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 />
customer as easily as a manager. If a message is not passed on quickly, the customer may<br />
choose to look elsewhere for his need. Production line staffs are likely to know more<br />
about the things that are wrong where they work than their managers and supervisors.<br />
They have probably been living with the problem and fixing things for a number <strong>of</strong> years.<br />
Experience has shown that the most effective approach to training within a company is to<br />
cascade the learning process from the manager to the supervisors and then to individual<br />
employees. The duration and content <strong>of</strong> the education Program depends on the<br />
individuals being trained. But they should all understand why the Program is required and<br />
their personal involvement in the drive for Improvement. At each stage the supervisor<br />
should be actively involved in the training. This ensures that the supervisor fully<br />
understands the Program and how it affects his area <strong>of</strong> the business. It also provides an<br />
important opportunity to demonstrate his commitment to the Program to his team. This<br />
approach has the added advantage <strong>of</strong> helping to develop a team approach in all areas <strong>of</strong> a<br />
company. This can result in a dramatic improvement in performance as people become<br />
personally committed to their team.<br />
Once teams form and begin looking at areas requiring improvement they will need<br />
training in how to analyze and resolve problems. It is no good asking people to make<br />
improvements if they have not been given the tools to enable them to do so. The training<br />
Program should be designed to enable them to use the essential problem solving tools.<br />
The techniques taught will depend on the business, but may include functional analysis,<br />
data gathering, Pareto analysis, brainstorming, fishbone diagrams and process control.<br />
In view <strong>of</strong> the time and experience required to produce training material, many<br />
organizations use externally generated training materials. If external material is used it<br />
must be adapted to ensure it is relevant to the organization and to the individuals being<br />
trained.<br />
<strong>CII</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Logistics</strong> 64<br />
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