Total Quality Management
TQM Successors
Sig Sigma
Black belts
3.4 defects per million parts
Experts
Lean Manufacturing
Main points:
Flexibility
Continuous improvement
Pull processing
Eliminate waste
Original 4-Step Model
Aesthetic quality (quality assurance)
Examining the real-life characteristics of a product
Ensuring that processes work properly
Visible, repeatable, measurable processes
Introduced
First adopter: US Navy
Emigrated to Japan
During WW II
By William Deming