Total Quality Management (TQM) is an approach for continuously improving the quality of goods and services delivered through the participation at all levels and function of the organization. TQM also requires continuous improvement not only in products or services but also at all operational and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a set of total quality management (TQM) and supply chain management (SCM) practices through an extensive literature review and to identify the relationships among them by comparing the identified TQM and SCM practices....

Purpose – Previous research showed that there are some barriers which hinder the implementation of total quality management (TQM) in organizations. But no study has been undertaken to understand the interaction among these barriers and to develop a hierarchy of TQM barriers model. There is an...

Purpose – Total quality management (TQM) has begun to influence national business systems and is widely seen as a “revolution” inmanagement. TQMinitiatives continuously search the needs of the customers and incorporate them in the organization on an ongoing basis. For this reason, the...

After the successful implementation of TQM in manufacturing it is now being extensively applied in service sectors including banks, to improve business performance. Keeping this in view, the purpose of this paper is to present a detailed overview of the role of service quality and Total Quality...

Over the last two decades, service organisations have embraced total quality management (TQM) as an effective management tool to improve their service quality. They have begun to show a keen interest in TQM by working on quality and related areas. TQM has become a major area of attention to...

This study focuses on the state of usage of quality tools and techniques in Indian service industries. To achieve this objective, a comprehensive instrument was constructed and distributed to select Indian service companies. The usage of quality tools and techniques was surveyed and then...