Archive | Productivity and Quality Management

Closed-Loop Performance: This element pegs accountability and process ownership. Real time performance measurement also allows people to better understand the cause-and-effect relationship between their actions and the improvement goals.   Some improvement opportunities are fruit on the ground or low hanging fruit, and can be harvested through several quick-strike Kaizen Blitz efforts. These are the [...]

A Six Sigma program integrates the elements of management culture and quality techniques that are critical to driving performance improvement and business excellence. Six Sigma projects are results-oriented.   Their leaders are held accountable for return on investment Projects are selected and driven by data Senior managers sponsor improvement projects A critical mass of people [...]

THE LEVELS OF SIX SIGMA Master Black Belt / Champion: This is the highest level of technical and organizational proficiency.  Master Black Belts provide technical leadership of the Six Sigma program.  Thus, they must know everything the Black Belts know, as well as understand the mathematical theory on which the statistical methods are based.  Master [...]

Six Sigma is a data-driven quality measure that strives for a near perfection of any process. It is important to understand Six Sigma as a tool, as too many incomplete definitions have made it look like a complicated fad.   Six Sigma focuses on improving quality (i.e. reduce waste) by helping organizations produce products and [...]

Customer Satisfaction Customer satisfaction is the customer’s overall measurement of all elements of the logistics management, such as product, price, promotion and place. Customer service is a part of customer service.   3Rs in customer service:- Many companies forget the 3 R’s of good customer service. Respect your customer, Take Responsibility for your Action and [...]

Implementing Customer Service Standards   The keys for successfully developing and implementing customer service standards are:   (i)                To be wary of adopting easily achievable performance standards. But setting standards at unrealistically low levels will not help to establish a competitive advantage.   (ii)             Emphasis on total quality or on creation of the “perfect order” [...]

The Perfect Order:   The ultimate in logistics quality is to do everything right and do it right the first time and all the time. The notion of the perfect order is that desired customer service capability, in terms of availability and operational performance, should be synchronized to achieve target service goals each and every [...]

Customer Service Issues   The questions as follows can be used as a guide in developing a sound customer service policy and statement and appropriate standards of performance. (1)       What do customers feel about present levels of service? (2)       Do their perceptions match up with ours? (3)       How do our services compare to those of [...]

Improving Customer Service Performance:   The levels of customer service a firm achieves often can be improved through one or more following actions: (i) Thoroughly researching customer needs, (ii) setting service levels that make realistic trade-off between revenues and expenses, (iii) making use of latest technology in order of processing systems, (iv) measuring and evaluating [...]

Methods To Give Customer Service:-   1)               Hire people who have a service attitude.   Some people simply enjoy serving others, their organization and even their communities. The spirit of service dominates their personality. This attitude of service has nothing to do with money or background, and people who have this attitude are not necessarily [...]