Vol. 2, No. 2

International Business Research

Total Quality Management in Supply Chain
Guangshu Chang Zhengzhou Institute of Aeronautical Industry Management Zhengzhou 450015, China E-mail: cgs30@163.com This work is sponsored by Aerospace Science Foundation of China (2008ZG55019), Important Science and Technology Project of Henan Province (072102240037), Foundation for University Key Teacher by Henan Province (2008-708-94), and Education Foundation of Henan Province (2008B630009). Abstract Since 1980’s, the competition between enterprises has become the one between supply chains. Therefore, the implementation of total quality management (TQM) in supply chain system but not only in enterprise has become an exquisite premise for the survival of enterprise. This paper discussed the application of the eight modern TQM principles of ISO9000 in supply chain quality management, namely customer focus, leadership, involvement of people, process management, system management, continual improvement, factual approach to decision-making, and mutually beneficial supplier relationships. Keywords: Supply Chain, Total Quality Management, ISO9000 1. Introduction In nowadays, the core ideas of TQM set forth by W. Edwards Deming, Joseph Juran, and Kaoru Ishikawa gained significant acceptance and has become something of a social movement. The series standards of ISO9000 are implementing in many industries, such as manufacturing, service, health care, nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, even public bureaucracies. In the introduction of Quality Management System of ISO9000:2000, eight principles of TQM are proposed, namely customer focus, leadership, involvement of people, process management, system management, continual improvement, factual approach to decision making, and mutually beneficial supplier relationship [1]. The eight principles generalize the success