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Onitsuka, Tadato - In: The TQM Magazine 11 (1999) 1, pp. 41-48

rendered technical aid to ASEAN countries: promulgating total quality management (TQM) systems that Japan had developed and …

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Towards a European definition of TQM – a historical review

Krüger, Volker - In: The TQM Magazine 11 (1999) 4, pp. 257-263

This article discusses the history of quality management in Germany, Japan, Britain and the USA. It suggests a need for …

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Managing waste and looking beyond: the IMI approach

Kok Lim, Kwang; Ahmed, Pervaiz K.; Zairi, Mohamed - In: The TQM Magazine 11 (1999) 5, pp. 304-310

examine the key quality‐led techniques that have helped take Japan from a state of decimation to a leading world economy. From …

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TQM Fact Finding Mission to Japan

Atkinson, Philip - In: The TQM Magazine 1 (1989) 2

Discusses how a group of European manufacturing executives had the opportunity of seeing, first hand, the Japanese approach to TQM. Provides insights into their quality practices and identifies the key to TQM elements common to all successful Japanese organizations. Describes the emphasis placed...

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Japanese Suggestion Schemes

McClelland, Stephen - In: The TQM Magazine 2 (1990) 3

Reports on the use of suggestion schemes in Japan. Considers whether it is a productivity aid or a morale booster …. Asserts that the suggestion scheme which enables every employee to contribute ideas to his company, is ubiquitous in Japan …

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Integral Quality Care

Kochan, Anna - In: The TQM Magazine 2 (1990) 4

Investigates the Bekaert Group′s Japanese approach to total quality. Discusses how only a few Western companies have succeeded in attaining the levels of competitiveness found in Japanese firms. Describes how a Japanese expert was employed to implement TQM ‐ Japanese style. Discusses how...

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Drawing on Japanese Experience

Barker, R.L. - In: The TQM Magazine 2 (1990) 6

Discusses how, in response to a desire by Japanese quality practitioners to promote QC technique, seven new QC tools were brought together. Provides the recommended manner for the utilisation of these techniques. Asserts quality thinking should become pro‐active rather than re‐active....

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Winning the strategy war

Lee‐Mortimer, Andrew - In: The TQM Magazine 4 (1992) 1

companies are now less willing to invest in a workforce that is not as committed to the job. Japan is also making faster …

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Japan ‐ myth or miracle?

Smith, Jim - In: The TQM Magazine 5 (1993) 2

In the first of a three‐part series on Japanese success, suggests that Japan′s success is not based on quality but on … underhand tactics set to undermine world competition. Discusses Japan and the battle for Europe. Considers the reasons for Japan … that, to Japan′s delight, Europe is following the US model. Attacks the British Government′s compliance towards the …

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Japan ‐ myth or miracle?

Dale, B.G.; Allan, D.G. - In: The TQM Magazine 5 (1993) 3

In the second of a three‐part series on Japanese success, suggests that Japan′s success is due to its total commitment …

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