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Quality Awareness

The Quality Awareness training course is designed to encourage a personal sense of responsibility for quality as well as provide an insight to a formal quality system.  

Course Content

 

What is Quality?

Delegates are introduced to the concept of differing perspectives on quality, the need to define quality criteria and methods to disseminate these criteria throughout an organization. The importance of making quality personals issue is discussed.

 

Implications of poor Quality

The ability of an organization to sustain its position in the marketplace, its ability to improve profitability and to manage change or deal with the consequences of poor quality is presented. Delegates are encouraged to take a global view of the enterprise and relate personal experiences for review by the group.

 

Quality Definitions

Definitions as described by ISO 8402 are presented for the purposes of developing a common understanding of terminology commonly used within quality standards, documentation and by Quality Practitioners.

 

Evolution of Quality

Delegates are provided with a history of Quality. Each delegates understanding of the use of Quality Control and Quality Assurance is broadened. Also included in this lecture are the human aspects and how these influence the ability of the change process.

 

Understanding the ISO 9000 series

This module is discussed only in sufficient detail to provide a basic understanding and create an awareness of the framework within which the individual is expected to work.

 

The Documented System

The basic multi-tier documentation structure is discussed along with the standard requirements for document control. The individual is lead to understand which documents are likely to be used for which purpose.

 

Address by Management

Management is invited to discuss the role of the company in providing the framework in which to deliver a quality product or service.

 

Duration : 1 Day

 

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Quality Awareness

Understanding & Documenting an ISO 9000 - Quality Management System

Internal Quality Auditors

The Kaizen Process of Continuous Improvement

5S The Practice of Good House Keeping

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