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Total Quality Management

Total Quality Management (TQM)
While some of the concepts that are associated with Total Quality Management (TQM) have been used for quite sometime in everything from the United States military in WWII to international business; it was only within the last two decades that the TQM was defined as a complete concept. In 1990, SEMATECH (semiconductor manufacturing technology), a group that dedicated themselves to keeping the United States’ semiconductor industry possible in the global marketplace published the following definition: “Total Quality Management is a holistic business management methodology that aligns the activities of all employees in an organization with the common...

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