Total Quality Management - CII Institute of Logistics
Total Quality Management - CII Institute of Logistics
Total Quality Management - CII Institute of Logistics
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<strong>Total</strong> <strong>Quality</strong> <strong>Management</strong><br />
information is tapped and used to improve the ability <strong>of</strong> the business to meet customer<br />
requirements.<br />
Internal Processes<br />
An external customer requirement can only be met if internal processes within an<br />
organization are set up effectively to deliver the requirement. A breakdown in the<br />
internal supply chain <strong>of</strong>ten results in failure to meet external customer requirements. An<br />
important part <strong>of</strong> <strong>Quality</strong> Improvement is the analysis <strong>of</strong> the whole organization to<br />
ensure that it is set up effectively to meet the requirements <strong>of</strong> its customers. The<br />
following steps are useful guide to achieve this:<br />
Identify the basic purpose and objectives <strong>of</strong> the business. What customer<br />
requirements does it exist to fulfill?<br />
Identify existing and potential future customers <strong>of</strong> the business. Tap as many<br />
sources as possible to ensure their requirements are understood. This includes<br />
understanding why potential customers are not actual customers!<br />
Identify the overall role each department plays in meeting customer<br />
requirements and business objectives. This may reveal that changes are<br />
required in the roles <strong>of</strong> departments within the organization<br />
Identify the internal processes, which link together to meet the external<br />
customer requirements. Ensure the external customer requirements flow back<br />
through the supply chain to determine the customer requirements for each<br />
internal process. Only by doing this at each stage in the supply chain can the<br />
external customer requirements are met?<br />
Measure overall performance for each process<br />
Introduce improvements to each process to improve performance<br />
<strong>CII</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Logistics</strong> 23<br />
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