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dc.contributor.author | Mohd. Nizam, Ab. Rahman, Dr. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Hernadewita | - |
dc.contributor.author | Baba, Md. Deros, Assoc. Prof. Dr. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Ahmad Rasdan, Ismail | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-09-14T08:34:47Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2011-09-14T08:34:47Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2009-06 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | The Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia, vol. 71(2), 2009, pages 36-43 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0126-513X | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.myiem.org.my/content/iem_journal_2009-180.aspx | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://dspace.unimap.edu.my/123456789/13741 | - |
dc.description | Link to publisher's homepage at http://www.myiem.org.my/ | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The importance of quality practices has considerably increased over the last years, on both a practical and theoretical levels. In competitive and global business environment, companies should create a need for managers in manufacturing sector to effectively and continually improve quality, capability and process efficiency. This paper presents the findings from the survey on the current status of fundamental 5-S quality practices and the implementation of total quality management (TQM) in Indonesian SMEs. The aims are to determine whether the essential quality practices such as 5-S quality practices have a significant contribution to the successful TQM implementation and any differences in the implementation of 5-S can be attributed mainly to the maturity of the 5-S programme. This paper outlines the results of the 5-S survey conducted among 36 Indonesian manufacturing SMEs with a total of 78 per cent are applying 5-S in their environment. The main finding from the study proved that 5-S activities provide an essential total quality environment. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia | en_US |
dc.subject | 5-S | en_US |
dc.subject | Indonesia | en_US |
dc.subject | Total quality environment | en_US |
dc.subject | TQM | en_US |
dc.title | Essential quality practices in Indonesian manufacturing SMEs | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.contributor.url | mnizam@eng.ukm.my | en_US |
dc.contributor.url | hadeita@yahoo.com | en_US |
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