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Chapter 4Chapter 4
©2001 ©2001 Prentice-HallPrentice-Hall©2001 ©2001 Prentice-HallPrentice-Hall
S. Thomas Foster, Jr.S. Thomas Foster, Jr.Boise State UniversityBoise State University
Slides Prepared bySlides Prepared byBruce R. BarringerBruce R. Barringer
University of Central FloridaUniversity of Central Florida
S. Thomas Foster, Jr.S. Thomas Foster, Jr.Boise State UniversityBoise State University
Slides Prepared bySlides Prepared byBruce R. BarringerBruce R. Barringer
University of Central FloridaUniversity of Central Florida
Strategic Quality PlanningStrategic Quality Planning
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Chapter OverviewSlide 1 of 2
Chapter OverviewSlide 1 of 2
• Strategy Content
• The Importance of Time in Quality Improvement
• Leadership for Quality
• Quality and Ethics
• Quality as a Strategy
• Quality Strategy Process
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Chapter OverviewSlide 2 of 2
Chapter OverviewSlide 2 of 2
• Deploying Quality (Hoshin Kanri)
• Does Quality Lead to Better Business Results?
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Strategy PlanningStrategy Planning
• Strategic planning has two important dimensions.
• These are content and process.
• Strategic content answers the question of what is to be contained in the strategic plan.
• Strategic process consists of the steps used to develop the strategy.
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Strategy PlanningStrategy Planning
• Strategic content refers to the variables, definitions, components, and concepts that are included in the strategy.
• Strategic process consists of the steps for developing strategy within an organization.
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Strategy Content1 of 2
Strategy Content1 of 2
• Why is Quality Planning Important?– As we have discussed in previous chapters,
quality improvement is a planned managerial activity.
– Quality improvement involves identifying potential improvements, prioritizing potential areas for improvement, and planning the implementation of projects and improvements.
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Strategy Content2 of 2
Strategy Content2 of 2
• Strategy Content Variables– Among the strategy content variables we
discuss are time, leadership, quality costs, generic strategies(cost, differentiation, and focus), orders winners, and quality as a core competency.
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The Importance of Time in Quality Improvement
The Importance of Time in Quality Improvement
• Two Important Aspects of Time– There are two aspects of time that we
discuss:
• The time it takes to achieve business goals as a result of quality.
• The speed at which companies
improve.
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The Importance of Time in Quality Improvement
The Importance of Time in Quality Improvement
• Real-life experience shows that time is a key variable in improving quality.
• A review of many studies and writings suggests that time is an important variable to consider when managing successful quality improvement.
• Time is also an important component of strategy.
• Thus, strategic planning is important for continuous quality improvement.
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The Importance of Time in Quality Improvement
The Importance of Time in Quality Improvement
• One of the approaches that some managers use we will call the “management by dictate” model.
• Using management by dictate, we set numeric goals for the coming year.
• These goals are analogous to what Deming referred to as creating goals and not providing systems to achieve the goals.
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The Importance of Time in Quality Improvement
The Importance of Time in Quality Improvement
• According to Donald Wheeler, when goals such as these are set, one of three things will occur:
1. People will achieve the goals and incur positive results.
2. People will distort the data. 3. People will distort the system.. The PDCA cycle allows for organizational
learning and freezing of learning to take place.. We still do not know the optimal time for learning
to take place.
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Leadership For QualitySlide 1 of 5
Leadership For QualitySlide 1 of 5
• Leadership– Leadership is the process by which a leader
influences a group to move toward the attainment of super-ordinate goals.
• Super-ordinate goals are those goals that pertain to achieving a higher end that benefits not just the individual, but the group.
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Leadership For QualityLeadership For Quality
• Some leaders are selected because they have the highest intellect.
• In still organizations, leaders are appointed.
• As a result, leadership is about the sharing of power.
• This power takes many forms.
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Leadership For Quality
Slide 2 of 5
Leadership For Quality
Slide 2 of 5
Types of Power
Power of Expertise Reward Power
Sometimes a leader has special knowledge (or is perceived to have
special knowledge).
If a leader has rewards that he or she can bestow on
subordinates in return for some
desirable position, the leader has
reward power.
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Leadership For Quality
Slide 3 of 5
Leadership For Quality
Slide 3 of 5
Types of Power
Coercive Power Referent Power
If the leader has power to punish
the follower for not following rules or
guidelines, the leader has coercive
power.
If a leader is charismatic or
charming and is followed because he or she is liked,
then the leader has referent power.
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Leadership For Quality
Slide 4 of 5
Leadership For Quality
Slide 4 of 5
Types of Power
Legitimate Power
Legitimate power comes
with the position.
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Leadership For Quality
Slide 5 of 5
Leadership For Quality
Slide 5 of 5• Leadership Dimensions
– Trait dimension• Leadership characteristics tied to the personal
“traits” of leaders (such as height and intelligence).– Leader skills (see next slide, Table 4.1)
• Attributes such as knowledge, communication, planning, and vision.
– Leader behavior• This approach discusses how leaders behave to
identify specific leadership styles and the effects of leadership style on subordinate performance.
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Leadership SkillsLeadership Skills
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Leadership For Quality
Leadership For Quality
• Leadership Dimensions– Leader behavior
• Leaders who are successful in leading quality-related efforts must be worthy of trust.
• Leaders are consistent over time in their actions so employees will trust the leader enough to pursue quality.
• Leadership must be absolutely consistent and fair in gaining and earning trust or else future potential for quality improvement will be reduced.
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Leadership For Quality
Leadership For Quality
• Nothing can damage a quality improvement effort faster than management failure to consider implementing changes that employees recommend.
• Employees may begin to think “nothing will already change.”
• Another important attribute of quality manager is commitment over the long term.
• Commitment to quality means that leader provide funding, slack time, and resources for quality improvement efforts to be successful.
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Leadership For Quality
Leadership For Quality
• As we see in the case of Solectron (Quality Highlight 4.1), the leadership of Winston Chen is key to its success.
• One of the things a leader must be able to do is manage conflict in the organization.
• Leaders must be able to resolve conflict effectively in organization.
• Leaders resolve conflict in a variety of ways as next slides.
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How Leaders Resolve Conflict
Slide 1 of 2
How Leaders Resolve Conflict
Slide 1 of 2• Passive Conflict Resolution
– Some managers and leaders ignore conflict.• Win-win
– Leaders might seek solutions to problems that satisfy both sides of a conflict by providing win-win scenarios.
• Structured Problem Solving– Conflicts can be resolved in a fact-based manner by
gathering data regarding the problem and have the data analyzed by a disinterested observer.
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How Leaders Resolve Conflict
Slide 2 of 2
How Leaders Resolve Conflict
Slide 2 of 2• Confronting Conflict
– At times, it is best to confront the conflict and help subordinates resolve conflicts.
• Choosing a Winner– In some cases the leader may choose a winner of
the conflict and develop a plan of action for conflict resolution between the parties.
• Selecting a Better Alternative– Sometimes there is an alternative neither of the
parties to the conflict has considered.
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How Leaders Resolve Conflict
How Leaders Resolve Conflict
• Preventing Conflict– To create an environment that is relatively free of
conflict.– As shown in Table 4.2, these organizational design
fundamentals are useful in reducing conflict in organizations.
– By carefully defining goals, rewards, communication systems, coordination, and the nature of competition in a firm, conflict can be reduced or eliminated.
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How Leaders Resolve Conflict
How Leaders Resolve Conflict
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Quality and EthicsQuality and Ethics
Quality appears to be good business.
Quality is also good ethics.
It is unethical to ship defective products knowingly to a customer.
Reliable products reflect an ethical approach of management’s care for its customers.
“We build good ships. At a profit if we can, at a loss if we must. But, we build good ships”—New Bedford, a shipbuilder.
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Quality and EthicsQuality and Ethics
• Companies focusing on their customers often develop a set of ethics that includes valuing employees.
• Companies such as HP are seriously striving to improve the lives of their employees.
• Environmental friendliness is seen as an ethical concern.
• As a result, more companies are implementing recycling programs and making efforts to improve environmental practices.
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Quality as StrategyQuality as Strategy
• Although quality can still win orders in some market, in many markets quality has become an order qualifier.
• This means that high-quality production is an essential ingredient to participation in the market.
• Quality is still an effective tool in successful exporting in the international market.
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Quality as StrategySlide 1 of 8
Quality as StrategySlide 1 of 8
• Quality as a Strategy– We now discuss quality as a strategy from the
perspective of generic strategies. These generic strategies are cost, differentiation, and focus.
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Quality as StrategyQuality as Strategy• Costs of Quality
– New definitions of cost are expansive, considering the the summation of costs over the life of a product.
– This includes service, maintenance, and operating costs for products
– The life cycle costs for many products may be staggering when environmental costs are considered.
– There are two broad categories of costs: costs due to poor quality and costs associated with improving quality.
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Quality as StrategyQuality as Strategy
• Costs of Quality– Taguchi and others have provided insight into
the issue of quality costs.
– The title of the classic book by Crosby Quality Is Free reveals an interest in the costs of quality.
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Quality as StrategySlide 2 of 8
Quality as StrategySlide 2 of 8
• PAF Paradigm– Prevention costs are those costs associated with
preventing defects and imperfections from occurring.
– Prevention costs include costs such as training , quality planning, process engineering, and other costs associated with assuring quality beforehand (see Table 4.3).
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Examples of Prevention Cost
Examples of Prevention Cost
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Quality as StrategyQuality as Strategy
• PAF Paradigm– Appraisal costs are associated with the direct
costs of measuring quality.
– These can include a variety of activities such as lab testing, inspection, test equipment and materials, losses because of destructive tests, and costs associated with assessments for ISO 9000 or other awards (see Table 4.4).
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Quality as StrategySlide 3 of 8
Quality as StrategySlide 3 of 8
Table 4.4 Examples of Appraisal Costs Laboratory acceptance testing
Inspection and tests by inspectors
Inspection and tests by non-inspectors
Set-up for inspection and testing
Product quality audits
Review of test and inspection data
On-site performance tests
ISO 9000 qualification activates
Quality award assessments
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Quality as StrategySlide 4 of 8
Quality as StrategySlide 4 of 8
• PAF Paradigm (continued)– Failure costs are roughly categorized into two
areas of costs.• Internal failure costs are those associated with
on-line failure.
• External failure costs are associated with product failure after the production process.
• This includes failure after the customer takes possession of the products (see Table 4.5).
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Examples of Failure Cost
Examples of Failure Cost
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Accounting for Quality-Related Costs
Accounting for Quality-Related Costs
• One of the impediments to the collection of quality cost data has been the lack of acceptable accounting standards for these costs.
• A reason for this is that accounting rules require definitions that are not open ended or open to alternative interpretations.
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Lundvall-Juran Quality Cost ModelLundvall-Juran Quality Cost Model
• The Lundvall-Juran model is a simple economic model, is shown in Figure 4.1.
• It states that as expenditures in prevention and appraisal activities increase, quality conformance should increase.
• This is an interesting case because there should be an economic quality level that minimizes quality-related costs and this flies in the face of the idea of continuous improvement proposed by Deming and others.
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Quality as StrategySlide 5 of 8
Figure 4.1 Lundvall-Juran Quality Cost Model Cost
Conformance Ratio
C 1 ==Prevention & appraisal costs C 2 ==
Failure Costs
C 1 C 2+
0%0% 100%100%qq
cmin
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Quality as StrategySlide 6 of 8
Quality as StrategySlide 6 of 8
• Differentiation Through Quality– Differentiation is achieved by a competitor if
the customer perceives the product or service to be unique in an important way
– It is increasingly difficult to differentiate products based on quality alone.
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Quality as StrategyQuality as Strategy
• Quality Through Focus– Think of a product that is particularly regional
or is marked to a particular group.
– That limited region or group is the object of the focus strategy.
– Such a focus strategy can be very profitable.
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Quality as StrategySlide 7 of 8
Quality as StrategySlide 7 of 8
• Order Winners– Terry Hill of the London Business School
defined a process for setting strategy that is centered on the identification of the order
winning criteria (OWC).
- Table 4.6 provides an overview of the planning framework defined by Terry Hill.
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Hill’s Strategy Framework
Hill’s Strategy Framework
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Quality as StrategyQuality as Strategy
• Quality as a Core Competency– Communication, involvement, and a deep
commitment to working across organizational boundaries.
– It involves many levels of people and all functions.
– Core competencies do not diminish with use.– Competencies are enhanced as they are
applied and shared.
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Quality as StrategySlide 8 of 8
• Quality as a Core Competency– Quality, in and of itself, is probably not a
core competency.
– However, core competency is built on the foundation of a long-term commitment to quality and continual process improvement.
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Quality Strategy ProcessQuality Strategy Process
• There are many different processes for developing strategy.
• We will highlight a strategic planning process for firms:
-- forced-choice model, a little or no experience developing strategy.
-- mature strategic planning process, please see A Closer Look at Quality 4.1.
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Quality Strategy ProcessSlide 1 of 2
Quality Strategy ProcessSlide 1 of 2
• Forced-Choice Model
– The forced-choice model is one of several strategic-planning models that could be adapted to demonstrate integrated quality planning.
– The forced-choice model is particularly useful for companies that are relatively inexperienced in strategic planning.
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Quality Strategy ProcessQuality Strategy Process
• The forced-choice model is generic and is used simple for explanation purposes.
• The forced-choice model is used by firms that are new to strategic planning.
• Figure 4.2 provides an outline of the forced-choice strategic planning model.
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Quality Strategy Process
Slide 2 of 2
Quality Strategy Process
Slide 2 of 2 Figure 4.2 Forced-Choice Model
Environmental AssessmentEnvironmental Assessment Organization’s PositionOrganization’s Position
11. Strategic options
Requirements for implementing options
Contingency plans
1. Statement of mission
2. Interrelated set of financial and non-financial objectives
3. Statement of strengths and weaknesses
4. Forecast of operational needs
5. Major future programs
6. Broad economic assumptions
7. Key government and regulatory issues 8. Major technological forces
9. Significant market opportunities and threats10. Explicit strategies of competitors
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Quality Strategy Process
Quality Strategy Process
• The forced-choice model is particularly useful for companies that are relatively inexperienced in strategic planning.
• Individual steps are listed in Table 4.7, emphasizing quality-related issues.
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Forced Choice StepsForced Choice Steps
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Deploying Quality (Hoshin Kanri)Slide 1 of 2
Deploying Quality (Hoshin Kanri)Slide 1 of 2
• Hoshin– Hoshin is Japanese for a compass, a course, a policy,
or a plan.• Kanri refers to management control. • In English, this is generally referred to as policy
deployment.
- Implicit in the Hoshin Kanri is the use of the basis seven tools of quality ( chapter 10), the new tools of quality, and quality function deployment.
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Deploying Quality (Hoshin Kanri)
Deploying Quality (Hoshin Kanri)
• Hoshin Process– Figure 4.4 gives an overview of the Hoshin
process.
– The company develops a three- to five-year plan, and senior executives develop the current year’s Hoshin objectives.
– Then the process of catchball occurs.
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Deploying Quality (Hoshin Kanri)
Deploying Quality (Hoshin Kanri)
• Hoshin Process– Catchball is the term used to describe the
interactive nature of the Hoshin planning process.
– Catchball involves reporting from teams and feedback from management.
– As shown in Figure 4.4, functional managers also should develop Hoshins in conjunction with upper management.
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Deploying Quality (Hoshin Kanri)
Deploying Quality (Hoshin Kanri)
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Does Quality Lead to Better Business Results?
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Does Quality Lead to Better Business Results?
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• “Do Quality Efforts Pay Off?”– An answer to this question was provided by
Deming’s concluding the quality will pat off.
– The effects of quality on business results is mixed.
– Some firms have been widely successful with their quality efforts and other companies have been unsuccessful in gaining bottom-line results.
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Does Quality Lead to Better Business Results?
Does Quality Lead to Better Business Results?
• “Do Quality Efforts Pay Off?”-- There are two primary reasons for this:
• First, there are many variables that affect profitability besides quality.
• Second, many companies implement quality incorrectly.
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Does Quality Lead to Better Business Results?
Does Quality Lead to Better Business Results?
• many companies implement quality incorrectly.
- That you can claim you are implementing quality does not guarantee you will be successful.
- Quality improvement takes along time, and many firms desire quick returns on investment for quality training program.
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Does Quality Lead to Better Business Results?
Does Quality Lead to Better Business Results?
• many companies implement quality incorrectly.
- When these results are slow in coming, the companies give up midstream and wonder why their quality efforts were ineffective.
- At the same time, quality programs have been shown to be effective in a variety of cultures and industries when implemented correctly.
- We need to understand the relationships between quality and other variables.
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Does Quality Lead to Better Business Results?
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Does Quality Lead to Better Business Results?
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• Quality and Price– The price-quality relationship becomes
increasingly unclear when culture differences in an international setting are considered.
– Different cultures could perceive the price-quality relationship either positively or negatively, resulting in variations in financial performance.
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Does Quality Lead to Better Business Results?
Does Quality Lead to Better Business Results?
• Quality and Price– Another reason the the price-quality relationship
might be difficult to assess has to do with the increase in high-quality, low-priced goods over the past two decades.
– An example of these alternative methods of pricing is apparent in the many Japanese consumer electronics that are less expensive in U.S. markets than in their native Japanese market.
– Research is unclear concerning the price-quality relationship.
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Does Quality Lead to Better Business Results?
Does Quality Lead to Better Business Results?
• Quality and Cost– A fundamental difference exists between a low-
cost strategy based on competitive pricing, and a low-cost orientation that is based on continual learning and production competence.
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Does Quality Lead to Better Business Results?
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• Quality and Productivity– The relationship between quality and
productivity is clear. The elimination of waste results in higher productivity.
– Simplification of processes also results in flows that are simpler and of higher productivity.
– There are many different measures of productivity.
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Does Quality Lead to Better Business Results?
Does Quality Lead to Better Business Results?
• Quality and Productivity– Total-factor productivity measures are
generally considered the most robust means of measures productivity.
– Several measures have been developed that simultaneously monitor the relationship between quality and productivity.
– It appears that changes to processes and procedures often will result in a temporary worsening of productivity.
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Does Quality Lead to Better Business Results?
Does Quality Lead to Better Business Results?
• Quality and Productivity– The variable appearing to be able to moderate
the effects of too much change is training.– Changes resulting from process improvement
must be managed and paced at the rate that the firm cab absorb.
– The “rate of absorption” of change that different firms can handle is variable and can be managed by creating a learning organization.
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Does Quality Lead to Better Business Results?
• Quality and Profitability
– In recent study of quality and profitability, Adam found that quality improvement in specific firms to be more long term rather than immediate.
– This make some intuitive sense as quality improvement may not be recognized by the customers for some time.
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Does Quality Lead to Better Business Results?
• Quality and Profitability
– High quality is no guarantee of success.
– Firms must still successfully market, manage cash, and do the many other things that ensure profitability.
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Does Quality Lead to Better Business Results?
• Quality and the Environment– Companies have to address many environmental
issues.– Besides the regulatory requirements, firms realize
more and more that environmental friendliness is part of being a good corporate citizen.
– Firms are implementing quality-based environmental management, sometimes referred to as total quality environmental management (TQEM).
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Does Quality Lead to Better Business Results?
• Quality and the Environment– These systems involve a holistic “system” view of
the process causing environmental degradation.
– This involves a focus on preventive rather than reactive clean up.
– Other technique that is used in TQEM is life cycle costing.
– Figure 4.5 is an example of life cycle costing for a typical hamburger.
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Does Quality Lead to Better Business Results?
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Does Quality Lead to Better Business Results?
• Quality and the Environment– Regardless of one’s political stance concerning
these issues, the debate will rage for many years; and regulation likely will not reduce over time.
– It is in the best interest of management to address these issues in a proactive manner.
– Quality management philosophies and continuous improvement approaches can help in addressing these issues.