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Manufacturing Strategy - Quality Management and Operational Excellence
Learn about quality management and manufacturing excellence for world-class manufacturing from this free online course.
Description
Manufacturing Strategy - Quality Management and Operational Excellence is a free online course that guides you through the important tools of operational excellence for achieving world-class manufacturing standards. This course identifies manufacturing taxonomies and the importance of quality management for manufacturing excellence. The course begins with a discussion of how manufacturing evolved from the traditional view to the strategic view of manufacturing.
Next, you will learn about scholarly contributions to manufacturing strategy taxonomy, the strategic importance of quality in manufacturing, and the requirements for effective Total Quality Management (TQM) implementation. Then, you will study Deming's 14 point agenda on quality management, the criteria of various business excellence awards, and Generic Manufacturing Strategies (GMS). Finally, you will discuss the dimensions of process choice in manufacturing, competing priorities of manufacturing, and the levels of application of product profiling.
This free online course will teach you the role of quality management and process choices in achieving world-class manufacturing standards. This course will be of great interest to students, researchers, manufacturers, and anyone who wants to study the essentials of business excellence through quality management and process choices. Begin this course today and improve your knowledge of business excellence.
Start Course NowModules
Manufacturing and Quality Management
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Manufacturing and Quality Management - Learning Outcomes
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Enlightened View of Manufacturing
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Manufacturing Strategy Taxonomy
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Quality Management in Manufacturing
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Total Quality Management (TQM)
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Manufacturing and Quality Management - Lesson Summary
Manufacturing Excellence
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Manufacturing Excellence - Learning Outcomes
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Deming's Approach to Quality
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Business Excellence Awards
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Process Choice
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Dimensions of Process Choice
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Product Profiling
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Manufacturing Excellence - Lesson Summary
Course assessment
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Contrast the differences in the traditional view and strategic view of manufacturing
- Analyze the taxonomy of manufacturing strategies
- Identify the stages of development of quality in organizations
- Explain the process of effective Total Quality Management (TQM) implementation
- Discuss Deming's approach to quality management
- Identify the criteria for various business excellence awards
- Recall the three-dimensional view of process choice
- Recognize the dimensions of Generic Manufacturing Strategies
- Analyze the levels of application of product profiling in organizations
Certification
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