Issue paper one: Productivity and Quality Management Executive Report Prepared by G.Y. Attanayake MBA/2003/1448 Course : MBA 501 Managing Business Operations Dr. Travis Perera and Mr. A.K.L Jayawardana July‚ 2003 POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT University of Sri Jayewardenepura TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE NO. EXECUTIVE SUMMERY 4 1.0 INTRODUCTION 5 1.1 MEASURING PRODUCTIVITY IN THE MANUFACTURING AND SERVICE SECTORS 1.1.1 Productivity Defined and Explained 5 1.1.1.1 Why Productivity
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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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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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Productivity vs. Quality – this is the common knowledge that if a business sells more goods‚ the more income How quality is defined? – quality is defined as simply meeting customer satisfaction How quality is measured – Business employing the traditional view measures their level of competence and customer satisfaction on their own then match it with a benchmark to see where the business is How quality is achieved – check the finished product for defects but for total quality business they check
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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 to commercial
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TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT Lecture I History of Quality During the early days of manufacturing‚ an operative’s work was inspected and a decision made whether to accept or reject it. As businesses became larger‚ so too did this role and full time inspection jobs were created. Accompanying the creation of inspection functions‚ other problems arose: • More technical problems occurred‚ requiring specialized skills‚ often not possessed by production workers • The inspectors lacked training • Inspectors
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A photograph taken by: Dennis Bautista‚ in Manila‚ Philippines‚ on August 7th 2010. This photograph was taken on a Saturday‚ so for sure the little girl does not have schooling on that day‚ she just found this this bag from the trash and decide to play with it. “Whoever shut his ears at the cry of the poor‚ they also shall cry themselves‚ but not be heard” (proverbs 21:13) in the Bible. This full of meaning photograph shows a really deep and sadful reality which is living under the red line
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scale it can be more difficult. Questionnaires‚ focus groups and the like aim to achieve the same goal as direct communication. These methods are effective but there is a risk that the VOC will get lost or misheard. For example‚ a questionnaire may ask customers how a firm can improve their customer service. Typically it will ask them to rate their experience and then offer suggestions. This might give the firm an accurate percentage of customers who were dissatisfied with their experience but
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Quality Management Systems Introduction An organisation will benefit from establishing an effective quality management system (QMS). The cornerstone of a quality organisation is the concept of the customer and supplier working together for their mutual benefit. For this to become effective‚ the customer-supplier interfaces must extend into‚ and outside of‚ the organisation‚ beyond the immediate customers and suppliers. A QMS can be defined as: “A set of co-ordinated activities to direct and control
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Therefore‚ a parent should have love‚ care and understanding. In addition to these qualities‚ he ought to set good examples to children. The first quality parent should have is love and care for their children. It is very important for parent to provide physical care to fulfill the biological needs of child‚ such as proper food‚ optimal environment‚ protection‚ etc. My mother has devoted all her life to take care us and has showed how much she loves us. As a result‚ we have a safe‚ nurturing and supportive
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