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 />
practitioner there are probably four elements in the definition, which stand out as being<br />
important. Please note that they are highlighted in bold.<br />
1) Continuous Improvement in <strong>Quality</strong> implies that TQM is not a short-term program<br />
but a long-term strategy focusing on the right way <strong>of</strong> operating for all time.<br />
2 )Customers are both internal and external, and in order to meet the requirements it is<br />
essential to articulate in a clear fashion what needs to be done so that all assumptions<br />
between the customers and suppliers have been eliminated.<br />
3) Lowest Cost means building quality into the products and services in every stage.<br />
This includes preventing defectives from being manufactured in the first place thus<br />
eliminating financial loss. Lowest cost implies lowest in relation to competition in the<br />
marketplace.<br />
4) Employees are concerned with reducing fear and creating a climate where ideas are<br />
encouraged, recognized, rewarded, and acted upon so that the full potential <strong>of</strong> the<br />
employees is realized.<br />
TQM Definition-Point to Ponder<br />
Each <strong>of</strong> the four elements is vitally important. However, their strength lies in their<br />
collective synergy. Organizations that would like to achieve long-term success cannot do<br />
so by choosing one or two <strong>of</strong> the elements and ignoring the rest; they have to vigorously<br />
pursue each <strong>of</strong> them without any compromise. There is no room for saying “sorry”.<br />
<strong>CII</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Logistics</strong> 7<br />
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