PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Chapter 17 QUALITY MANAGEMENT Chapter 17 Quality Management Benefits of Quality Control I. II. Minimum scrap or rework due to reduced defectives. Reduced cost of labour and material as a result of reduced defectives. III. Uniform quality and reliability of product help in increasing sales turn over. IV. Reduced variability resulting in-higher quality and reduced production bottle necks. V. Reduced inspection and reduced inspection costs
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the role that quality plays in business competitiveness and to show how TQM has developed into a way of managing the whole business to ensure customer satisfaction at every stage. 2) To provide an awareness of the concepts and terminology of ISO 9000‚ ISO 14000 and TQM and of the work of the quality “GURUs” and their different approaches to quality management. Text book: S. Thomas Foster‚ (2007)‚ Managing Quality: Integrating the Supply Chain‚ Third Edition‚ Pearson-Prentice Hall‚ New Jersey
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By applying this definition an enterprise achieves Business Excellence‚ as suggested by the Malcolm Baldrige (American) and the EFQM (European) Performance Excellence Models. To do that‚ one has to go well beyond ISO 9000 Standards series as suggested by these standards (ISO 9001‚ then ISO 9004‚ then Total Quality). Article encodes that the eight elements are key in ensuring the success of TQM in an organization and that the
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ABSTRACT: Using case study methodology‚ the authors asked quality managers about their company’s experience with ISO 9000:1994 and total quality management (TQM) implementation. The results show that initially the standard could help some companies reorganize their procedures and define responsibilities and duties. However‚ managers’ perspectives on its possible effect on company performance are not positive. Only product quality improves after implementation. On the contrary‚ TQM has improved many
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World Wide Web. Available at http://web.ansi.org Harris‚ Robert (January 5‚ 2002). Virtual salt. Creative thinking techniques. Retrieved February 16‚ 2004 from the World Wide Web. Available at http://www.virtualsalt.com Praxiom Research Group (2004). ISO 9000 Introduction. Retrieved February 15‚ 2004 from the World Wide Web. Available at http://www.praxiom.com Society for Health Systems (2004). Check Sheet. Retrieved February 19‚ 2004 from the World Wide Web. Available at http://shs.iienet.org
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in contemporary quality control‚ quality management‚ and quality assurance systems that would ensure compliance to quality standards like ISO 9000‚ HACCP & ISO 2200. 2. Eastern Dairy is lacking in modern health‚ safety and environment (HSE) policies‚ procedures‚ and controls that would ensure compliance to environmental standards like ISO 14001 and ISO 14004. 3. Eastern Dairy has a poor inventory management & control system. II. Analysis 1. George Stein i
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1.1 What is Quality? The term "quality" has a relative meaning. This is expressed by the ISO definition: "The totality of features and characteristics of a product or service that bear on its ability to satisfy stated or implied needs". In simpler words‚ one can say that a product has good quality when it "complies with the requirements specified by the client". When projected on analytical work‚ quality can be defined as "delivery of reliable information within an agreed span of time under agreed
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Recorded sessions: COS Section I A (Ch 5&6 Operations Management Textbook): http://wgu.adobeconnect.com/p5greg443u6/ COS Section I B (Ch 11 Organizational Behavior Textbook‚ ch 7&8 Operation Management)http://wgu.adobeconnect.com/p1gugp71enw/ COS Section IC (Ch 15&17 Operation Management): http://wgu.adobeconnect.com/p8bwu9q12q7/ COS Section II (Ch 9 Operations Management Textbook): http://wgu.adobeconnect.com/p6kte60617v/ COS Section II continued (Ch 10 Operations Management Textbook):
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quality.nist.gov/Contacts_Profiles.htm ISO 9000 Standards • Voluntary standard that is quickly becoming the norm • Series of quality standards defined by the International Organization for Standardization • Certification to an ISO 9000 standard means that the firm has a quality management system in place that ensures consistency of output quality • Takes 9 to 18 months to get certified • ISO 9000 does not prescribe particular practices but
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field: specialized interview questions‚ common interview questions‚ interview tips‚ interview thank you letters‚ types of job interview questions… II. Sample quality interview questions 1. What is your ISO 9001 experience? Have you taken a company through registration? 2. What is your track record on ISO 9001 non-conformities? 3. What is your experience with writing the QA Manual? 4. What is your experience in working with sampling plans? Please describe some of the standards. 5. What audits have
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