By Carter McNamara on March 31, 2011
Guest post from Quin Harris Total Quality Management (TQM) is an approach that organizations use to improve their internal processes and increase customer satisfaction. When it is properly implemented, this style of management can lead to decreased costs related to corrective or preventative maintenance, better overall performance, and an increased number of happy and loyal [...]
By Brian Venge on February 9, 2011
At the heart of every Quality Improvement Initiative lays a solution to a problem. However blatantly obvious this sounds, business improvement practitioners will be the first to admit the process of selecting, applying and measuring the impact of solutions can be a daunting task itself. You don’t always get the luxury of selecting a “no [...]
By Brian Venge on January 4, 2011
Speak and Act with Data Irrespective of the type of industry or nature of business, Quality Management tools and programs including Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, ISO 9000 & BPM all share one fundamental dependency. It’s called data. Whilst approaches, techniques and duration of these programs will differ, data, on the other hand, will always be [...]