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The total in TQM refers to all the activities undertaken toward customer
satisfaction.
Continuous Improvement
Employee Involvement & Empowerment
Resource Optimization
Reducing Errors
1. Scope
2. Principles
3. Elements
4. Benefits
5. Importance
6. Gurus
7. Steps
8. Advantages
9. Disadvantages
10. Example
11. Conclusion
Scope
Marketing
Engineering
Purchasing
Manufacturing
Mechanical
Shipping, etc
1. Customer Satisfaction:
The ultimate aim of infusing TQM is to deliver products that can meet
the target customers. For this reason, firms focus on the quality of
products, processes, etc.
2. Total Employee Involvement:
Employees are the blood of the organization. Hence, the entire top to
bottom-level employees works towards achieving the organizational
goals.
3. Continuous Improvement:
Organizations need to improve continuously to survive in the long run.
Therefore, it is an essential pillar of TQM that aids in fighting
competition.
4. Strategic and Systematic Approach:
TQM is a strategic approach as it includes tactics developed by
industry experts. It also contains guidelines specified by Quality
Management Gurus.
5. Integrated System:
It integrates the efforts of all the departments. This leads to a
committed workforce yielding profitability.
6. Fact-Based Decision Making:
It is not the hit-and-trial approach, but decision-making depends on the
collected data.
7. Process Centered:
We call it a process-centered approach as quality control happens for
every operation.
Ethics
It includes discipline at the organizational and individual levels. The
employees working in the organization must follow the ethics therein.
Integrity
It is the behaviour that the customers expect and deserve. Integrity
covers moral values, impartiality and honesty, etc.
Trust
It is the centre of the Total Quality Management framework. Trust is an
element that binds employees, organizations and customers.
Building Blocks
Training
It is an essential element in the entire framework as it directly affects
productivity. In addition, the better the training is, the more influential
the quality & management will be.
Teamwork
Organizations can achieve anything with good cooperation among the
employees. Thus, teamwork can help them in bringing efficiency to
processes and operations.
Leadership
It is the driving force of any organization. A leader guides and
motivates his team in the direction of organizational goals.
Building Mortar
Communication
It is vital for the successful implementation of the TQM. It is the
medium of connectivity between elements, stakeholders and the
organization.
Roof
Recognition
This element is important from the motivation point of view. Employees
get motivated after recognition and work with more dedication.
Benefits
Customer-oriented Benefits
Organization-oriented Benefits
Customer-oriented Benefits
Organization-oriented Benefits
Importance
These are the Quality Management Gurus who contributed & formed a
quality management approach.
Ronal Widely known as Quality Guru. Set the foundation of Design of Experiments
Deming Suggested statistical process control and is globally known as a Quality Expert
Ishikawa Developed the concept of Quality Circle & Cause and Effect diagram
Crosby Introduced the thought of ‘Doing It Right The First Time'
PDCA Cycle or Deming Cycle includes the steps to be taken during TQM
implementation. Four stages in Total Quality Management are:
P – Plan
The first step is to plan and address the issues of concern. For this,
managers collect data by conducting research.
D – Do
After identifying issues, the next step is to find a suitable solution to resolve
them.
C – Check
Thirdly, managers conduct a comparative analysis of changes in efficiency
after applying TQM.
A – Act
If the results in the check stage are favourable, then that plan is brought to
action.
Advantages
1. Profitability:
Profitability increases by applying TQM consistently in the
organization. The reason behind it is the reduction in various costs like
– Scraping, Recovery and Wastage.
2. Increased Market Share:
The basis of this concept is the quality of products and processes.
Subsequently, offering quality products to customers. Consequently,
decreasing customer complaints and an increase in market share.
3. Reduced Wastage:
Due to the production of quality products in one go, there is a
considerable decrease in defective products and resources.
4. Boosts Employee Motivation:
It includes the employee’s participation during the entire process.
Therefore, it leads to a decrease in turnover and the creation of an
engaged and motivated workforce.
Disadvantages
1. Lack of Commitment:
Industries might plan the application of TQM in the year’s beginning.
But sometimes, they might fail to apply it throughout the organization.
This depicts a lack of commitment from the firm’s end.
2. Ridged Organizational Culture:
Any kind of change is tough to implement in organizations.
Consequently, the employees may not accept the changes made as
per TQM.
3. Improper Planning:
It may turn out unsuccessful in some industries due to improper
planning. Top-level management must thoughtfully plan before its
application.
4. Lack of Training:
Improperly trained employees may not generate desired results of
Quality Management.
5. Lack of Data and Resources:
In this, the decision-making is done based on the collected data. So,
the insufficiency of data and resources may lead to misleading results.
Example
Conclusion