{"title":"Facility Quality Measurement as the Engine of Continuous Product and Process Improvement in the AEC/EPC Industry","authors":"K. Fergusson, P. Teicholz","doi":"10.1080/10686967.1994.11918655","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10686967.1994.11918655","url":null,"abstract":"This article demonstrates a method for measuring facility quality and for using these measured data to adjust the facility development process so that it produces increasingly higher-quality facilities. The plant manager's satisfaction with the operatio..","PeriodicalId":324808,"journal":{"name":"The Quality Management Journal","volume":"96 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121142484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Total Quality Strategies in Industry: The Experience of Two Multinationals in Brazil","authors":"T. D. MACEDO-SOARES, S. Chamone","doi":"10.1080/10686967.1994.11918656","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10686967.1994.11918656","url":null,"abstract":"In the race toward increasing competitiveness, a growing number of firms are adopting total quality strategies. Multinationals are taking the lead. This article provides some insights into the deployment of these strategies in Brazil, focusing on the ex..","PeriodicalId":324808,"journal":{"name":"The Quality Management Journal","volume":"124 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126023037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Deming and the Vindication of Knowledge in the Philosophy of C. I. Lewis","authors":"Nina Cunningham","doi":"10.1080/10686967.1994.11918652","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10686967.1994.11918652","url":null,"abstract":"In two important works, Out of the Crisis and The New Economics, W. Edwards Deming refers to the Philosopher C.I. Lewis. Various aspects of Lewis' theory of knowledge held Deming's attention for more than a decade and give reason to believe that Lewis' ..","PeriodicalId":324808,"journal":{"name":"The Quality Management Journal","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131353510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ten Areas for Future Research in Total Quality Management","authors":"A. Godfrey","doi":"10.1080/10686967.1993.11918636","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10686967.1993.11918636","url":null,"abstract":"In the past 15 years, many companies in the United States have made significant changes in the management of quality. For some, these changes have helped the companies achieve stunning results. Some of the ways they have achieved these results are now c..","PeriodicalId":324808,"journal":{"name":"The Quality Management Journal","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117094828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Learning from Learning Theory: Implications for Quality Improvement of Turnover, Use of Contingent Workers, and Job Rotation Policies","authors":"R. Cole","doi":"10.1080/10686967.1993.11918633","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10686967.1993.11918633","url":null,"abstract":"Competitive advantage is largely generated by the resources and capabilities of a firm's internal strategic assets. It should not be surprising, then, that continuity of employment is a critical ingredient in long-term quality improvement. Many American..","PeriodicalId":324808,"journal":{"name":"The Quality Management Journal","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131027728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Total Quality Management from the Future: Practices and Paradigms","authors":"E. Fuchs","doi":"10.1080/10686967.1993.11918634","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10686967.1993.11918634","url":null,"abstract":"Why hasn't total quality management (TQM) had broad and deep impact on the competitiveness of American companies? This article examines the issues that stand as roadblocks in the path of companies that strive to use TQM for competitive advantage. Two ro..","PeriodicalId":324808,"journal":{"name":"The Quality Management Journal","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133016643","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Measures Matrix Chart: A Holistic Approach to Understanding Operations","authors":"James M. Madigan","doi":"10.1080/10686967.1993.11918638","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10686967.1993.11918638","url":null,"abstract":"In the past, when identifying critical business measures, improvements have focused on changing and tracking a single measure. While this may produce good short-term results, it does not account for the entire operation. Understanding the relationships ..","PeriodicalId":324808,"journal":{"name":"The Quality Management Journal","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116039287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Net-Value Productivity: Rethinking the Cost-of-Quality Approach","authors":"Y. Bester","doi":"10.1080/10686967.1993.11918637","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10686967.1993.11918637","url":null,"abstract":"This is the third decade that the cost-of-quality approach has been considered the central theme leading quality management away from the conservative production environment perspective to a more advanced perspective penetrating the offices of senior ma..","PeriodicalId":324808,"journal":{"name":"The Quality Management Journal","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114440468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enhancing the Contribution of the Human Resource Function to Quality Improvement","authors":"A. Wilkinson, M. Marchington, B. Dale","doi":"10.1080/10686967.1993.11918635","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10686967.1993.11918635","url":null,"abstract":"This article reports the main findings of a research study with the theme of quality management and the human resources (HR) dimension. Case studies were undertaken in 15 organizations, drawn from a cross section of the United Kingdom. The HR function h..","PeriodicalId":324808,"journal":{"name":"The Quality Management Journal","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122875585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Quality-Starter Versus Quality-Advancer Organizations","authors":"Iris Mohr-Jackson","doi":"10.1080/10686967.1994.11918646","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10686967.1994.11918646","url":null,"abstract":"The academic literature reflects remarkably little effort to understand total quality management (TQM) implementation. In this article, the factors that enhance and those that impede quality improvement efforts are phemenologically assessed. Information..","PeriodicalId":324808,"journal":{"name":"The Quality Management Journal","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115167828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}