The principles of Total Quality Management have proven to be invaluable to organisations in all sectors of business and commerce and to the individuals they comprise. Indeed many organisations have discovered the relationship between quality and profitability. Now, more than ever, it is important to develop a quality strategy by adopting the principles of TQM. This important text provides a solid framework for understanding the basic concepts of TQM. It comprises three interlinked modules - fundamentals of TQM, methods of TQM and process management and improvement - and provides an integrated approach to this increasingly important business strategy. Fundamentals of Total Quality Managementis vital reading for students doing MBAs, and those on MSc courses in business studies and engineering featuring TQM models, as well as practitioners in quality management and control.
Organisations are now focused on total customer satisfaction. However there is a lack of understanding the requirements and the customer needs. Total Quality Management (TQM) integrates all phases and ensures a defect free quality product.
This book has been written to provide both students and industrial man agers with a comprehensive description of the tools and techniques of Quality Management and also to provide a framework for understanding Quality Development.
This book is an ideal quick reference for any manager, designer, engineer, or researcher interested in quality.
This book should serve the needs of students in business and management and students in engineering, technology, and other related disciplines. Professionals will find this book to be a valuable reference in the field.
The Fourth Edition of Fundamentals of Quality Control and Improvement also includes: New topical coverage on risk-adjustment, capability indices, model building using regression, and survival analysis Updated examples and exercises that ...
Definition of quality, Dimensions of quality, Quality planning, Quality costs - Analysis techniques for quality costs, Basic concepts of Total Quality Management, Historical review, Principles of TQM, Leadership Concepts, Role of senior ...
An instructor's manual and a set of PowerPoint transparencies are available to supplement the text.
This second edition includes extended and completely revised chapters on process identification, process discovery, qualitative process analysis, process redesign, process automation and process monitoring.
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This volume may be useful to students, academics and practitioners across diversified disciplines.