MANUFACTURING METHODS

Manufacturing Methods

Manufacturing Methods

Introduction

Increase in competition in every industry has made it necessary for organizations to consider and improve their operation management strategy. This demands the identification of issues in operation management and how companies can use information system to cover those issues. This paper will focus on two manufacturing methods that are using currently in the organizations.

TQM

The objective of Total Quality Management is to achieve a continuous improvement of quality for a better understanding and control of the entire system (product or service design, suppliers, materials, distribution, information, etc.). Such that the product received by consumers constantly correct the conditions for their use (zero defects in quality), and improve internal processes so as to produce goods without defects to the first, involving the elimination of waste to reduce costs, improve all internal processes and procedures, attention to customers and suppliers, delivery times and after-sales services.

The Total Quality is the most evolved stage in the successive changes it has undergone the term quality over time. At first it comes to Control Quality, the first step in the management of quality which is based on techniques of inspection applied to production. Then comes the Quality Assurance, phase aims to ensure a continuous level of quality of product or service provided. Eventually you will reach what is known today as Total Quality Management, a system of business management closely related to the concept of continuous improvement and that includes the two previous phases. The early cores of this management system are:

Achieving the full satisfaction of the needs and expectations of the customer (internal and external).

Development of a process of continuous improvement in all activities and processes carried out in the company (implementing continuous improvement has a beginning but no end).

Total commitment of the management and leadership of all asset management team.

Participation of all members of the organization and promotion of work as a team to a total quality management.

Involvement of the supplier in the system of total quality company, given the fundamental role in achieving this quality in the company.

Identification and management of key processes the organization, overcoming departmental barriers and structural hide these processes.

Management decisions based on data and facts objectives of management based on intuition. Domain of management information.

The philosophy of Total Quality provides an overall concept that fosters continuous improvement in the organization and involvement of all its members, focusing on customer satisfaction of both the internal and the external. We set this philosophy as follows: Management (the governing body is fully committed) Quality (customer requirements are understood and taken exactly) Total (all members of the organization is involved, even the customer and the supplier, when this possible) (Hoerl, 2001: 87-101).

The importance of Quality Management is quite high for any organization. There are lots of challenges for the Quality Manager to implement the Quality Management system in the organization. First of all, it is vital to define the concept of Quality. Quality is defined as the best possible measure of a ...