ABSTRACT

This volume provides the understanding and the means needed to achieve complete systematic quality control of goods and services in any type of organisation. It also shows how to meet or exceed clients' quality expectations, structure management systems to encourage business growth and adapt to changing needs, ensure continuous quality improvement and increase efficiency and effectiveness.  The book explains the theory of total quality and demonsrates its practical applications, elucidates the relationships among all company departments and their effects on pursuit of excellence and presents several powerful problem solving techniques. An essential resource for quality improvement, quality control, business, human resource and industrial engineering managers, chief executive officers of product and service orientated firms and graduates in these disciplines.

chapter 1|8 pages

Introduction

part 1|16 pages

Quality Precepts and Quality System Principles

chapter 2|8 pages

Quality Precepts

chapter 3|6 pages

Quality System Principles

part 2|58 pages

Pathway to Excellence (Quality Culture and System Development Process)

chapter 5|9 pages

Establish the Foundation

chapter 6|18 pages

Establish the Structure

chapter 7|5 pages

Completing the Basic Quality System

chapter 8|5 pages

Living with Total Quality

chapter 9|6 pages

Communities of Excellence

part 3|44 pages

Quality System Desk Reference

section 1|2 pages

Quality System

section 2|4 pages

Quality Focus

section 3|5 pages

Quality Assessment (Assurance)

section 4|6 pages

Quality Ensurance

section 5|4 pages

Human Resource Management

section 6|5 pages

Product and Service Development and Change

section 7|3 pages

Marketing

section 8|5 pages

Procurement

section 9|4 pages

Process Management

section 10|1 pages

Records Management

section 11|4 pages

Problems/Concerns

section 12|4 pages

Financial and Accounting Information Management

section 13|3 pages

Customer Satisfaction