Introducing Quality Circles to Organizations
Introducing Quality Circles to Organizations Quality Circle or Quality Control Circle concept originated from Japan. ... In the lat 36 years Quality Circle concept was introduced in many as 130 countries. But Quality Circle concept is well established only in ASEAN countries like Japan, South Korea, China and Taiwan. ... Original Version Quality Circle is a small group to perform voluntarily quality control activities within the same workshop. This small group carries on continuously as a part of company wide quality control activities self development and mutual development and improvement within the workshop, utilizing quality control techniques with all member participating. Revised Version QC Circle is a small group in which people who work in the first line work place, continually improve and maintain the quality of products, services, job and so on. ... The purposes will be to continually improve and maintain the quality of products, services, jobs and, to utilize the Quality Control concept and technique i. ... Such knowledge gained help to give the required environment for Quality Circle activities. ... The best and easiest way to do this is by implementing Quality Circle concepts in the organisation. How to introduce quality circles? The right way of introducing Quality Circle is as a part of TQM. ... Conduct a survey of the organizations. ... After training with the help of trained executives, form Quality Improvement Team among senior management for solving major organisation problems. ... Formation of Quality Circle, section wise, shifts wise and give training to them. How Quality Circles Function? Size of the Quality Circle An ideal size is eight to ten members but they can be up to a maximum of fifteen.