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Total Quality Management  

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  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The application of industrial management practice to systematically maintain and improve organization-wide performance. Effectiveness and success are determined and assessed by quantitative quality measures. A set of techniques and metric tools used to strive for a near perfect process or production. It targets a defect rate of 3.4 per million or 6 standard deviations (designated as Greek letter sigma).

Synonym(s)

  • Continuous Quality Management

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-R1V14WCH-6

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