QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVES FOR SUPPORT FUNCTIONS IN AN INDUSTRY: TWO CASES
Journal Title: International Journal for Quality Research - Year 2011, Vol 5, Issue 3
Abstract
The concept of quality improvement in industry has originated from the involvement of inspector which has become the most important part of manufacturing process or development activity. Over years, this initiative is migrated to various support functions of the industry. In this paper, emphasis has been given particularly in the areas related to support functions where improvement projects can be effectively done and hence organization wide impact is assessed. Two case studies are presented here in this context. The first study shows how smaller change in content structure and delivery method can drastically improve the training feedback and the second one demonstrates minimizing lead time to recruitment with a cost-effective process modification.
Authors and Affiliations
Shirshendu Roy, Prasun Das
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