total quality management
TQM

This radical approach to total quality management got him and the company a great deal of attention.

The concept was pioneered by the total quality management movement.

Along the way, it borrows from the theory of total quality management.

Environmental issues are an integral part of the total quality management programme.

This award is given to organizations recognized for their total quality management practices.

Thanks largely to total quality management, employees now feel appreciated and relaxed at the office.

Other books followed, on topics including total quality management.

The criteria for the awards emphasised total quality management and innovation.

This is a long way from the central idea of total quality management - that the patient or customer is king.

Their job will be to help pick American companies in three categories "that demonstrate the highest levels of total quality management.

We are seeing a great cultural change among those companies who are demonstrating the importance and benefits of total quality management.

It's also a fundamental insight of continuous quality improvement or total quality management.

I worked for last summer and they they did this there, and total quality management meetings.

They considered the traditional areas of training and those incorporating strategic business change, corporate learning and total quality management.

Xerox now applies benchmarking across its entire operation as part of a total quality management process.

And we will continue to support Total Quality Management consultancies.

And what has Total Quality Management meant to him?

"His knowledge of quality will complement our strong thrust in the area of total quality management."

Two other key aspects in a Total Quality Management system are transparency and involvement.

This may include total quality management, culture management and matrix management, amongst others.

Scores are not required to show continuous improvement through Total Quality Management systems.

It is promoting the application of quality improvement techniques learned on production lines, a process called total quality management, to environmental issues.

It's similar to total quality management in the private sector, based on bottom-up management, not top-down.

Deeper, cultural changes are needed, and total quality management - with its insistence that only the patient can define quality - is the way forward.

Take highly touted managerial reforms like "total quality management," which emphasizes fulfilling the customer's every desire.

A fundamental part of TQM is a focus on process thinking.

TQM often seemed like "just another initiative" to be tacked on to countless others.

The TQM policy is laid out in the adjacent panel.

TQM will take time and training to achieve.

TQM eliminates the virus by changing company culture and management behaviour.

TQM is only one of many acronyms used to label management systems that focus on quality.

Jackson was the man pinned and forced TQM to break up.

Bob will introduce and expand TQM throughout the company.

A TQM system will get rid of that.

Our thanks are due to John and his team for their contribution to the TQM initiative.

TQM seminars have been run in all Divisions to spread the message and promote commitment.

A major thrust of TQM is continual process improvement.

Many of the new innovations have only been possible because of the company's commitment to total quality management (TQM).

However none fully meet the tenets of TQM.

TQM is not a domestic concept linked to BS 5750.

Total quality management (TQM) philosophy prescribes a gradual and continuous process of improvement.

In particular the links and potential of resource management in supporting TQM were not exploited.

TQM is not a magic formula.

Is the certificate worth the extra time and considerable effort involved on top of implementing a TQM programme?

TQM occurs companies work to improve their customer satisfaction by constantly improving all of their operations.

"Customer satisfaction is the most basic concept underlying TQM.

The main difference between TQM and Six Sigma is the approach.

The hype and fervour which surrounds TQM positively invite scepticism.

This was particularly apparent among the doctors, who rarely participated fully in TQM initiatives, pursuing their own system of medical audit.

The TQM system meets the needs of both external and internal customers in the quality chain, with four main areas: