Quality Management: A Continuum of Practices and Structure

Published On:
May 27, 2015
Authored By:
APQC
Members-Only Content:

APQC conducted interviews in late 2014 with eight organizations on the current state of their quality, process, and continuous improvement practices. This article explores the practices and structures for participating organizations continuous improvement and quality (CI and quality) functions':

  • organizational structure, 
  • competence assurance, 
  • procedural adherence,
  • continuous improvement, 
  • support for site-based workers, and 
  • measurement and key performance indicators (KPIs).
Type:
Articles
Topics:
Total Quality Management (TQM), Quality Measurement, Quality Control, Quality Assurance, Quality Assessment, Quality, Quality, Process and Performance Management, Maturity Assessment

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