IJFPSS, Vol.1, No.2, pp. 35-38, Dec, 2011 H. Darestani Quality excellence model: A review of researches in Developing countries Wan Khairuzzaman Wan Ismail1, Hassan Darestani2*, Maziar Azimzadeh Irani3 1 2 International Business School (IBS), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia Faculty of Management and Human Resource Development, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia, 3 International Business School (IBS), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia dhassan2@live
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and Industrial Development, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA USA 02139 August 5, 2010 Key Words: Lean manufacturing; just-in-time-production (JIT); Toyota Production System (TPS); lean enterprise system; total quality management (TQM); six sigma; lean six sigma; theory of constraints (TOC); agile manufacturing; business process reengineering (BPR); enterprise change and transformation; evidence-based management practices Abstract: The lean enterprise system, total quality management
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the design are more useful and utilized in the effective project or in commercial environment. Thus, to understand what is the reason for which they are used, it is decided to analyse two creative methods, brainstorming and mood board, and two mathematical, evaluation matrix and QFD. What is resulted from the analysis of these two approaches to the design it is that the creative methods are really used by the designer for the project, while the mathematical methods are more useful for commercial purposes
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See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235295472 Total quality management principles and practices in China ARTICLE in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUALITY & RELIABILITY MANAGEMENT · NOVEMBER 2003 DOI: 10.1108/02656710310500833 CITATIONS READS 34 452 3 AUTHORS, INCLUDING: Alistair R Anderson The Robert Gordon University 112 PUBLICATIONS 3,104 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE Richard T. Harrison Queen's University
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1.1 Total Quality Management TQM stands for Total Quality management. It is one of the most effective and least understood corporate strategies. It can affect every level, procedure and every person in a company. It is a most comprehensive process that can bring a company to the forefront of the global market. TQM has been defined in many ways by various authors. Some of them are being presented here; According to British Quality Association, “TQM is a corporate business management philosophy
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Critical Factors The major players in this case are George, Paul, and the company management. The case reveals three critical issues, two of them are organizational issues and the third one is related to human character and integrity. The critical issues are as follows: a) the company had lack of quality control system, b) the company had lack of inventory control and management system, and c) Paul showed unethical behavior and influenced George to follow the same. Detailed analyses of each
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Total Quality Management Vol. 21, No. 9, September 2010, 953 –969 Barriers and benefits of quality management in the construction industry: An empirical study Peter Hoonakkera∗ , Pascale Carayona,b and Todd Loushinec a Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement (CQPI), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA; bDepartment of Industrial and Systems Engineering University of WisconsinMadison, Madison, USA; cDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering University of Minnesota-Duluth
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Abstract The purpose of this research is to show leaders how Social media, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn can quickly enhance a leader's understanding of how social media documents change in the culture. Social media search tools improve leadership's capability of having relevant information about anticipative changes in regards to transformational elements. Social media tools can search live change management topics and delivers results. The social media findings of change Management, Total
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1. (a) What is the difference between an intranet and an extranet Intranet is an internal network. It is used by companies to connect their computers on a network. In general, intranet as a network based on TCP/IP protocols belonging to an organization and only the members of the organization can access the network. However, intranet is inaccessible from the outside. Only the members of the corporation with authorized access the network. Like other networks, the Intranet is mainly used to share
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of the company’s have a performance measurement and management system which deals with enhancing the performance of individuals or operations in a company, may it be a manufacturing or a non- manufacturing company. Performance measurement (PM) is a useful tool that helps the company reach its goals, and goals are straightforwardly described by Goldratt as, “the goal of a firm is to make money’, and without the right performance of individuals and operations, it cannot reach its goals. (TXTBK OPERATIONS
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