Managing Quality Operations 06.07

Fast track route to mastering quality managementCovers the key areas of quality management, from understanding the vital connections between customers and ISO 9000-2000 to the key steps to develop a practical, performance enhancing quality management processExamples and lessons from some of the world's most successful businesses, including Toyota, Solectron Technology, Sun Microsystems, Sundaram-Clayton, and Prudential Assurance Company, and ideas from the smartest thinkers, including W. Edwards Deming, Philip Crosby, Genichi Taguchi, Shigeo Shingo, and Dr. A.V. FeigenbaumIncludes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resources guide

AMY ZUCKERMAN has written for a variety of publications, including the New York Times, Fortune special sections, Business 2.0, Continental, Industry Week and many others. Her latest book is Tech Trending: The Technology Survival Guide for Visionary Managers. NED HAMSON has also written for a number of publications, including Forbes magazine. He was lead-author of After Atlantis: Working, Managing and Leading in Turbulent Times and editor of Journal for Quality and Participation