perception of the outcome that constituted the service. Customers may have different values and different grounds for assessment and most
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Overcoming The Barriers In Implementing TQM and Sustaining The Success Through Continuous Quality Improvement – Deming’s 14 Points Revisited Dr. R. Jagadeesh Abstract Total Quality Management (TQM) became a popular buzzword during the last three decades and is considered to be the globally accepted success formula across the organizations. A number of success stories have been well documented in literature and widely circulated to spread the spirit and practice of TQM. While many organizations
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of human behavioural models and the commonalities thereof with consumer behaviour‚ impacting the marketing field of study. Once the human behavioural models have been addressed‚ the chapter will focus on models of consumer behaviour. Section 2.2 of this chapter will provide an overview of consumer behaviour‚ followed by models of human behaviour in Section 2.3. Section 2.4 will represent the main discussion of Chapter 2 by focusing on the definition‚ purpose and value of models of consumer behaviour
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4/9/2013 OBJECTIVES QUALITY ASSURANCE PLANNING A Practical Approach to Quality Management Systems John Shalkham Director‚ Office of Quality Assurance Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Clinical Assistant Professor University of Wisconsin-Madison WisconsinWISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE • Describe the purpose of a Quality Assurance (QA) plan •List the components of an effective QA plan p g •Discuss the benefits of incorporating Quality System Essentials and other Quality Management System
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1. Locating fire protection services: the location set covering model One problem faced by many communities is where to locate fire stations. Even though most people do not want to live next to a station‚ they do want fire protection services nearby. The value of fire services is time critical. If a crew at a station takes more than 10 minutes to reach a house fire‚ there are significant chances that the fire will consume major portions of the house and threaten occupants. Most fires can be easily
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Strategic management analyzes the major initiatives taken by a company’s top management on behalf of owners‚ involving resources and performance in external environments.[1] It entails specifying the organization’s mission‚ vision and objectives‚ developing policies and plans‚ often in terms of projects and programs‚ which are designed to achieve these objectives‚ and then allocating resources to implement the policies and plans‚ projects and programs. A balanced scorecard is often used to evaluate
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An Assignment on Service Failure and Service Recovery 28th August‚ 2011 A Service is an experience that a consumer derives at the time of its purchase. It is largely tangible and cannot be owned. Moreover‚ it is the outcome of being in contact (whether it is low-contact‚ hybrid or high-contact) with the service provider. Considering this‚ it is but natural that errors and failures occur. What differentiates one service provider and experience from the other is the way the error is corrected
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