TQM: Definitions

Yonatan Reshef
School of Business
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta

UNDERSTANDING AND IDENTIFYING SOURCES OF VARIATIONS IN PRODUCT QUALITY, AND DESIGNING PROCESSES TO REDUCE IT

 

A PHILOSOPHY AND A SET OF PRINCIPLES AN ORGANIZATION USES TO CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE ITS CAPACITY TO MEET CURRENT AND FUTURE CUSTOMER NEEDS

 

AN ONGOING PROCESS MANAGERS USE TO ENABLE EVERYONE IN THE ORGANIZATION TO CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE THEIR ABILITIES TO MEET AND EXCEED INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CUSTOMER EXPECTATIONS