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Quality costs and total quality management

Jens J. Dahlgaard, Kai Kristensen, Gopal K. Kanji

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The quality cost in total quality management is one of the most important aspects of the development of a quality management system. In this article a model of a quality management system has been developed incorporating the quality cost of the organization. Finally to evaluate the quality management system of some printing industries a new indirect method of measuring total quality cost has been introduced to estimate the total cost.

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The quality cost in total quality management is one of the most important aspects of the development of a quality management system. In this article a model of a quality management system has been developed incorporating the quality cost of the organization. Finally to evaluate the quality management system of some printing industries a new indirect method of measuring total quality cost has been introduced to estimate the total cost.

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The quality cost in total quality management is one of the most important aspects of the development of a quality management system. In this article a model of a quality management system has been developed incorporating the quality cost of the organization. Finally to evaluate the quality management system of some printing industries a new indirect method of measuring total quality cost has been introduced to estimate the total cost.

Key concepts: Quality costs, Quality (philosophy), Total quality management, Quality management, Quality policy, Total cost, Quality management system, Operations management

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