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 DEFINITION

OF TQM ABOUT THE COMPANY INITIAL STEP TOWARDS TQM REASON BEHIND SETTING UP PARC TQM IN XEROX CORPORATION EFFECTS OF TQM IN XEROX CORPORATION CONCLUSION

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Total Quality Management(TQM) is defined as a process consisting of different programs that different companies use to obtain the results of customer satisfaction, better quality products, increase in profit share and a decrease in the defects of the products.
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Public Document services, Digital imaging, Computer peripherals. Founded: Rochester, New York(U.S)(1906) Headquarters: Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S Key people: Ursula Burns (Chairwoman & CEO) Products: Copiers, displays, faxes, printers, projectors, scanners Revenue: US$ 22.626 billion(2011) Website: www.xerox.com

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The Xerox Corporation started its thrive towards TQM in the 1970s with the invention of PARC (Palo Alto Research Center) whose basic principles were:
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II. III. IV.

Research on new work practices is as important as research on new products. Innovation is everywhere; the problem is learning from it Research cant just produce innovation; it must coproduce it The research departments ultimate innovation partner is the customer

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Research is a key component when it comes to Total Quality Management. By opening up PARC,

Xerox has given itself a place to help with the innovation process of the corporation and thus allowing the corporation the means to do its job better. Also, PARC is used as a way of finding out what the customer wants, if the customer can be satisfied then the corporation is one step closer to being a strong thriving company with Total Quality Management.

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TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN XEROX CORPORATION INCLUDES:

BENCHMARKING
Standard or point of reference in measuring or judging quality, value, etc.

REDUCED SUPPLIER BASE

A supplier base is the amount of companies that the ordering company, in this case Xerox, gets its materials from.

LEADERSHIP TEAMS
The main functions of the teams are to produce a product for the lowest possible cost with the highest quality.

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The Baldrige Award "has come to signify a standard of excellence in total quality management, and the practices and achievements of each years award winners have been examined with considerable interest"

BALDRIGE AWARD
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Baldrige Award. Increased employee and customer support. Knowledge the company has learned by implementing the new procedures.

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TQM plays an important role in the Xerox Corporation and it is the major philosophy of the company and has played an important role in the success of the Corporation.

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