Essential quality practices in Indonesian manufacturing SMEs

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Main Authors: Mohd. Nizam, Ab. Rahman, Dr., Hernadewita, Baba, Md. Deros, Assoc. Prof. Dr., Ahmad Rasdan, Ismail
Other Authors: mnizam@eng.ukm.my
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia 2011
Subjects:
5-S
TQM
Online Access:http://dspace.unimap.edu.my/xmlui/handle/123456789/13741
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spelling my.unimap-137412011-09-14T08:34:47Z Essential quality practices in Indonesian manufacturing SMEs Mohd. Nizam, Ab. Rahman, Dr. Hernadewita Baba, Md. Deros, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmad Rasdan, Ismail mnizam@eng.ukm.my hadeita@yahoo.com 5-S Indonesia Total quality environment TQM Link to publisher's homepage at http://www.myiem.org.my/ The importance of quality practices has considerably increased over the last years, on both a practical and theoretical levels. In competitive and global business environment, companies should create a need for managers in manufacturing sector to effectively and continually improve quality, capability and process efficiency. This paper presents the findings from the survey on the current status of fundamental 5-S quality practices and the implementation of total quality management (TQM) in Indonesian SMEs. The aims are to determine whether the essential quality practices such as 5-S quality practices have a significant contribution to the successful TQM implementation and any differences in the implementation of 5-S can be attributed mainly to the maturity of the 5-S programme. This paper outlines the results of the 5-S survey conducted among 36 Indonesian manufacturing SMEs with a total of 78 per cent are applying 5-S in their environment. The main finding from the study proved that 5-S activities provide an essential total quality environment. 2011-09-14T08:34:47Z 2011-09-14T08:34:47Z 2009-06 Article The Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia, vol. 71(2), 2009, pages 36-43 0126-513X http://www.myiem.org.my/content/iem_journal_2009-180.aspx http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/13741 en The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia
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topic 5-S
Indonesia
Total quality environment
TQM
spellingShingle 5-S
Indonesia
Total quality environment
TQM
Mohd. Nizam, Ab. Rahman, Dr.
Hernadewita
Baba, Md. Deros, Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Ahmad Rasdan, Ismail
Essential quality practices in Indonesian manufacturing SMEs
description Link to publisher's homepage at http://www.myiem.org.my/
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Mohd. Nizam, Ab. Rahman, Dr.
Hernadewita
Baba, Md. Deros, Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Ahmad Rasdan, Ismail
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Hernadewita
Baba, Md. Deros, Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Ahmad Rasdan, Ismail
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title Essential quality practices in Indonesian manufacturing SMEs
title_short Essential quality practices in Indonesian manufacturing SMEs
title_full Essential quality practices in Indonesian manufacturing SMEs
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title_full_unstemmed Essential quality practices in Indonesian manufacturing SMEs
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publisher The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia
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