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Juran's quality essentials : for leaders /

"Dr. Juran's life work on quality--boiled down to a concise guide to creating a strong, successful, globally competitive enterprise Dr. Joseph Juran was a true visionary in the field of quality, and his words continue to inspire. One of his main mantras was "Take care of the quality,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: De Feo, Joseph A. (Autor), Juran, J. M. (Joseph M.), 1904-2008 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill Education, [2014]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • C. Acknowledgments
  • 1. Embrace quality
  • Superior quality always leads to sustainable business results
  • Quality impacts revenue and costs
  • Quality, earnings, and the stock market
  • Building market quality leadership
  • Quality and share of market
  • Changes in customer habits
  • The twentieth century and quality
  • The twenty-first century and quality
  • The lessons learned
  • References
  • 2. Three universal quality management methods
  • The concept of universals
  • Management of quality: the financial and cultural benefits
  • The juran trilogy diagram
  • References
  • 3. Leadership role in creating a sustainable culture of quality
  • Culture defined
  • Breakthrough and transformational change
  • Breakthroughs in leadership and management
  • Breakthroughs in organizational structure
  • Breakthroughs in current performance
  • Breakthroughs in culture
  • Breakthroughs in adaptability
  • References
  • 4. Aligning quality goals with the strategic plan
  • Strategic planning and quality: the benefits
  • Launching strategic planning and deployment
  • Developing the elements of strategic planning and deployment
  • The role of leadership
  • Competitive quality
  • References
  • 5. Product innovation
  • Tackling the first process of the trilogy: designing innovative products
  • The juran quality by design model
  • The quality by design problem
  • Juran quality by design model
  • References
  • 6. Creating breakthroughs in performance
  • The universal sequence for breakthrough
  • Breakthrough models and methods
  • Securing upper management approval and participation
  • Copq versus cost reduction
  • Driving bottom-line performance
  • The results
  • Mobilizing for breakthrough
  • The executive "quality council"
  • Breakthrough goals in the business plan
  • The nomination and selection process
  • Team organization
  • Review progress
  • References
  • 7. Assuring repeatable and compliant processes
  • Compliance and control defined
  • The elements of the feedback loop
  • The pyramid of control
  • Planning for control
  • Process conformance
  • Product conformance: fitness for purpose
  • The role of statistical methods in control
  • The quality control system and policy manual
  • Provision for audits
  • Tasks for leaders
  • References
  • 8. Simplifying macro processes with business process management
  • Why business process management?
  • The bpm methodology
  • The planning phase: planning the new process
  • The transfer phase: transferring the new process plan to operations
  • Operational management phase: managing the new process
  • The future of bpm combined with technology
  • References
  • 9. Benchmarking to sustain market leadership
  • Benchmarking: what it is and what it is not
  • Objectives of benchmarking
  • Why benchmark?
  • Classifying benchmarking
  • Benchmarking and designing new products
  • Benchmarking and long- and short-term planning
  • The benchmarking process
  • Planning and project setup
  • Data collection and normalization
  • Analysis and identification of best practices
  • Report development
  • Learning from best practices
  • Improvement action planning and implementation
  • Institutionalizing learning
  • Legal and ethical aspects of benchmarking
  • Managing for effective benchmarking ? References.