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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 />

TQM Themes<br />

Introduction<br />

A Process such as TQM requires guidelines, which serve as a framework, upon which<br />

practitioners <strong>of</strong> the process may start their understanding. The more we learn, the more<br />

we come back to these central and fundamental themes. This module succinctly brings<br />

out the key themes that are the cornerstones <strong>of</strong> TQM<br />

2.1 Everyone has suppliers and customers<br />

Every task undertaken, every responsibility held and every process <strong>of</strong> which we are<br />

part, there is, or should be, somebody, somewhere who is dependent on the quality <strong>of</strong><br />

the work carried out.<br />

TQM examines process and the customer / supplier interaction at each state within the<br />

process (Figure 2.1). Understanding the needs is a prerequisite to customer satisfaction.<br />

Fig 2.1<br />

<strong>CII</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Logistics</strong> 34<br />

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