3. DEFINITIONANDPRINCIPLES
Total quality management (TQM) has been
defined as an integrated organizational effort
designed to improve quality at every level.
The main principle of tqm is
I. Focus on the customer
II. Improve continuously
III.Encourage mutual respect and teamwork
IV.Produce quality work for the first time and
every time
4. CHARACTERISTICS AND
BENIFITS
Characteristics of tqm are-
i. Process improvements
ii. Process measuring
iii. Flexible production
iv. Open organization
Benefits of tqm are-
I. Team work
II. Improved quality
III. Productivity
IV. Profitability
5. SEVENGURUSOFTQM
Walter. A. Shewhart -TQC &PDSA(Plan- Do- Study- Act)
W.Edwards Deming- 14 Points & PDCA(Plan- Do- Control- Act
Joseph Juran- Juran’s Trilogy
Armand Feigenbaum: Developed the concept of total quality
control (TQC).
Philip. B. Crosby: Four Absolutes-Quality requirement, Prevention
of NC,Zero Defects & Measure of NC.
Genichi Taguchi- Quality as Loss Function. Proposed 8-point
approach.
Kaoru Ishikawa-Disciple of Juran & Feigenbaum: TQC in Japan,
SPC, Cause &Effect Diagram, QC.
Frederick W. Taylor wrote Principles of Scientific Management in
1911.