OM0016 – QUALITY MANAGEMENT

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ASSIGNMENT

DRIVE	SPRING 2014
SUBJECT CODE & NAME	OM 0016 – QUALITY MANAGEMENT
SEMESTER	4
BK ID
CREDITS	4
MARKS	60

Note: Answer all questions. Kindly note that answers for 10 marks questions should be approximately of 400 words. Each question is followed by evaluation scheme.

Q.1 Write short notes on:

• ISO 9000 series
• Six Sigma as a quality framework
• Types of Quality management systems
• Executive leadership in implementing quality strategies

Ans :  ISO 9000 series :

ISO 9000 is a series of standards, developed and published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), that define, establish, and maintain an effective quality assurance system for manufacturing and service industries. The standards are available through national standards bodies. ISO 9000 deals with the

Six Sigma as a quality framework :

Six Sigma at many organizations simply means a measure of quality that strives for near perfection. Six Sigma is a disciplined, data-driven approach and methodology for eliminating defects (driving toward six standard deviations between the mean and the nearest specification limit) in any process – from manufacturing to transactional

Types of Quality management systems :

There are different types of QMS; industry and product specific, for examples, TL 9000 for telecommunications, QS 9000 for the

Executive leadership in implementing quality strategies :

Quality is led from the top down and implemented from the bottom up. Your business and leadership team will not receive maximum benefits unless everyone is empowered and given the knowledge and skills necessary to take action and improve their responsible work areas. Leadership from the top of the organization is

Q.2 Write short notes on:

• Quality standards
• Pre-requisites for cost of quality
• Principles of Quality audit program
• Concurrent engineering

Ans :  Quality standards :

Quality Standards: The International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) developed the

Quality Management System (QMS) standards in 1987. They were the ISO 9000:1987 series of standards combining ISO

Pre-requisites for cost of quality :

The fundamental principle of the cost of quality is that any cost that would not have been expended if quality were perfect is a cost of quality. This includes such obvious costs as scrap and rework, but it also includes many costs

Principles of Quality audit program :

An audit evidence can be objective and verifiable if :  

• It exists in one form or the other; such as documented procedures, instructions, formats, drawings, specifications, price lists, material in a godown, equipment on the shop floor, or an individual performing an
•  

Concurrent engineering :

Concurrent engineering is a work methodology based on the parallelization of tasks (i.e. performing tasks concurrently). It refers to an approach used in product development in which functions of design engineering, manufacturing

Q.3 What are the important components of retest reliability?

Ans :  'Reliability' of any research is the degree to which it gives an accurate score across a range of measurement. It can thus be viewed as being 'repeatability' or 'consistency'. In summary:

• Inter-ratter: Different people

Q.4 Explain the five key drivers that are essential for developing quality culture.

Ans :  Explanation of five key drivers that are essential for developing quality culture :

Organizations should focus on some key quality process areas to meet the demands of the competitive environment and maintain their quality competitiveness.

1. Develop a new strategic and

Q.5 Explain the various types of benchmarking implemented in the organisation.

Ans : Listing of types of benchmarking:

1. Strategic Benchmarking :

2. Performance or Competitive Benchmarking :

3. Process Benchmarking :

4. Functional Benchmarking :

Q. 6 Describe the eight elements of TQM.

Ans : Categorisation of the eight elements according to their function including the explanation of the groups :

TQM has been coined to describe a philosophy that makes quality the driving force behind leadership, design, planning, and improvement initiatives. For this, TQM requires the help of those eight key elements. These elements can be divided into four groups according to their function. The groups are:

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