Quality Management

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS    1
LIST OF FIGURES    2
1.    INTRODUCTION    3
2.    WHAT IS QUALITY MANAGEMENT    3
2.1     BRIEF HISTORY OF QUALITY    4
2.2.    DEFINING QUALITY    4
3.    WHY FOCUS ON QUALITY    5
4.    APPROACHES TO IMPROVING QUALITY    5
4.1.    ASSESSING IMPROVEMENT METHODS    5
4.2.    BENCHMARKING    6
4.3.    QUALITY CIRCLES    7
4.4.    STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL (SPC)    8
4.5.    JUST -IN-TIME (JTI)    9
5.    QUALITY STANDARDS AND EXCELLENCE    10
6.    CONCLUSION    10
REFERENCES    11
BIBLIOGRAPHY    12

 
            List of Figures

Figure 1: History of Quality    4
Figure 2:  Definitions of Quality    4
Figure 3: Types of Benchmarking    6
Figure 4: Advantages and Disadvantages of Benchmarking    6
Figure 5: Benchmarking Case Study - Rank Xerox    7
Figure 6: Use of Quality Circles in Companies    8
Figure 7: Explanation of a Control Chart    9
Figure 8: Toyota and Just-In-Time    10
 

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