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The Temple of TQM (Total Quality Management)
Abstract: David Sloan Wilson Macrothink Institute, www.macrothink.org 12.00 Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE God is omnipresent, yet the attempts to provide him a transit office space are made good in a temple. Similarly, “quality is everywhere,” while the approach to manage is attempted through total quality (TQ) philosophy. The devotees (practitioners) conform to daily management (cleanliness/piousness), demonstrate dedication and discipline in order to woo God (quality standards) to …
Published in OmniScience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal · Vol. 2, Issue 2, 2012 · pp. 61–78 Read article
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Industry Responsive Metallurgical Engineering Education Quality Through TQM
Abstract: There is impending shortage of metallurgical engineering fresh graduates, partly due to their exodus into more remunerative and rosy sectors. This paper attempts to highlight the problems and also offers conceptual solutions to abate them. One of the most potent solutions lies in the requisite motivation of students to get thickly absorbed in the TQM (total quality management) environment. This paper attempts to pose issues and map the framework for …
Published in Journal of Materials & Metallurgical Engineering · Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2014 · pp. 13–22 Read article
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TQM Need and Application in the Billing Process
Abstract: This study investigates need for improvement in quality management by billing department, in the companies already certified for ISO and implementing measurement and reporting of cost of quality in the billing department. Its main purpose is to examine the gaps in the billing procedure that needs to close behind quality certification and the extent to which a firm can measure and report quality costs. A sample of 360 bills was …
Published in Journal of Construction Engineering, Technology & Management · Vol. 2, Issue 1-3, 2012 · pp. 87–101 Read article
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Developing Educational Excellence through TQM & QFD
Abstract: Education is a very meticulous job. One needs to judiciously align the student to the path of harmony. The competitiveness in every sector of modern era pushes the educationist to think even more concisely. The axiom of being better is of no importance until is considered as a universal phenomenon of education. There is a need of redefining the education system beyond the traditional definitions. The education should be applicant …
Published in OmniScience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal · Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2014 · pp. 1–9 Read article
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Enhancing Customer Operational Efficiency & Customer Experience by using Total Quality Management
Abstract: The goal of Total Quality Management (TQM) is to improve production performance and customer satisfaction by adopting systematic, organization-wide quality improvement practices. TQM places a strong emphasis on all staff members being involved with ongoing process, product, and enhancement efforts. This paper explores the relationship between TQM practices, production performance, and customer satisfaction in modern businesses. Through a review of literature and case studies, the research highlights how TQM’s core …
Published in Journal of Production Research & Management · Vol. 14, Issue 3, 2024 · pp. 26–30 Read article
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Total Quality Management - A Developmental Perspective
Abstract: The Journey to Quality management is culture oriented, and requires intention, perfection and devotion. Say, an attitude to excellence is required. The mending of culture is subject to acceptance. It is difficult to orient, towards the new philosophy (as Deming clamours in his 14 points).This brief emphasises the importance of implementation of TQM through the perspective of various models. While their effectiveness is logistically poised, ultimately, the success of implementation …
Published in Journal of Production Research & Management · Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2011 · pp. 38–56 Read article
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Cast’ing People in Continuous Quality Improvement
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Published in OmniScience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal · Vol. 1, Issue 2, 2011 · pp. 1–20 Read article
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Institutionalize Quality to Excellence in Technical University
Abstract: Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE The case study of an institute upgrading to a Deemed University is analyzed in this work, and reported with more generic treatment. Though various initiatives reported have largely been a reactive response to the mandate of Deemed University framework, many situational corrections have been undertaken with strategically planned interventions firmly in place. Analysis of the case institute (name with-held because the institute …
Published in Journal of Production Research & Management · Vol. 2, Issue 2, 2012 · pp. 14–29 Read article
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Committing to Green, Brushing by Green Standardization
Abstract: Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE The Environmental management is a rigorous exercise involving continual practicing of ideal quality. Towards planning and improvement, be it processes, systems, or works. With intuition one can work one’s way through complicated maps, making them simple, provided ‘ideal’ objectives are holistically chased. This paper showed a way as to how using the Quality Management System (QMS) per ISO 9001: 2008 standard greening …
Published in Journal of Energy, Environment & Carbon Credits · Vol. 3, Issue 3, 2013 · pp. 1–14 Read article
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The 14 Principles Guru Gobind Singh Cultivated to Societal Stability
Abstract: 1024x768 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE India has been a land with riches encompassing from value systems with unparalled family integrations, nursed by able mentoring from Saints and hermits who ventured their holistic philosophies towards attempts for thorough societal improvements. The Quality of various Mentors/ Gurus, and the system nurtured by them, has at-times been superlative. It is believed that the emergence of most of these souls …
Published in OmniScience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal · Vol. 1, Issue 2, 2011 · pp. 26–39 Read article
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Exploring Qualte-k-nology for a Breakthrough Tomorrow (Quality of, say, Particulate Technology Knowledge)
Abstract: Quality, knowledge and technology are synonyms which need the fourth wheel, of human intervention of an innovative mind. Technology-wise, the erstwhile powder metallurgy (PM) process evolved at the stance of lower heat and temperatures (call it energy) required for component development. With every increase in such costs, the PM components can only emerge as more competitive. From charting the past and future developments, this work attempts to journey through a …
Published in OmniScience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal · Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2013 · pp. 12–26 Read article
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Role of Total Quality Management in Academic Libraries and Information Services
Abstract: A key point in an organisation, total quality management (TQM) must be introduced and led by the top management. Mostly, it focuses on customer needs and their satisfaction. No organisation can accomplish its goals with it. In fact, it directs and guides an organisation to achieve its goals. The present study talks about the importance of TQM in context with academic libraries. Principles and features of TQM have been also …
Published in Journal of Advancements in Library Sciences · Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2019 · pp. 32–37 Read article
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Total Quality Management Initiatives for Enhancing the Performance of Manufacturing Companies: An Empirical Investigation
Abstract: Total quality management is the industrial management approach of reducing defects by improving the processes. This study has been carried out in SMEs of northern India which have implemented TQM initiatives and faced different barriers in its successful implementation. Questionnaire survey has been performed followed by Qualitative and Quantitative modeling including interpretive structural modeling, fuzzy set theory, and structural equation modeling. Results of investigation recommended that resistance from employees is …
Published in Journal of Production Research & Management · Vol. 9, Issue 3, 2019 · pp. 41–55 Read article
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Industrial Waste Challenges and Green Manufacturing Practices: Enhancing Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME’s) Sustainability
Abstract: This study investigates green-manufacturing practices affects the lasting growth of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). The article examines how SMEs' ecological, communal, and financial sustainability performance can facilitate in improving by implementing Soft Total Quality Management (TQM) practices. The research adds to the body of data by emphasizing the value of using a comprehensive Total Quality Management (TQM) strategy to support sustainable growth in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). The …
Published in Journal of Polymer & Composites · Vol. 13, Issue 5, 2025 · pp. 693–698 Read article
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Excellence in Technical Education: The Pathway of Quality Management
Abstract: Education and especially technical education is recognized as a builder of both society and the nation. However, the precondition that it is fit in all respects must have been satisfied. The haziness in the definition of quality and hence ‘the fitness’ notwithstanding, requirements and expectations have been rightly raised to so called ‘excellence’ in education. The present work seeks to map the roadmap of improvement of (technical) education towards excellence, …
Published in OmniScience: A Multi-disciplinary Journal · Vol. 7, Issue 3, 2017 · pp. 7–22 Read article
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Implementation of Maintenance Quality Function Deployment in Kulfi Ice Cream Making Industry
Abstract: Quality Function Deployment (QFD) is a technique in Total Quality Management (TQM) that is used to effectively convert vague customer voices into technical language. It is used to set effective targets for enhancing the products and services provided by an organization. Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is a reliable method for achieving high quality in maintenance engineering. TPM does not include a technique to incorporate Voice of Customers (VOC) in its …
Published in Journal of Production Research & Management · Vol. 14, Issue 3, 2024 Read article
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Process Improvement in Automotive Parts by
Abstract: In the present scenario, the manufacturing industries globally have gone through significant change and the competition has increased dramatically. For industries, to remain competitive in this global market, continuous improvement of manufacturing system processes has become necessary. Now a day’s, various innovative techniques and management practices such as Six Sigma, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Total Quality Management (TQM), Just in Time (JIT), etc. are becoming popular among the business houses …
Published in Journal of Automobile Engineering and Applications · Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2015 · pp. 16–25 Read article
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Reengineering Engineering Education Through Total Quality Methodology
Abstract: Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE This work attempts to build a case for the combo application of reengineering and TQM, for improving quality of the students (as a product). The holistic development of higher-order skills in them is investigated applying the concepts/tools. Addressing deficiencies of engineering education is a symptomatically pursued common minimum and continual program in which the imperative of job placement is most impressed upon. …
Published in Trends in Mechanical Engineering & Technology · Vol. 3, Issue 3, 2013 · pp. 35–50 Read article
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Library Buildings: New Aspects of Library Design
Abstract: The importance of library building is obvious, regardless of whether one is thinking of the institution teaching and research program of its budget poor building can seriously handicap students and professor where as a good one can contribute to the intellectual health of the whole institution. The study regarding the building of library will play a very important role to design the new building of libraries according to new IT …
Published in Journal of Advancements in Library Sciences · Vol. 5, Issue 2, 2018 · pp. 75–79 Read article
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Basics of HACCP—Dairy and Food Industry
Abstract: This paper is deals with basics of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) principles and its application in dairy– food sector. HACCP rules are widely accepted and implemented, protocol for improving the quality and safety of food products. The implementation of HACCP procedures helps the dairy/food industries for providing best quality products via handling the total quality management (TQM) of whole industry. Keywords: HACCP, total quality management, prerequisite programmesCite …
Published in Research and Reviews : Journal of Dairy Science and Technology · Vol. 6, Issue 3, 2017 · pp. 30–37 Read article