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MANAGEMENT QUALITY MANAGEMENT

The process of dealing with or controlling things or people. The act of overseeing all activities and tasks needed to maintain a
desired level of excellence.
Management is a set of principles relating to the functions of
planning, organizing, directing and controlling, and the This includes the determination of a quality policy, creating and
application of these principles in harnessing physical, financial, implementing quality planning and assurance, and quality control
human and informational resources efficiently and effectively to and quality improvement.
achieve organizational goals.
Quality management is a discipline for ensuring that outputs,
Management can be defined as the process of administering and benefits, and the processes by which they are delivered, meet
controlling the affairs of the organization, irrespective of its stakeholder requirements and are fit for purpose.
nature, type, structure Quality management has four components: quality planning, quality
assurance, quality control and continual improvement. These
include procedures, tools and techniques that are used to ensure
DIMENSIONS OF QUALITY that the outputs and benefits meet customer requirements.
Dimensions of quality are the different features of product or
service

1. Functionality – the core features and characteristics of TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT - A core definition of total
a product that satisfy the customer quality management (TQM) describes a management approach to
long-term success through customer satisfaction. In a TQM
2. Reliability – indicator of durability of products.
effort, all members of an organization participate in improving
3. Usability – product should be user friendly. The user processes, products, services, and the culture in which they work.
should be able to use the product easily without the help Total quality management (TQM) is a structured approach to
of an expert. overall organizational management. The focus of the process is to
4. Maintainability – ease with which a product can be improve the quality of an organization's outputs, including goods
maintained in the original condition (measured as mean and services, through continual improvement of internal practices.
of time to repair)
TQM implies that everyone associated with the organization is
5. Efficiency – how much output is taken by different
committed towards continual improvement of the organization
products on giving same input.
through customer satisfaction.
What is the difference between effectiveness and
efficiency? They are two buzzwords that are popularly
used by CEOs and Sales VPs in charting the course of their Dr. WILLIAM EDWARDS DEMING
organization. Yet, they are also commonly misused and • referred to as Father of Quality Control
misinterpreted, not just in the lexicon of business-speak • best known for initiating a transformation in the Japanese
but also in daily use. For all intents and purposes, let’s manufacturing sector in the after effects of World War II
begin by defining efficiency and effectiveness in • he modified the Shewhart PDSA (plan, do, study, act) to
general terms what is now referred to as the Deming cycle (plan, do,
check, act)
Effective (adj.) – Adequate to accomplish a purpose; • he said that only the CUSTOMER can define the quality of
producing the intended or expected result. any product or service. Quality is a relative term that will
Efficient (adj.) – Performing or functioning in the best adjust in meaning based on the customer’s needs.
possible manner with the least waste of time and effort. • He stressed the responsibilities of top mgt to be the
The difference between effectiveness and efficiency can leader in changing processes and systems. Leadership
be summed up shortly, sweetly and succinctly – plays an important role in ascertaining the success of
quality management. Top management is in charge.
Being effective is about doing the right things, Deming’s 14 point methodology
while being efficient is about doing things right.
1. Constancy of purpose – to accommodate long term
6. Aesthetics – a product or service should not only needs instead of short term profitability
perform well but also appear attractive. It includes color, 2. The new philosophy – espouse the philosophy for one
finish, overall look of product or service. can no longer allow delays, mistakes, and faulty
7. Serviceability – includes: workmanship
a. How well the customers are treated? 3. Cease dependence on inspection – remove the need for
mass inspection as a technique to attain quality by
b. How complaints are handled and resolved?
building quality into the product in the first place.
C. How much time you take to resolve problem?
4. End lowest tender contracts – Deming advised
businesses to utilize single-sourcing for long term
relationships with a few suppliers leading to loyalty and 3. Quality measurement
opportunities for shared improvement 4. Cost of quality
5. Improve every process – Plan, Do, Check, Act – the 5. Quality awareness
Deming cycle 6. Corrective action
6. Institute training on the job – fresh skills are essential to 7. Zero defects planning
sustain changes in materials, methods, product design, 8. Supervisor training
machinery, techniques, and service. 9. Zero defects day
7. Institute leadership – introduce leadership aimed at 10. Goal setting
helping people carry out a better job. The responsibility 11. Error-cause removal
of managers and supervisors must be altered to highlight
12. Recognition
on quality rather than quantity.
13. Quality councils
8. Drive out fear – build a fear-free environment where
14. Do it over again – quality improvement programs never
everyone can contribute and work effectively
ends
9. Break down barriers – with trust, respect, and
appreciation for the needs of others.
Internal barriers – barriers between organizational levels Mistakes are caused by 2 Factors
and departments.
External barriers – between company and its suppliers, • Lack of knowledge – can be eradicated by education and
customers, investors and community. training
Barriers can be removed using better communication, • Lack of attention – must have a personal commitment to
cross functional teams, and changing attitudes and excellence (zero defects)
cultures.

10. Eliminate exhortations – to exhort means to strongly


persuade someone to do something.
Do away with the use of slogans and posters demanding
Dr. JOSEPH MOSES JURAN
zero defects and new level of productivity from the
• Introduce the Quality Trilogies o Quality Planning o
workforce with no commensurate methods provided.
Quality Control o Quality Improvement
11. Eliminate arbitrary numerical targets – numerical quotas
• He defined quality as “FITNESS FOR USE” and
12. Permit pride of workmanship – merit rating developed the idea of Cost of Quality
13. Encourage education – keeps everyone up to date with • He believed that:
latest techniques and methods o quality must be planned o there is no
14. Top management’s commitment shortcut to quality
o make use of problems as sources of
improvement
Deadly diseases that slow down the transformation of 14 points • like Deming, he believes most problems are due to
management, not employees.
• Lack of constancy of purpose • Two types of problems:
• Stress on short-term profit o Constant problems – require the principle
of “breakthrough” o Irregular problems –
require the principle of “control”
PHILIP CROSBY
• ZERO DEFECTS – the heart to Crosby’s philosophy – the
performance standard
Dr. WALTER ANDREW SHEWHART
• Quality is either present or not present at all. There is no • The Grandfather of Quality Control
such thing as varying levels of quality.
• He produced a diagram that we recognize today as
• Quality Management Maturity Grid CONTROL CHART
o Uncertainty • He developed the Shewhart cycle: Plan, Do, Study, Act
o Awakening
o Enlightenment
Wisdom Dr. ARMAND FEIGENBAUM
Certainty • His philosophy is summed up in the 3 steps to quality:
. o Quality Leadership – management stresses on
sound planning rather than reacting to failures
14stepmethodology
o Modern quality technology o Organizational
1. Management commitment commitment
2. Quality improvement team • His points on TQM include:
o Quality is not what an engineer or marketer GENICHI TAGUCHI
says but it is what the customer speaks of • A Japanese quality expert known for his work in the area
o Quality and cost are a sum, not differences of PRODUCT DESIGN
o Quality comes, if it is clear, customer oriented, • Defined quality as “the loss imparted to the society
effective and structured from the time a product is shipped”
PROF. KAORU ISHIKAWA Examples of loss include:
• Father of Quality Circles o Failure to reach ideal performance
• Father of Japanese Quality o Failure to meet customer’s requirements
• He developed the cause and effect diagram aka Ishikawa o Breakdowns
diagram aka fishbone diagram o Harmful side effects caused by products
• He advocates employee contribution as the input to the
This simply means the smaller the loss, the more desirable the
successful implementation of TQM
product.
7 basic tools indispensable (essential) to quality control
o Process Flow Chart • Taguchi is known for applying concept called DESIGN OF
o Check Sheet EXPERIMENTS to product design. This method is an
o Histogram engineering approach that focuses on developing robust
o Pareto Chart design that enables products to perform under varying
o Cause-Effect Diagram conditions. He called it the CONCEPT OF ROBUST
(Ishikawa Diagram) DESIGN.
o Scatter Diagram
o Control Chart
DR. SHINGO SHIGEO
• He emphasized on quality as a way of management
• The greatest contributor to modern manufacturing
• He influenced the development of participative bottom- practices
up view of quality which became the trademark of the
• His teachings and principles have formed the backbone of
Japanese approach to quality management. Some of the
efficient engineering practices.
key elements are:
• 3 Concepts
o Quality starts with education and culminates with
education o Just in Time (JIT) – supplying customers what
they want when they want it.
o The first step to quality is to know customers’
The aim of JIT is to diminish inventories by
requirements
producing only what is necessary when it is necessary.
o The perfect state of quality control happens when
o Single Minute Exchange Dies (SMED) –
inspection is no longer compulsory
a system for speedy changeovers between products.
o Take out the root cause, not the symptoms
It’s also known as a QUICK
o Quality control is the duty of all workers and all
CHANGEOVER.
divisions
The phrase "single minute" does not mean that
o Do not mistake means with the objectives
all changeovers and startups should take only one minute,
o Set quality first and set your sights on long-term but that they should take less than 10 minutes (in other
profits words, "single-digit minute").
o Market is the entry and way out of quality
o Top management must not demonstrate annoyance o Zero Quality Control (ZQC) – focus was
when facts are presented by subordinates on targeting the root cause of defect whenever a defect
o 99% of problems in a company can be resolved with took place, thereby almost abolishing the requirement for
easy tools for analysis and problem solving. statistical process control.

MASAAKI IMAI
• Ishikawa’s concept of total quality control contains 6
• Founder and President of Kaizen Institute
fundamental principles:
• Kaizen refers to continuous or “on-going”
o Quality first – not short-term profits first o Customer
improvement
orientation – not producer orientation
• Kaizen is acknowledged globally as an essential pillar of an
o The next step is your customer – breaking down the
organization’s long-term competitive strategy.
fence of sectionalism
• Kaizen philosophy believes that people at all levels,
o Using facts and data to make presentations – use of together with the lowermost levels in the organizational
statistical methods hierarchy, can add to improvements. This is possible
o Reverence for humanity as a management because Kaizen asks for simply little improvements.
philosophy, full participatory management
o Cross-functional management
FRAMEWORK FOR QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE • Learning is the most important value to most of the firms
EXCELLENCE • Improving based on what is learned is the next greatest
value
The Deming Philosophy
• Repeat applicants tend to ‘compete’ against
- consists of 4 parts: themselves and their first attempt
• Recognition for high performance does matter – the
➢ Appreciation for a system inherent pride in being seen as exceptional is definitely a
➢ Understanding process variation reward in itself
➢ Theory of knowledge
➢ Psychology
ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE is defined as the ongoing
efforts to establish an internal framework of standards and
SYSTEMS: processes intended to engage and motivate employees to deliver
products and services that fulfill customer requirements within
• Set of functions or activities that work together to achieve business expectations. It is the achievement by an organization of
organizational goals
consistent superior performance—for example, outputs that
• Deming believe that everyone should gain over long term exceed meeting objectives, needs, or expectations.
• Example: McDonald’s

VARIATION
An ORGANIZATION is a group aggregated and combined under
• Common variation: o Factors that are present as a natural specific leadership to function as a single entity for a particular
part of a process purpose.
• Special variation o External sources that are not inherent
in the process EXCELLENCE is a measure of consistently superior performance that
• Example: bad batch of hamburger patties surpasses requirements and expectations without demonstrating
significant flaws or waste.
THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE
ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE continues the progress established
• Management decisions should be driven by facts, data, by a foundation such as total quality management, in which all
and justifiable theories, not solely by opinions levels of the organization participate in continual improvement.

PSYCHOLOGY
ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE MODEL AND
14 points for management
FRAMEWORK

One program highlighting the traits and attributes of organizational


THE CRITERIA FOR PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE excellence is the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. In the
Baldrige Excellence Framework, the attributes of organizational
• Designed to encourage companies to enhance their excellence include:
competitiveness through an aligned approach to
organizational performance • Leadership
• Improve value to customers • Strategic planning
• Improvement of overall company performance and • Customer and market focus
capabilities • Measurement, analysis and knowledge management
• Organizational and personal learning • Human resources/workforce focus
• Process management
• Business results
But We …

…Don’t need an award A similar protocol, the European Foundation for Quality
…Aren’t interested in an award Management (EFQM) Excellence Model, includes the following
items:
…Don’t have time to apply for an award
• Leadership
…Aren’t anywhere near a role model organization • People
• Strategy
• Partnerships and resources
Not Just Another Award! • Processes, products, and services
• People results
The value of winning…
• Customer results • Customer
• Society results • Internal business processes
• Business results • Learning and growth

Organizational excellence is incremental. Different tiers or


“maturity levels” should be identified as interim targets for each
The Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers (JUSE) created the
of the organizational excellence characteristics. By focusing on the
Deming Prize, with specific awards for individuals and for
performance expectations of an accessible maturity level,
organizations and operating divisions. From a definition of
employees and stakeholders will be more inclined to make the
"company-wide quality control" (CWQC), the Deming Prize
necessary changes within their control and capabilities. And as
identified multiple levels and categories of organizational
maturity levels are reached, participants should be recognized for
excellence that include:
their efforts.
• Organization and its management BENEFITS OF PURSUING AND ACHIEVING ORGANIZATIONAL
• Education EXCELLENCE
• Quality information
The pursuit of achieving organizational excellence can strengthen
• Planning
the overall prestige of an organization both internally and
• Analysis
externally. Any additional costs to infrastructure and overhead
• Standardization
have the potential to be repaid with greater returns resulting from
• Control engaged employees, satisfied customers, and more efficient
• Quality assurance operations.
• Results
Three Fundamental Concepts of TQM
These different perspectives suggest that the common traits of • Customer focus: internal and external customers
organizational excellence are consistent across different cultures
and nations. • Continuous improvement: in manufacturing and service
organizations
MANAGING FOR ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE
• The value of every associate: contributions of every
Another perspective is to view organizational excellence as the individual, selfdirecting work teams, and improvement
successful integration of: teams.
 Technology

 Infrastructure Three Strong Forces


 Personnel Organizational excellence is often the result • Alignment: clear vision, clear definitions of objectives,
translation of key objectives throughout the organization
of:
• Linkage: linking activities across all functions and
 Transitional and Transformational activities.
departments, reengineering

Successful organizational outcomes require deliberate • Replication: apply similar problem-solving methodology
management and improvement in six key areas: to achieve the same results

• Information: Metrics, measures, and decision support


• Structure: Roles, responsibilities, and accountabilities of Three Critical Processes
each functional area • Quality Planning Process
• People: Total human capital within the organization
• Rewards: Compensation and incentives • Quality Control
• Learning systems: Knowledge and training
• Quality Improvement Process
• Work processes: Interaction and linkage of workflows

Organizational excellence is dependent upon gaining sufficient


commitment to embrace and apply positive changes in the above Quality Awards and Standards
areas. Organizational change management is necessary to
effectively communicate the changes to those affected in order to
minimize uncertainty and obstructions. Collaboration is critical, and
the evidence of organizational excellence can be demonstrated
across the organization with a balanced scorecard that covers the
following perspectives:

• Financial
• DEMING PRIZE

o America’s highest honor for innovation and


performance excellence in quality
o Named after former US secretary of commerce,
Mr. Malcolm Baldrige
o One of the highest awards given for TQM o Started in year 1987
initiatives o Established by JUSE (Japanese o Issued by US National Institute of Standards and
Union of Scientists and Technology Baldrige Criteria for Performance
Engineers) in December 1950 o Any company in Excellence Framework
the world is allowed to participate and get
recognized

o It is annually awarded

o Categories of Deming Prize o The Deming Prize


for Individuals o The Deming Appreciation Prize

o The Quality Control Award for Operation


Business Units Checklist for Application

o oOutline of the organization


Categories:
o Organization and management
o Manufacturing
o TQM promotion o Policy management o o Service
Human resource development o Small business
o Information management o Education (added 1999)
o Implementation status of quality control o Health care (added 1999)
o Overall defects o Non-profit (2005)

o Future plan
• ASQ Certification
Structure and roles of Deming Prize committee
• o ASQ – American Society for
o The committee members consists of TQM experts from industry Quality
and academic field o ASQ certification is a formal recognition by ASQ
that an individual has demonstrated a
proficiency within, and comprehension of, a
specific body of knowledge
o Nearly 150,000 certifications have been issued
to dedicated professionals worldwide

Categories
o Calibration (the setting or correcting of a measuring
device or base level, usually by adjusting it to
match or conform to a dependably known and
unvarying measure.)
o Six sigma (seeks to improve the quality of
process outputs by identifying and removing
the causes of defects)
o Quality auditor o Quality engineer o Quality
• Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award technician o Software quality engineer
o Reliability engineer
• The European Quality
Award
Referred to as the
EFQM Excellence Award
o EFQM means European Foundation for
o Quality Management

o Awarded annually
o Centers on EXCELLENCE
o Excellent organizations achieve and
o sustain superior levels of performance
o that meet or exceed the expectations of all their
stakeholders

EFQM Model
2005

• ISO 22000:2005 FOOD SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM


o A mgt. system designed to enable
organizations to control food safety hazards
along the food chain in order to ensure that
food is safe at the time of consumption.

Features:

o First global food safety standard


o Harmonizes the voluntary international
standards o Employees proven management
system principles o Enables a common
understanding of what a food safety
management system is
o Requires legal compliance checking o
Integrates existing good practice o Internal
and external monitoring

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