challenging task to improve product quality and service quality.Quality is the cornerstone of survival for a company. The history of numerous successful companies show that quality is also the dominant factor‚ especially for the Japanese company. To combat with the competition of North American’s company‚ quality become the most effective weapon for them to gain a remarkable market place in global. More and more companies are finding it necessary to to achieve high quality‚ and consider it a major strategy
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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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Opportunities and Problems in Making Services More Tangible Chandhaluk Heesawat (Ph. D.) Assumption University bp3905@yahoo.com Abstract. This paper gives the readers the background to understand how intangibility of services affects customers’ evaluation of service quality. The paper begins with the various views regarding intangibility of services from scholars. Some view intangibility as important characteristics in distinguishing products from services. Others look at intangibility as insufficient
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COMPARING THREE QUALITY MANAGEMENT GURUS W. Edwards Deming Joseph M. Juran Philip B. Crosby Prepared by: Abdelatif Hegazy Director Quality TECOM Investments Tel: +971 4 3913239 Fax: +971 4 3918777 Mobile: +971 50 4670973 A member of DUBAI HOLDING www.dubaiholding.com FOREWORD Many organizations worldwide are focusing today on quality to restore their competitive
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IMPROVING SELF-SERVICE TECHNOLOGIES UTILIZATION: THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF TECHNOLOGY ANXIETY‚ NEED FOR INTERACTION WITH SERVICE EMPLOYEES‚ AND EXPECTED SERVICE QUALITY By M.S. Southern Illinois University Carbondale‚ 2003 B.S. Srinakharinwirot University‚ 1999 PR EV A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy Degree Department of Management in the Graduate School Southern Illinois University Carbondale May 2008 IE Kiattisak
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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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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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wide quality operations. Deming-Trained under Walter A Shewhart (father of SPC). Developed sampling techniques for the Bureau of Census. Became a key adviser to Japan in 1946. Juran-Trained under Walter A Shewhart (father of SPC). Became a key adviser to Japan in 1954. Joiner-Trained under W Edward Deming. Created consulting firm‚ Joiner Associates. Conway-Elected CEO of Nashua Corp 1979. First US Executive to hire Dr. Deming as a consultant in 1979. Formed consulting firm‚ Conway Quality‚ Inc
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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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[pic] KU – AEU EXECUTIVE BACHELOR IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Awarded by the Asia E University Assignment MANAGING QUALITY Name of student : VISHNU CHOW MING YEW Facilitator : MR. IR. GIAN SINGH KU Centre : Index no : KG 798 Question no : 1 Word count : 2‚968 Words Submission date : 18TH MAY 2013 This page is intentionally left blank Table of Contents
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