QualityQuality management

Quality is vital for any business. There are different ways of ensuring quality in production.

Part ofBusiness managementManagement of operations

Quality management

Quality management is more of a philosophy than a process. It aims to have zero defects reaching the customer.

Quality management involves everyone in the business working towards the goal of 100% customer satisfaction.

BenefitCost
Aims to get it right first timeEveryone must “buy-in” to the process
Zero tolerance on errors and mistakesMore expensive to implement than quality control
Superior to quality control – best chance of errors being discovered before reaching end user
Encourages teamwork among employees
BenefitAims to get it right first time
CostEveryone must “buy-in” to the process
BenefitZero tolerance on errors and mistakes
CostMore expensive to implement than quality control
BenefitSuperior to quality control – best chance of errors being discovered before reaching end user
Cost
BenefitEncourages teamwork among employees
Cost