Managing Quality
An Integrative Approach: United States Edition
Published on 10. January 2001
Book
Hardback
476 pages
978-0-13-875964-3 (ISBN)
Description
For undergraduate and graduate courses in quality management, found in the department of management, operations management, marketing, or engineering.
This text is a comprehensive introduction to the field of quality management, integrating the emerging body of knowledge in the areas of quality theory, quality assurance, and quality control. The author's practical approach provides examples, allowing students to participate in and manage quality improvement in manufacturing, government, and service organizations.
This text is a comprehensive introduction to the field of quality management, integrating the emerging body of knowledge in the areas of quality theory, quality assurance, and quality control. The author's practical approach provides examples, allowing students to participate in and manage quality improvement in manufacturing, government, and service organizations.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 261 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
1080 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-875964-3 (9780138759643)
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Other editions
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S. Thomas Foster
Managing Quality
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08/2003
2nd Edition
Pearson
€94.29
Article is exhausted; no reprint
Content
I. UNDERSTANDING QUALITY CONCEPTS.
1. Differing Perspectives on Quality.
2. Quality Theory.
3. Global Quality and International Quality Awards.
II. DESIGNING AND ASSURING QUALITY.
4. Strategic Quality Planning.
5. The Voice of the Customer.
6. The Voice of the Market.
7. Quality in Product and Process Design.
Supplement to Chapter 7: Taguchi Design of Experiments.
8. Designing Quality Services.
9. Managing Supplier Quality in the Supply Chain.
III. IMPLEMENTING QUALITY.
10. The Tools of Quality.
11. Managing Quality Improvement Teams and Projects.
12. Statistically Based Quality Improvement.
IV. FOREVER IMPROVING THE QUALITY SYSTEM.
13. Managing Learning for Quality Improvement.
14. Implementing and Validating the Quality System.
Appendix.
Glossary.
Index.
1. Differing Perspectives on Quality.
2. Quality Theory.
3. Global Quality and International Quality Awards.
II. DESIGNING AND ASSURING QUALITY.
4. Strategic Quality Planning.
5. The Voice of the Customer.
6. The Voice of the Market.
7. Quality in Product and Process Design.
Supplement to Chapter 7: Taguchi Design of Experiments.
8. Designing Quality Services.
9. Managing Supplier Quality in the Supply Chain.
III. IMPLEMENTING QUALITY.
10. The Tools of Quality.
11. Managing Quality Improvement Teams and Projects.
12. Statistically Based Quality Improvement.
IV. FOREVER IMPROVING THE QUALITY SYSTEM.
13. Managing Learning for Quality Improvement.
14. Implementing and Validating the Quality System.
Appendix.
Glossary.
Index.