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8 Dimensions of Quality for Goods (David Quality Circles. Group of co-workers meeting.
Garvin) Operation (performance), features,
Taguchi Techniques. Experimental design
reliability, conformance, durability,
methods to improve product and process
serviceability, appearance, perceived quality. design.
Service Quality Attributes Tangibles,
Pareto Chart. Bar chart that shows problems.
Communication, Understanding, Courtesy,
Access, Reliability, Responsiveness, Process Chart. Sequence of events in a process.
Competence, Credibility, Security.
Cause & Effect Diagram. Self explanatory!
Service Quality degree of fit between a
customer’s expectation and perception of Poka-Yoke
service/
Zero-Defect Quality (ZDQ) elimination of waste
SERVQUAL instrument for measuring the gaps and associated defects. Prevent defects!
mentioned above. Dimensions: Tangibles, Mistake-proofing (Poka-Yoke)
Reliability, Responsiveness, Assurance,
Empathy. Yokeru- to avoid
Poka- inadvertent errors
Importance of Quality. Costs and market share,
reputation, liability, international implications. It is fucking natural to commit mistakes -just
don’t overdo it. No finger pointing! Achieve
Total Quality Management. Systematic way of quality the first time a process is done.
guaranteeing that organized activities happen
the way they are planned. Management In order to reduce quality defects, and stop
discipline concerned with preventing problems throwing away money, we should reduce the
variation of the process.
EMPLOYEE EMPOWERMENT
ISO 9001 – quality management. What the
organization must do to manage processes Empowerment is involvement and ownership.
affecting quality of its products and services Key to motivation and productivity. Everyone’s
ISO 14001 –environmental management. What contribution is maximized.
the organization must do to manage processes
affecting the impact of its activities to the KLs from “Learning to Lead in Toyota”.
environment. Managers should coach not fix. Lower level
employees are the problem solvers. Managers
“Popular thinking is that concepts of ‘strategic To achieve strategic intent, a company must
fit’ (between resources and opportunities), usually take on larger, better financed
‘generic strategies’ (low cost vs. differentiation competitors. This means carefully managing
vs. focus), and the ‘strategy hierarchy’ (goals, competitive engagements so that scarce
strategies, and tactics) often actively aided the resources are conserved. To do this, the game
process of competitive decline. must be fundamentally changed: Devising novel
approaches to market entry, advantage
Strategic intent captures the essence of building, and competitive innovation, the art of
winning. It sets a target that deserves personal containing competitive risks within manageable
effort and commitment. proportions.