TQM is a set of management practices throughout the organization, geared to ensure the organization consistently meets or exceeds customer requirements. TQM places strong focus on process measurement and controls…
A preliminary step in TQM implementation is to assess the organization's current reality. Relevant preconditions have to do with the organization's history, its current needs, precipitating events leading to TQM,…
Quality Circle is a small group of employees in the same work-area or doing a similar types of works who voluntarily meet regularly for about an hour every week to…
Promote job involvement Create problem solving capability Improve communication Promote leadership qualities Promote personal development Develop a greater awareness for cleanliness Develop greater awareness for safety Improve morale through closer…
Lack of faith in and support to Quality Circle activities among management personnel Lack of interest or incompetence of leaders/facilitator Apathy, fear and misunderstanding among middle level executives Delay or…
Small group of employees – optimum of 8-10 members Members are from same work area or doing similar type of job Membership is voluntary Meet regularly for an hour every…
Improvement of human relations and workplace morale Promotion of work culture Enhancement of job interest Effective team work Reducing defects and improving quality Improvement of productivity Enhancing problem solving capacity…
BHEL -1980 –Mr.S.R.Udapa (GM Operations) 1st Indian to start quality circle Hero honda motors “Sunrise Quality circle” Lucas TVS, Chennai “honey bee quality circle” Tata Refactories (located in orissa) “Niharika…
Knowledge Management is the explicit and systematic management of vital knowledge - and its associated processes of creation, organization, diffusion, use and exploitation. There are many definitions of knowledge management.…