WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1990
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COMMITMENT TO QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IMPORTANT
* * *
WINNING
TO BECOME A COMMITTED TO A CONTINUOUS
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY (QUALITY SERVICES), SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
COMPANY,
THE CHIEF OF PROCESS
QUALITY
EXECUTIVE
BE THE IMPROVEMENT, MR ERNEST EVANS,
MUST
SPEAKING AT THE ADVANCED
HONG BY THE FEDERATION OF ORGANISED STRESSED THAT THIS COMMITMENT WAS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL.
MANAGEMENT QUALITY
MR INDUSTRIES, KONG
SYMPOSIUM EVANS
THEN THE REST HE SAID IF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE WAS UNCOMMITTED
MOTIVATED TOWARDS REAL QUALITY OF THE WORKFORCE WAS UNLIKELY TO BE IMPROVEMENTS.
SPRING FORTH THE
"FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S COMMITMENT WILL POLICIES, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COMPANY," MR EVANS SAID.
FOR
A WINNING
THESE WERE THEN TRANSLATED INTO CLEARLY DEFINED GUIDELINES MANAGERS, STAFF AND OTHER EMPLOYEES TO WORK TO IN BECOMING TEAM.
"IF
STAFF
ARE
MADE AWARE THAT
"THIS IS WHERE THE JAPANESE STYLE PROVED TO BE SO SUCCESSFUL.*
AND EXECUTIVE CHIEF THEM AS A TEAM, AND MANAGEMENT CARE AND ARE PREPARED TO WORK WITH
THEY ARE AND PAID,
UNLIKELY
BE TREATED THAT THEY ARE FAIRLY TEMPTED INTO PLAYING 'MUSICAL CHAIRS' IN THE JOB MARKET,
OF MANAGING EMPLOYEES
THE
F
то HE SAID.
HAS
EFFORTS MR EVANS ADVISED CHIEF EXECUTIVES THAT IN MAKING FIRST
LEVEL, THEY MIGHT DECIDE TO INTRODUCE QUALITY AT THE FACTORY FLOOR
TO OPERATIONS, ASPECT OF
THE FIRST TO START WITH ONE VIABILITY OF NEWLY-INTRODUCED CONCEPTS.
SAID.
THEIR
"OR YOU MIGHT CONSIDER STARTING
TEST
"
WITH ONE PRODUCT LINE, HE
THE GAINS MADE NEW POLICIES TO THE
"FROM YOUR EXPERIENCES, YOU CAN THEN EVALUATE BEFORE INTRODUCING A WIDER APPLICATION OF YOUR WHOLE FACTORY.
"FOR A START YOU MIGHT TRY AN IN-DEPTH IN ALL ITS FORMS WITHIN YOUR FACTORY.
EVALUATION OF WASTAGE
DISCONCERTING
"SUCH AN EXAMINATION IS LIKELY
ΤΟ SHOW RATHER
RESULTS.
"IT IS ALSO LIKELY TO SHOW AREAS WHERE BIG SAVINGS CAN BE MADE, WITH SCOPE FOR REDUCING OVERHEADS AND INCREASING PROFITS."
MR EVANS SAID THE NEW MANAGEMENT
FROM
TEAM
METHODS, EVOLVING APPROACH. THE WORK A DECENTRALISED JAPANESE EXPERIENCE, WAS CONTAINED A SMALLER NUMBER OF BETTER EDUCATED AND SKILLED EMPLOYEES.
/FULLY FAMILIAR
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