The development of quality management in Malaysian SMEs contractors / Muhammad Firdaus Hamzan

Quality management focuses on activities that managers use to ensure a quality product or service. Examples of quality management include quality assurance and quality control. Quality management seeks to eliminate "defects" in products and services and is often based on customer or client...

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Main Author: Hamzan, Muhammad Firdaus
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2006
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/74127/1/74127.pdf
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spelling my-uitm-ir.741272023-03-01T07:26:47Z The development of quality management in Malaysian SMEs contractors / Muhammad Firdaus Hamzan 2006 Hamzan, Muhammad Firdaus Contractors' operations and equipment. Contracting. (General works) Quality management focuses on activities that managers use to ensure a quality product or service. Examples of quality management include quality assurance and quality control. Quality management seeks to eliminate "defects" in products and services and is often based on customer or client feedback. As such, it is an ongoing and often long-term process. Originally, quality management focused on products and services and was used primarily in the manufacturing industry. Today however, it can be applied to any type of business process in any type of business, for example insurance, transportation, or retail. Six Sigma, Total Quality Management, and Kaizen are different types of quality management systems that are often used by businesses today. Another type of quality management that was popular in the 1990s was Total Quality Management (TQM), which brought a human element to quality management. Customer satisfaction is an important part of quality management and in fact drives the process. Quality management is a way of thinking that permeates the entire corporate culture from mailroom employees to the CEO and from product development to sales. It emphasizes quality during the production process, not just for the final products. 2006 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/74127/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/74127/1/74127.pdf text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
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topic Contractors' operations and equipment
Contracting
(General works)
spellingShingle Contractors' operations and equipment
Contracting
(General works)
Hamzan, Muhammad Firdaus
The development of quality management in Malaysian SMEs contractors / Muhammad Firdaus Hamzan
description Quality management focuses on activities that managers use to ensure a quality product or service. Examples of quality management include quality assurance and quality control. Quality management seeks to eliminate "defects" in products and services and is often based on customer or client feedback. As such, it is an ongoing and often long-term process. Originally, quality management focused on products and services and was used primarily in the manufacturing industry. Today however, it can be applied to any type of business process in any type of business, for example insurance, transportation, or retail. Six Sigma, Total Quality Management, and Kaizen are different types of quality management systems that are often used by businesses today. Another type of quality management that was popular in the 1990s was Total Quality Management (TQM), which brought a human element to quality management. Customer satisfaction is an important part of quality management and in fact drives the process. Quality management is a way of thinking that permeates the entire corporate culture from mailroom employees to the CEO and from product development to sales. It emphasizes quality during the production process, not just for the final products.
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title The development of quality management in Malaysian SMEs contractors / Muhammad Firdaus Hamzan
title_short The development of quality management in Malaysian SMEs contractors / Muhammad Firdaus Hamzan
title_full The development of quality management in Malaysian SMEs contractors / Muhammad Firdaus Hamzan
title_fullStr The development of quality management in Malaysian SMEs contractors / Muhammad Firdaus Hamzan
title_full_unstemmed The development of quality management in Malaysian SMEs contractors / Muhammad Firdaus Hamzan
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