| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 287 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; 1 Hoshin Kanri -- An Overview; 2 Creating the Vision; 3 Strategy and Tactics; 4 Driver Policies: Becoming Fit, Fast, Lean and Hungry!; 5 Driver Measures to KPIs; 6 Benchmarking; 7 Prioritising KPIs and Cost of Poor Quality; 8 Risk Management; 9 The Loose Brick; 10 Policy Deployment and Control; 11 The Voice of the Customer; 12 Supply Chain Management; 13 Six Sigma; 14 Lean Manufacturing; 15 Process Analysis and Process Re-Engineering; 16 The Principles of Continuous Improvement; 17 Quality Circles; 18 Business Management Systems |
| Summary |
Hoshin Kanri is not the next big thing in quality, it is a strategic approach to continuous improvement that provides a context for ongoing initiatives such as Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing. David Hutchins' Hoshin Kanri shows you how to develop a dynamic vision for continuous improvement; to implement effective policies to support it; to link key performance indicators to Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing and Kaizen and to sustain a strategy-led programme for improving business performance |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Total quality management.
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Total Quality Management
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Quality Control.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Total Quality Management.
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Total quality management
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780754690986 |
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0754690989 |
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1317121244 |
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9781317121244 |
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1317121236 |
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9781317121237 |
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1281834157 |
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9781281834157 |
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9786611834159 |
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661183415X |
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