Small Business Total QualitySpringer Science & Business Media, 1994 M10 31 - 240 pages Written specifically for small business managers, this book gives a practical step-by-step guide to the implementation of Total Quality Management (TQM). It will assist all small businesses from the recently established entrepreneur-based company employing a handful of people to businesses of 100 staff and above with an established management structure and position within the market place. This book will give practical help and early results and includes actual case studies of successful TQM implementation from a broad cross-section of small businesses. |
Contents
The small business in context | 3 |
12 Characteristics of the Small Business | 4 |
13 The Family Firm | 5 |
14 Small Business Concerns | 6 |
15 Chapter Summary | 7 |
Quality why bother? | 9 |
22 Historical Background | 11 |
23 BS 5750ISO 9000 AND TOTAL QUALITY | 14 |
93 Benchmarking | 118 |
94 The problemsolving cycle | 122 |
95 Thoughts of the Japanese | 125 |
96 Chapter summary | 127 |
Quality management systems BS 5750ISO 9000 | 129 |
103 Details of the Standard | 130 |
104 Quality system documentation | 132 |
105 Gaining registration | 133 |
24 Immediate Decisions | 17 |
PLANNING FOR TOTAL QUALITY | 19 |
The planning process | 21 |
32 Commencing the planning process | 23 |
33 Developing a mission statement | 28 |
34 Education policy and responsibility | 32 |
35 The Quality manager | 35 |
36 Organization design | 38 |
37 Chapter summary | 40 |
Quality diagnosis | 41 |
42 Customer review | 42 |
43 Staff opinions | 47 |
44 Business process analysis | 49 |
45 Chapter summary | 55 |
The cost of quality | 57 |
52 Why calculate the cost of quality? | 60 |
53 How to calculate the cost of quality | 63 |
54 Chapter summary | 69 |
Customers and suppliers | 71 |
62 Internal customersupplier chains | 74 |
63 Customer care | 80 |
64 External suppliers | 81 |
65 Complaints handling | 83 |
66 Chapter summary | 85 |
Leadership | 87 |
72 Leadership and quality | 88 |
73 Leadership and communication | 93 |
74 Leadership and recognition | 95 |
76 Chapter summary | 96 |
Teamwork | 97 |
82 Team development | 102 |
83 Teamwork and leadership style | 103 |
84 Role of facilitator | 105 |
86 Corrective action teams CATs | 107 |
87 Continuous improvements CITs | 109 |
88 Good meeting guide | 111 |
89 Chapter summary | 112 |
Quality measurement and problemsolving | 115 |
92 Statistical process control | 116 |
106 Marketing quality assurance MQA | 134 |
107 Collaboration of effort | 136 |
108 Chapter summary | 137 |
Investment in staff | 139 |
112 Quality training needs | 141 |
113 An analytical approach | 142 |
114 Investor in people | 144 |
115 Performance appraisal and reward | 146 |
116 Payment systems | 150 |
117 Development of a suggestion scheme | 152 |
118 Chapter Summary | 154 |
IMPLEMENTATION OF TOTAL QUALITY | 157 |
TQM implementation | 159 |
122 Understanding and commitment | 162 |
123 Getting the management team on board | 163 |
124 Planning the implementation | 164 |
125 Quick wins | 166 |
127 Review | 167 |
Final thoughts | 169 |
132 Groups and societies | 170 |
133 Use of consultants | 171 |
134 Quality of life | 176 |
APPENDICES | 179 |
A Glossary of terms | 181 |
Problemsolving tools and techniques | 187 |
B2 Brainstorming | 189 |
B3 List reduction | 190 |
B4 Paired comparisons | 191 |
B5 Cause and effect diagrams | 193 |
B6 Force field analysis | 194 |
B7 Data collection | 195 |
B8 Histograms | 196 |
B9 Pareto analysis | 197 |
B10 Charts | 198 |
812 Failure mode and effect analysis FMEA | 201 |
Further reading and video selection | 203 |
Useful addresses and sources of further information | 207 |
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Common terms and phrases
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