Quality Innovation: Knowledge, Theory, and Practices

Quality Innovation: Knowledge, Theory, and Practices
Author: Al-Hakim, Latif
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 640
Release: 2013-11-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1466647701

Internet and social networks play a critical role in the evolution of processes and functional areas that allow businesses to reach a wider base of end-users and achieve competitive advantage in their respective markets. Quality Innovation: Knowledge, Theory, and Practices presents a compilation of recent theoretical frameworks, case studies, and empirical research findings in the area of quality innovation. It highlights the theories, strategies, and potential concerns for organizations engaged in change management designed to address stakeholders’ needs. This reference volume serves as a valuable resource for researchers, business professionals, and students in a variety of fields and disciplines.

Quality Innovation and Sustainability

Quality Innovation and Sustainability
Author: João Carlos de Oliveira Matias
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 419
Release: 2023-01-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3031129148

This book provides various approaches to complex industrial problems in sustainability, operations management and industrial engineering. It features in-depth research presented by academics, scholars, researcher and professionals at the 3rd International Conference on Quality Innovation and Sustainability (ICQIS) in the fields of quality, innovation, sustainability and operations management. It addresses topics such as quality management systems; Lean and Six Sigma; information systems for quality management; data management and industry 4.0; innovative solutions for quality challenges; environmental quality policies and standards; circular economy and life cycle costing; occupational health; safety and welfare in manufacturing; and smart systems, among others.

Quality Innovation: A QFD approach

Quality Innovation: A QFD approach
Author: Frede Jensen
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2016-02-17
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1326567705

The book is for anyone developing quality and innovation. It presents a Quality Function Deployment (QFD) approach for the successful product and process design in manufacturing, service and any other kind of private or public organisation. The book is organised into three parts, where the first gets concisely into QFD. The latter parts add depth and width to the approach, with an indispensable collection of associated design tools and strategy concepts. The appendix walks through three start-to-finish case studies. QFD provides a sound understanding of what should naturally occur in a development project. The team-based approach prioritises customer-centric quality and innovation requirements, within market and organisation reality. The defined requirements are systematically transformed into a corresponding quality-by-design product, where the degree of innovation is adjustable. The approach is adaptable, scalable and can be shorthanded to circumstances.

Global Quality of Democracy as Innovation Enabler

Global Quality of Democracy as Innovation Enabler
Author: DAVID F J. CAMPBELL
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Total Pages: 564
Release: 2019-11-22
Genre: Democracy
ISBN: 9783030102210

This book assesses the interconnectedness of democracy and economic development. It concentrates on how to conceptualize and to measure democracy and quality of democracy in global comparison. The author makes the argument that a quality-of-democracy understanding based on sustainable development relates crucially with economic growth, but more so with economic development. The empirical macro-model focuses on approximately over hundred countries (in a world model) and covers about a fourteen-year period of 2002-2015, identifying the following basic dimensions as being relevant for further analysis: freedom, equality, control, sustainable development, and self-organization (political self-organization). Readers will appreciate the global perspective the work offers.

Creativity, Innovation, and Quality

Creativity, Innovation, and Quality
Author: Paul E. Plsek
Publisher: Irwin Professional Publishing
Total Pages: 336
Release: 1997
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This book targets the needs of individuals engaged in quality management activities and enables them to incorporate new skills into their daily work. The author presents a serious study of creativity and innovation targeted at the needs of professionals engaged in quality management activities. It will appeal to even the most analytical thinkers in quality. Creativity, Innovation, and Quality clearly articulates five reasons why practitioners of quality management should be interested in innovation and the three central principles that underlie all the tools of creativity. Once you know the principles behind the tools, you can generate your own methods for creative thinking that are uniquely suited for your specific needs.

Quality Management in Construction Projects

Quality Management in Construction Projects
Author: Abdul Razzak Rumane
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 538
Release: 2017-10-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1498781683

The first edition published in 2010. The response was encouraging and many people appreciated a book that was dedicated to quality management in construction projects. Since it published, ISO 9000: 2008 has been revised and ISO 9000: 2015 has published. The new edition will focus on risk-based thinking which must be considered from the beginning and throughout the project life cycle. There are quality-related topics such as Customer Relationship, Supplier Management, Risk Management, Quality Audits, Tools for Construction Projects, and Quality Management that were not covered in the first edition. Furthermore, some figures and tables needed to be updated to make the book more comprehensive.

OECD Reviews of Tertiary Education Tertiary Education for the Knowledge Society Volume 1 and Volume 2

OECD Reviews of Tertiary Education Tertiary Education for the Knowledge Society Volume 1 and Volume 2
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 723
Release: 2008-09-16
Genre:
ISBN: 9264046534

Tertiary Education for the Knowledge Society provides a thorough international investigation of tertiary education policy across its many facets – governance, funding, quality assurance, equity, research and innovation, academic career, links to the labour market and internationalisation.

Value and Quality Innovations in Acute and Emergency Care

Value and Quality Innovations in Acute and Emergency Care
Author: Jennifer L. Wiler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2017-03-21
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1108211356

Access to acute and emergency care is essential when we are ill or injured, but the costs are significant. How can we make services more efficient and effective? This thought-provoking text provides twenty case studies detailing successful innovations to enhance value, including telehealth, observation medicine, high utilizer programs, and the use of informatics to improve clinical decision support. A detailed history of system developments over the last fifty years in the US and internationally is provided, and subjects including measurement and quality improvement, volume versus value based care, and emergency department crowding are discussed. This book is an ideal way for emergency physicians and healthcare managers to explore new ideas and enhance the quality of care in their area.

Creating a Customer-centered Culture

Creating a Customer-centered Culture
Author: Robin L. Lawton
Publisher: ASQ Quality Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1993
Genre: Consumer satisfaction
ISBN: 9780873891516

Creating a Customer-Centered Culture shows you how to successfully apply existing traditional management tools to knowledge and service work. it teaches you to think like customers so you can implement an organizational culture transformation on your way to total quality management in a jargon-free, step-by-step way.

Strategic Costs of Quality Management Systems in Chinese Business Enterprises

Strategic Costs of Quality Management Systems in Chinese Business Enterprises
Author: Zhijun Lin
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 471
Release: 2023-07-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1527518795

This monograph presents up-to-date research on contemporary developments in costs of quality (CoQ) management in the context of China’s business environment. The conceptual issues of strategic CoQ management are systematically examined in light of relevant literature on various industrial countries, particularly China. Current applications and experience of strategic CoQ management practices in some Chinese business enterprises are summarized based on field investigations and case studies. This book is particularly relevant for quality control and financial management professionals and senior business executives, helping them to comprehend the important role of strategic CoQ management, and to practically adopt it, in the enhancement of product and service quality and the improvement of business performance. This book will also serve as an informative source for academic and vocational training programs on quality management and CoQ management in both developed and developing countries.