Total Quality Management

Total Quality Management
= TQM
An approach to managing people and business processes that emphasizes the importance of customer satisfaction and sees continuous improvement as the means to achieve this. For example, manufacturing companies can save money by continuously improving the quality of their products as there will be less scrap and fewer returns from customers. TQM programs usually entail improved workplace training, a degree of employee empowerment, and a redesign of work processes.
See also: kaizen costing

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