Total Engineering Quality Management

Total Engineering Quality Management
Author: Ronald J. Cottman
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2020-07-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000148076

This manual discusses how the Total Quality Management (TQM) of the production and manufacturing environment can be modified, implemented, and measured within the engineering project environment. It aims to integrate predominant quality philosophy with organization research.

Total Quality Management for Engineers

Total Quality Management for Engineers
Author: M Zairi
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 267
Release: 1991-10-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1845698916

Written for practitioners and students with an engineering background, this book bridges the gap between their understanding of the techniques of quality control and the wider definition of TQM which is now accepted as a key part of business philosophy. Analyzes the relevance of total quality management (TQM) to changes in the engineering profession in the light of its increased involvement in company practices. It presents a broad picture of TQM and its main aspects and explains why it is considered as the major thrust for future competitiveness.

Total Quality Management in Higher Education

Total Quality Management in Higher Education
Author: Sayeda Begum
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2020-12-23
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000332462

This book offers a conceptual, theoretical, and empirical overview of the role of total quality management (TQM) in Indian higher education from the perspectives of the engineering faculty, students, and alumni. It identifies the critical dimensions to measure the performance of TQM. This volume conceptualizes the service quality of higher education, especially in engineering education, through empirical assessment of the services being provided to major stakeholders like the faculty, the students, and the alumni. It highlights the significance of TQM in creating success stories while discussing the importance of improved productivity and quality in higher education with respect to the quality of engineering educational institutions. Further, the book provides a complete framework for the implementation of TQM in engineering educational institutions. This book will be of interest to students, teachers, and researchers of education and management studies. It will also be useful for educationalists, education administrators, education policymakers and bureaucrats, management professionals, business leaders, and the governing bodies of higher education institutions.

Total Quality Management

Total Quality Management
Author: D.R. Kiran
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Total Pages: 582
Release: 2016-10-28
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0128110368

Total Quality Management: Key Concepts and Case Studies provides the full range of management principles and practices that govern the quality function. The book covers the fundamentals and background needed, as well as industry case studies and comprehensive topic coverage, making it an invaluable reference to both the novice and the more experienced individual. Aspects of quality control that are widely utilized in practice are combined with those that are commonly referred to on University courses, and the latest developments in quality concepts are also presented. This book is an ideal quick reference for any manager, designer, engineer, or researcher interested in quality. - Features two chapters on the latest ISO standards - Includes an introduction to statistics to help the reader fully grasp content on statistical quality control - Contains case studies that explore many TQM themes in real life situations

Applying Total Quality Management to Systems Engineering

Applying Total Quality Management to Systems Engineering
Author: Joe Kasser
Publisher: Artech House Publishers
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1995
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Applying TQM to systems engineering can reduce costs while simultaneously improving product quality. This guide to proactive systems engineering shows how to develop and optimize a practical approach, while highlighting the pitfalls and potentials involved.

Handbook of Research on Developments and Trends in Industrial and Materials Engineering

Handbook of Research on Developments and Trends in Industrial and Materials Engineering
Author: Sahoo, Prasanta
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 524
Release: 2019-11-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1799818330

In today’s modernized world, new research and empirical findings are being conducted and found within various professional industries. The field of engineering is no different. Industrial and material engineering is continually advancing, making it challenging for practitioners to keep pace with the most recent trends and methods. Engineering professionals need a handbook that provides up-to-date research on the newest methodologies in this imperative industry. The Handbook of Research on Developments and Trends in Industrial and Materials Engineering is a collection of innovative research on the theoretical and practical aspects of integrated systems within engineering. This book provides a forum for professionals to understand the advancing methods of engineering. While highlighting topics including operations management, decision analysis, and communication technology, this book is ideally designed for researchers, managers, engineers, industrialists, manufacturers, academicians, policymakers, scientists, and students seeking current research on recent findings and modern approaches within industrial and materials engineering.

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT
Author: P. N. MUKHERJEE
Publisher: PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
Total Pages: 438
Release: 2006-10-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9788120330566

This book presents a comprehensive view of concepts, principles and practices of Total Quality Management (TQM) from basics through advanced tools and techniques for practical implementation.It is well known that ‘Total Organization Involvement’ in understanding and implementing TQM, along with the integrated business strategy, provided Japanese organizations with a strong platform for a meteoric rise to world-class performance and global leadership in every sphere of their operation. The success of TQM therefore depends a lot on the strong foundation and infrastructure of an organization. This is the crux of the author’s theory of ‘Holistic Management System for World-class Performance and Leadership’ expounded in this book. It is a TQM-based model that helps create a world-class management system for performance excellence and global leadership. The concluding part of the book cites several examples of practical implementation of TQM principles and practices in various manufacturing and service sectors of the Indian industry, providing elaboration and analysis of each case study. The book is aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students of management as well as students of most engineering disciplines. It can also be used by the industries as a valuable guide to continuous improvement and implementation of a world-class management system in line with the TQM principles and practices. In a nutshell, the book provides wide coverage of areas related to TQM and integrates all its processes, tools and techniques under one management system to help businesses grow and excel. This is indeed the unique feature of the book.

Total Quality Management (TQM)

Total Quality Management (TQM)
Author: Sunil Luthra
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2020-10-04
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1000194493

Organisations are now focused on total customer satisfaction. However there is a lack of understanding the requirements and the customer needs. Total Quality Management (TQM) integrates all phases and ensures a defect free quality product. This textbook provides the understanding of all aspects of TQM and the implementation. This textbook covers all aspects of TQM, discusses quality systems in detail, highlights the importance of the needs of the customer, and presents the concept of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM). Written as a textbook for students of engineering and management, but also explains all quality systems which will be helpful to all organisations in choosing the correct quality system and helpful to managers in decision making while analyzing any process. A solutions manual and power point presentations slides are available for qualified adoptions.

Total Engineering Quality Management

Total Engineering Quality Management
Author: Ronald J. Cottman
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2020-07-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000104869

This manual discusses how the Total Quality Management (TQM) of the production and manufacturing environment can be modified, implemented, and measured within the engineering project environment. It aims to integrate predominant quality philosophy with organization research.

Software Excellence

Software Excellence
Author: Shigeichi Moriguchi
Publisher: Productivity Press
Total Pages: 618
Release: 1997-02-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781563270505

Thanks to the great success of the QC movement, quality assurance has taken root in the earliest stages of technology development. Software Excellence addresses the assumption that software cannot be built without bugs. The author argues that the application of total quality principles and tools to software development will eliminate the lengthy and costly step of debugging that has become an accepted phase of software development. Table of Contents Publisher's Message Preface Editor's Foreword--Tadashi Yoshizawa Editor's Foreword--Motohiro Higashi List of Editors and Authors PART 1 -- QUALITY CONTROL METHODOLOGY Chapter One: High-Quality Software Chapter Two: Total Quality Management (TQM) Chapter Three: Methods of Quality Control (QC) PART 2 -- QUALITY PROCESSES APPLIED TO SOFTWARE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT Chapter Four: Software Quality Control and Small-Group Activities in Software Chapter Five: High-Reliability Software Chapter Six: Software Development and Modularization Chapter Seven: Software Documentation Chapter Eight: Software Engineering Chapter Nine: Change Management Chapter Ten: Quality Improvement in Reuse Chapter Eleven: Quality Function Deployment for Software Development Chapter Twelve: Examples of Quality Measurement Systems Chapter Thirteen: Methods for Quantitative Measurement and Evaluation of Quality Chapter Fourteen: Production Planning for Software Products Chapter Fifteen: Software Technology Management Chapter Sixteen: Quality Design and Management Planning Chapter Seventeen: Review and Process-Specific Management Chapter Eighteen: Test Management and Audits Chapter Nineteen: Maintenance Management Glossary of Acronyms Index