From Total Quality Control to Lean Six Sigma Evolution of the Most Important Management Systems for the Excellence

The main purpose of this paper is to compare and discuss the evolution of six important management systems: Japanese Total Quality Control (JTQC), Total Quality Management (TQM), Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge, Business Process Reengineering (BPR), Lean Thinking and Six Sigma. Indeed the cont...

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Main Author: Chiarini, Andrea
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Milano Springer Milan 2012, 2012
Edition:1st ed. 2012
Series:SpringerBriefs in Business
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:The main purpose of this paper is to compare and discuss the evolution of six important management systems: Japanese Total Quality Control (JTQC), Total Quality Management (TQM), Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge, Business Process Reengineering (BPR), Lean Thinking and Six Sigma. Indeed the contribution of this work lies in the concurrent analysis and classification, by the means of a literature review, of the results and critical implementation factors of the six systems. Deming’s Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) has been used to classify the findings from the literature review
Physical Description:VI, 59 p. 2 illus online resource
ISBN:9788847026582