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Total Quality Management - CII Institute of Logistics

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<strong>Total</strong> <strong>Quality</strong> <strong>Management</strong><br />

measuring actual performance, interpreting the difference between actual performance<br />

and the standard, and taking action on the difference.<br />

Juran specifies a program for quality improvement which involves proving the need for<br />

improvement, identifying specific projects for improvement, organizing guidance for<br />

the projects, diagnosing the causes, providing remedies for the causes, proving that the<br />

remedies are effective under operating conditions, and providing control to maintain<br />

improvements.<br />

Like Deming, Juran advocated company-wide quality management, with a neverending<br />

process <strong>of</strong> quality improvement, involving such activities as market research,<br />

product development, production process control, inspection and testing, and customer<br />

feedback. He emphasized the need for management commitment to quality<br />

improvement, and the need for training <strong>of</strong> all employees in quality techniques. Juran<br />

also asked workers to get to know their external and internal customers, and to identify<br />

and reduce causes <strong>of</strong> variation by determining the difference between standard and<br />

actual performance and taking action on the difference.<br />

Unlike Deming, Juran did not propose major cultural changes in the organization, but<br />

sought to improve quality within the system familiar to U.S. managers. His detailed<br />

plan was based on identifying areas for improvement and acting accordingly. Juran also<br />

recognized the different "languages," or trains <strong>of</strong> thought, which occupy different levels<br />

<strong>of</strong> an organization, and advocated communication between these "languages," where<br />

Deming proposed that statistics should be shared as a common language.<br />

<strong>CII</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Logistics</strong> 13<br />

Website: www.ciilogistics.com

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