I strongly believe that continuous improvement is more important than quality control. The reason behind my thinking is that quality control is an element of continuous improvement for the following reason. Quality control only identifies rejects. Its only purpose is to inspect items or services to determine whether or not a set criteria‚ or standard‚ is met; and decide whether the item will be fixed‚ rejected‚ or passed. Continuous improvement is the ability to constantly change and adapt by getting
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+ Continuous Improvement + Continuous Improvement Process (CIP) n It is an ongoing effort to improve products‚ services‚ or processes. These efforts can seek "incremental" improvement over time or "breakthrough" improvement all at once. n W. Edward Deming‚ a pioneer of the field‚ saw it as part of the ’system’ whereby feedback from the process and customer were evaluated against organizational goals. + How to develop a culture of Continuous Improvement: n
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reducing overall costs. "Through the years‚ Lean and Kaizen has helped corporate Japan to enhance its business process improvement strategy and operational productivity‚" writes Alex Rosales‚ an organizing committee member for the nonprofit‚ writes for Agile Vietnam’s blog. "Today‚ thousands of companies around the world have used Kaizen for greater productivity‚ speed‚ quality and profits with minimum effort and time and cost‚ achieving extraordinary results. There is a lot we can learn from Japan
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received: 03.03.2008 Paper accepted: 00.00.200x Basic Quality Tools in Continuous Improvement Process Mirko Soković1‚* - Jelena Jovanović2 - Zdravko Krivokapić2 - Aleksandar Vujović2 1 University of Ljubljana‚ Faculty of Mechanical Engineering‚ Slovenia 2 University of Montenegro‚ Faculty of Mechanical Engineering‚ Podgorica‚ Montenegro If organizations wish to achieve continuous quality improvement they need to use appropriate selection of quality tools and techniques. In this paper a review of possibilities
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Continuous improvement in a management context means a never-ending effort to expose and eliminate root causes of problems. Usually‚ it involves many incremental or small-step improvements rather than one overwhelming innovation. From a Japanese perspective continuous improvement is the basis for their business culture. Continuous improvement is a philosophy‚ permeating the Japanese culture‚ which seeks to improve all factors related to the transformation process (converting inputs into outputs)
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www.thetimes100.co.uk Continuous improvement as a business strategy Introduction The steel manufacturing company Corus focuses on meeting the needs of its worldwide customers and providing innovative solutions. It manufactures‚ processes and distributes steel and aluminium products worldwide. Corus is a subsidiary of Tata Steel‚ part of the giant Indian conglomerate. Tata Group includes businesses in many industries - for example‚ chemicals‚ automotive‚ telecommunications‚ leisure and consumer
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healthcare system‚ quality improvement efforts are essential to provide safe‚ effective and efficient care to patients. Since there are a plethora of healthcare facilities available for patients to choose from‚ the quality of care is a big factor in the success of a business (General business resources‚ n.d.). Therefore‚ quality improvement (QI) projects that follow the Institute of Medicine’s six domains of health care quality will be able to provide safe‚ equitable‚ high quality‚ effective‚ and well-timed
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businesses in many industries - for example‚ chemicals‚ automotive‚ telecommunications‚ leisure and consumer goods (such as Tetley Tea). Tata Steel acquired Corus in 2007 as part of a strategy of international expansion. Steel is everywhere in our homes and all around us. Corus Construction & Industrial (CCI)‚ a business unit of Corus‚ has steel manufacturing facilities in Scunthorpe‚ Teesside‚ Scotland and France. The key markets for CCI include construction‚ energy and renewables‚ engineering and
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Continuous Improvement program & Organizational Culture A-1 Introduction The continuous improvement program or continuous improvement process is an effort to facilitate coordination of district planning and to streamline communication between state and local education agencies. This process provides an avenue for districts to engage in an inclusive and comprehensive planning as opposed to multiple disconnected processes. Continuous improvement is the prime competitive strategy for
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www.thetimes100.co.uk Product development through continuous improvement Introduction Corus is part of the Tata Steel Group‚ the world’s sixth largest steel producer. Within Europe‚ Corus is the second largest steel producer with average annual revenues of around £12 billion. The company produces more than 20 million tonnes of steel each year‚ mainly in the UK and the Netherlands. It has a global network of sales offices and service centres‚ employing around 42‚000 people worldwide. Corus is
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