Examples of Management System
Total Quality Management
Total Quality Management (TQM) is a system that is widely used through out
organizations nowadays. It is also recognized as a function of eliminating waste inside an
organization. It combines quality and management tools to reduce losses due to wasteful
practices. TQM is a management philosophy that combines all organizational functions
such as marketing, finance, design, engineering, production, customer service, information
technology and more [1]. By combining this, TQM makes the management flow and
business running smoothly all throughout an organization. TQM was introduced way back
at 1950s. Full-size companies such as Ford Motor Company, Philips Semiconductor, SGL
Carbon, Motorola and Toyota Motor Company use TQM as their common management
tool [2]. Management department inside an organization plays a big role to TQM. Simply
to say, by achieving TQM and implementing it in such a manner, organizations can reduce
or eliminates waste.
ISO 9001:2000 – Quality Management System
ISO 9001:2000 is basically the most used and practiced quality management system today
[3]. ISO or International Organization for Standardization is the worlds largest developer
and publisher of International Standards. ISO introduced their standards and requirements
to be applicable throughout all organizations.. By implementing a national recognized
standard such as ISO, any organization will eventually eliminate waste or reducing it to a
certain level.
Just-in-time (JIT)
Just-in-time (JIT) was introduced by Taiichi Ohno, a former chairman at Toyota Motor Co.
of Japan in the 1970s [4] and some say in the 1980s [5]. The main idea was perfecting the
manufacturing process and increases its production level at Toyota during those days. The
