From Total Quality Control to Lean Six Sigma
Evolution of the Most Important Management Systems for the Excellence
Published on 11. May 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
VI, 59 pages
978-88-470-2657-5 (ISBN)
Description
The main purpose of this paper is to compare and discuss the evolution of six important management systems: Japanese Total Quality Control (JTQC), Total Quality Management (TQM), Deming's System of Profound Knowledge, Business Process Reengineering (BPR), Lean Thinking and Six Sigma. Indeed the contribution of this work lies in the concurrent analysis and classification, by the means of a literature review, of the results and critical implementation factors of the six systems. Deming's Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) has been used to classify the findings from the literature review.
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Edition
2012 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Milano
Italy
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
2 s/w Abbildungen
VI, 59 p. 2 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
119 gr
ISBN-13
978-88-470-2657-5 (9788847026575)
DOI
10.1007/978-88-470-2658-2
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Andrea Chiarini
From Total Quality Control to Lean Six Sigma
Evolution of the Most Important Management Systems for the Excellence
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Person
Andrea Chiarini is Managing Director at Chiarini & Associates, a European consulting firm specialized in Lean Six Sigma and Visiting Professor at University of Ferrara, Italy.
He earned a PhD and a Master of Arts from Sheffield Hallam University, UK. He also earned a Master Degree in Electronic Engineering and a Diploma in Business Administration from Bologna University, Italy.
He is a Senior Member of American Society for Quality.
Content
1 Introduction.- 2 A historical path of the systems.- 3 Literature review concerning the comparison of the systems.- 4 Research methodology.- 5 Japanese Total Quality Control.- 6 Total Quality Management.- 7 Deming's System of Profound Knowledge.- 8 Business Process Reengineering.- 9 Lean Thinking.- 10 Six Sigma.- 11 Discussion and comparison about the common characteristics of the systems.- 12 Lessons learned from the comparison and discussion.- 13 Conclusions.- 14 Agenda for future research.