M-316

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT

Course/Paper : 316                                                                             Max.Marks : 70

 

MBA  Optional(D)                                                                               Time : 3 Hrs.

 

Objective:

To introduce the students to the basic concepts of total quality management and how the focus of TQM has become so important for all companies in recent times.

 

Section A

 

Introduction:Concept of quality, Definition, Dimensions of quality, Evolution of TQM,Components of TQM, Developing quality Culture.

Customer Focus and Satisfaction: Meeting Customer needs and Expectations, Translating customer needs into requirements (Kano Model) using customer complaints.

Philosophy of TQM: Philosophies of Deming, Crosby, Juran and Taguchi,  PDSA Cycle, Costs of Quality, Measuring quality costs, Criteria for Malcom Balridge Quality Award.

Pre-requisite for TQM: Quality Orientation, Leadership, Employee Involvement, Role of ISO9000 QMS , Organizing for quality.

SQC/SPC Techniques:Control charts for variables and attributes, Acceptance sampling, Process Capability studies, Six Sigma approaches, seven tools of SQC.

Quality Function Deployment(QFD): Building a house of Quality, Voice of Customers, applications of QFD.

Quality by Design: Production and product development tools, Taguchi methods, Design of Experiments, Orthogonal Arrays.

Bench Marking: Evolution, Process of benchmarking, Understanding current performance,Types of Benchmarking, issues in Benchmarking.

Tools of TQM: Management Tools, Design review, Pokayoke, Force field analysis, FMEA, FTA, DRM and 5S Principles.

Strategic Quality Management:  Principles of Quality Management, Linking with strategic quality management process, TQM Implementation, Continual improvement/Kaizen Program, quality  circles , roles of BPR.

 

Section B

 

Case and Problems