Total Quality Management and Quality Assurance

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Business Studies Mind Map on Total Quality Management and Quality Assurance, created by george.stringer on 30/04/2013.
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Total Quality Management and Quality Assurance
  1. What is TQM?
    1. Total Quality Management is the process in which a business takes to ensure long term success and constant improvement
    2. What is Quality Assurance?
      1. A concept in which covers policies and the quality system
      2. What is invovled in TQM?
        1. Encourages changes in the company’s organisation, attitudes and structures
          1. Involvement and commitmentin setting goals and policies
            1. Transforming a organisations basic beliefs to transform everyone's job
              1. Building quality into products from the beginning
                1. Instituting leadership and flexible patterns
                  1. Eliminating barriers
                  2. What is involved in Quality Assurance?
                    1. Minimising chances that the product/service will be sub standard
                      1. Quality Assurance is based on product design
                        1. Quality can be built in and there is less need to inspect
                        2. Methods involved in Quality Assurance
                          1. Team working
                            1. Product design checking
                              1. Benchmarking
                                1. Application of recognised standards
                                  1. Product Control
                                  2. Advantages and Disadvantages of TQM
                                    1. Leads to continuous improvement
                                      1. Leads to problem solving
                                        1. Higher cost of productiom
                                          1. Cost of training personel
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