This report provides recommendations to Mozilla on implementing a quality management system. It discusses several quality controls including making information available to customers, conducting user and non-user surveys to determine customer needs, employing consultation methods to encourage participation from under-represented groups, using complaint procedures to improve quality, conducting self-assessments to evaluate organizational health, implementing staff consultation stages for quality schemes, and proposing new or modified systems to improve service quality. The report aims to support Mozilla's quality system development and provide useful guidance for other organizations.
This document provides information and resources for a quality management assignment, including definitions of key quality management terms and tools. It discusses topics like continuous quality improvement, cost of quality, customer satisfaction, and quality management philosophies. The document also lists several quality management tools, such as check sheets, control charts, Pareto charts, scatter plots, Ishikawa diagrams, and histograms. Additional related topics are provided for further reading.
This document discusses quality management in business organizations. It covers defining quality, different approaches to quality management like inspection, assurance and continuous improvement. It also discusses benefits of quality management like customer satisfaction, added values and improved customer information. Quality controls like measurement, surveys, consultation and complaint procedures are explained. The importance of self-assessment, communication, record keeping and staff consultation are also covered to understand how to apply quality management principles to improve organizational performance.
Quality management can be measured using various tools and techniques. Statistical process control charts track variations in a process and identify whether variations are due to common or special causes. Flowcharts visually map out processes to look for inefficiencies. Pareto charts identify the most common problems affecting 80% of issues. Balanced scorecards provide a holistic view of business performance across financial, customer, process, and learning/growth metrics. Employees also help identify quality issues through their direct interactions with customers.
This document provides an overview of quality management and total quality management (TQM). It defines quality and TQM, discusses the history and implementation of TQM. It also outlines several quality management tools, including check sheets, control charts, Pareto charts, scatter plots, Ishikawa diagrams, and histograms. Finally, it lists additional quality management topics for further reading.
1) The document discusses concepts related to Total Quality Management including continuous improvement processes and principles. It provides examples of key performance indicators that can be used to measure quality in the health sector such as mortality rates, infection rates, and patient satisfaction.
2) The continuous improvement process involves detecting issues, analyzing causes, finding solutions, and implementing corrections. Principles of the process include teamwork, prevention over correction, and commitment to improvement.
3) Effective performance management requires establishing key performance indicators, measuring and monitoring performance, and using results to reward employees and improve processes. Setting the right KPIs is important for effective management.
Library Simplified Library/eBook User and Non User Surveyjamesenglish
This survey sumarizes the differences between users and non users of libraries with regard to eBooks. The purpose of the survey was to inform the product development team of a library eBook Reader.
The document describes the requirements of ISO 9001:2000 for management responsibility in a quality management system. It outlines the key elements, including management commitment to quality objectives and policy, customer focus, management review and responsibility, and planning. Top management is responsible for ensuring the quality management system is established, implemented, and maintained through activities like planning, providing resources, and reviewing performance.
Total Quality Management (TQM) is a management approach centered on quality that aims for long-term success through customer satisfaction. TQM evolved from concepts like statistical process control, quality circles, and total quality control. It draws from disciplines like statistics, economics, and process analysis. Key thinkers who developed TQM principles include Deming, Juran, Feigenbaum, Ishikawa, Crosby and Taguchi. Their combined work established the foundations of continuous improvement, prevention over inspection, management commitment, employee empowerment, and a customer focus.
This document provides information and resources for a quality management assignment, including definitions of key quality management terms and tools. It discusses topics like continuous quality improvement, cost of quality, customer satisfaction, and quality management philosophies. The document also lists several quality management tools, such as check sheets, control charts, Pareto charts, scatter plots, Ishikawa diagrams, and histograms. Additional related topics are provided for further reading.
This document discusses quality management in business organizations. It covers defining quality, different approaches to quality management like inspection, assurance and continuous improvement. It also discusses benefits of quality management like customer satisfaction, added values and improved customer information. Quality controls like measurement, surveys, consultation and complaint procedures are explained. The importance of self-assessment, communication, record keeping and staff consultation are also covered to understand how to apply quality management principles to improve organizational performance.
Quality management can be measured using various tools and techniques. Statistical process control charts track variations in a process and identify whether variations are due to common or special causes. Flowcharts visually map out processes to look for inefficiencies. Pareto charts identify the most common problems affecting 80% of issues. Balanced scorecards provide a holistic view of business performance across financial, customer, process, and learning/growth metrics. Employees also help identify quality issues through their direct interactions with customers.
This document provides an overview of quality management and total quality management (TQM). It defines quality and TQM, discusses the history and implementation of TQM. It also outlines several quality management tools, including check sheets, control charts, Pareto charts, scatter plots, Ishikawa diagrams, and histograms. Finally, it lists additional quality management topics for further reading.
1) The document discusses concepts related to Total Quality Management including continuous improvement processes and principles. It provides examples of key performance indicators that can be used to measure quality in the health sector such as mortality rates, infection rates, and patient satisfaction.
2) The continuous improvement process involves detecting issues, analyzing causes, finding solutions, and implementing corrections. Principles of the process include teamwork, prevention over correction, and commitment to improvement.
3) Effective performance management requires establishing key performance indicators, measuring and monitoring performance, and using results to reward employees and improve processes. Setting the right KPIs is important for effective management.
Library Simplified Library/eBook User and Non User Surveyjamesenglish
This survey sumarizes the differences between users and non users of libraries with regard to eBooks. The purpose of the survey was to inform the product development team of a library eBook Reader.
The document describes the requirements of ISO 9001:2000 for management responsibility in a quality management system. It outlines the key elements, including management commitment to quality objectives and policy, customer focus, management review and responsibility, and planning. Top management is responsible for ensuring the quality management system is established, implemented, and maintained through activities like planning, providing resources, and reviewing performance.
Total Quality Management (TQM) is a management approach centered on quality that aims for long-term success through customer satisfaction. TQM evolved from concepts like statistical process control, quality circles, and total quality control. It draws from disciplines like statistics, economics, and process analysis. Key thinkers who developed TQM principles include Deming, Juran, Feigenbaum, Ishikawa, Crosby and Taguchi. Their combined work established the foundations of continuous improvement, prevention over inspection, management commitment, employee empowerment, and a customer focus.
Benchmarking is the systematic process of searching for and implementing best practices from other organizations. It involves understanding your own performance, studying high-performing competitors or similar organizations, and using what you learn to improve processes. There are three main types of benchmarking: internal, competitive, and process benchmarking. The benchmarking process involves deciding what to benchmark, understanding your current performance, planning a benchmarking study, collecting data on others' performance, learning from that data, and implementing findings through goal-setting and action plans. Benchmarking is an effective improvement tool but must be properly implemented and not seen as a substitute for innovation.
Just in time (JIT) is a production strategy that aims to reduce inventory and associated costs by producing and delivering goods only as needed. Key aspects of JIT include using signals between production steps to trigger making the next part, implementing kanban systems, continuous improvement, and focusing on quality, flow, and employee involvement. JIT requires accurate forecasting and reliable suppliers to minimize inventory while meeting production needs. Implemented correctly, JIT can improve return on investment, quality, and efficiency for manufacturers.
This document outlines the objectives, concepts, types, process, and reasons for success or failure of benchmarking. It defines benchmarking as comparing products, services, or processes to industry best practices to establish performance goals and improve. There are three main types of benchmarking: internal, competitive, and functional. The benchmarking process involves selecting a process for improvement, identifying benchmarking partners, implementing changes, and measuring results. Reasons for benchmarking include improving processes, maintaining leadership, and addressing problems. Key steps are selecting processes and measures to prioritize for benchmarking. Commitment, proper planning and implementation are important for success, while lack thereof can lead to benchmarking efforts failing.
1. The document provides an introduction to total quality management (TQM), outlining its key concepts and approaches. It discusses the historical figures and gurus that developed TQM approaches, including Deming, Juran, Feigenbaum, Ishikawa, Crosby and Taguchi.
2. The basic approaches of TQM are described as involving committed management, customer focus, organization-wide participation, continuous improvement, supplier partnerships, and performance measures. TQM requires cultural change and applying quantitative and human resources across all processes.
3. An overview of quality management in Pakistan is given, noting the role of the Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority in developing standards and conformity assessments to promote industrial efficiency.
The document compares the philosophies of Crosby, Deming, and Juran on quality management. Crosby defined quality as conformance to requirements, while Deming and Juran focused on meeting customer needs and expectations. Deming and Juran emphasized the role of senior management in quality improvement and establishing a quality culture. All three recognized the importance of continuous improvement, employee training, and eliminating defects through process management rather than inspection.
The document discusses quality management systems and practices. It provides background on the history and pioneers of quality management, including Frederick Taylor, Philip Crosby, Joseph Juran, and W. Edwards Deming. It describes the purpose and significance of quality management systems and procedures. It also provides an overview of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) quality management standards, including ISO 9000, ISO 9001, and ISO 14000.
SYSTEMS THINKING: Lessons From The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook by Senge, Kleik...Joanna Beltowska
This document provides an overview of key concepts from systems thinking as presented in the book The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook. It discusses how systems thinking can help analyze complex issues as systems rather than isolated parts. Specific concepts covered include nonlinear relationships within systems, bounded rationality and mental models that limit our understanding of systems, and how events accumulate over time to reveal the underlying system structure.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms for those who already suffer from conditions like anxiety and depression.
The document summarizes a presentation given by John Cover on the importance of quality and its expanded role in organizations. Some key points from the presentation include: that quality used to be seen as the responsibility of separate departments but should actually be embedded in the entire organization's culture; the voices of internal and external customers are important to consider; and empowering all employees and involving them in quality improvement efforts can help elevate an organization. The presentation also discusses the historical contributions of quality experts like Deming and Juran.
Quality management involves three key processes: quality planning, quality assurance, and quality control. Quality planning identifies quality standards and how to meet them. Quality assurance applies quality activities to ensure all processes needed to meet requirements are employed. Quality control monitors results to determine if they comply with standards and identifies ways to eliminate unsatisfying results. These three processes work together to define quality policies and ensure a project satisfies its objectives.
The document discusses the implementation of Total Quality Management (TQM) at Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), a public sector steel plant in India. RINL implemented TQM to improve quality, productivity, and performance. Key steps included establishing a TQM cell, quality management system, audits, and tools like quality improvement projects. Benchmarking, annual improvement plans, and employee involvement further drove continuous improvement. TQM provided tangible benefits such as increased sales and profits, lower costs, fewer defects and accidents. Intangible benefits included improved image, customer satisfaction, and quality culture. Full ISO 9001 certification confirmed RINL's success with TQM.
This document provides an overview of benchmarking. It defines benchmarking as comparing business processes and performance metrics to industry best practices to identify areas for improvement. The key points covered include:
- Benchmarking has advantages like process and product improvement, time/cost reduction, and informing competitive strategy. Potential disadvantages include practices not suiting an organization and reluctance to share information.
- There are four main types of benchmarking based on what is compared: product, performance, process, and strategic. Types also include internal/external and comparisons to generic, international, best-in-class, and best-of-the-best organizations.
- The benchmarking process involves planning, analysis, integration, action, and
organizations should have to maintain their businesses in a marketing oriented way. It doesn’t matter whether the organization is large scale or small but almost all the organizations have to achieve their best not because they have to but to survive in the market. In order to survive in the market they have to provide quality for customers which is better than the competing organizations. So therefore every organization need to have a quality oriented businesses for their survival.
During the module “Quality Management” we have been asked to fulfill a report and a presentation as the semester assignment.
We have chosen “Coca-Cola” which is the leader in beverage industry for our assignment. As the leading beverage brand in Sri Lanka they have good quality strategies within their organization. So it’s one of the best chances we’ve got to study the quality oriented strategies of this company as they have reached their best level.
Total Quality Management (TQM) focuses on meeting customer expectations through integrated organizational efforts to improve quality. The key aspects of TQM discussed in the document include: 1) the four dimensions of quality for manufacturing and service organizations, 2) the costs of quality and prevention through tools like QFD and seven problem solving tools, 3) quality awards like the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and Deming Prize that recognize excellence. TQM relies on concepts like continuous improvement, quality at the source, teams, and supplier certification.
Total quality management (TQM) is an approach to improving business effectiveness and flexibility by involving all departments and employees. The primary objective of TQM is meeting customer requirements for organizational survival. It encourages innovation, motivates employees for better quality, and provides a competitive advantage through a common purpose. TQM ensures management focuses on preventing issues rather than just inspecting outputs. Key elements include being customer-focused, aiming for quality in the first attempt, continuous improvement, treating quality as an attitude across the organization, effective communication, training, measurement, leadership involvement, employee well-being, teamwork, and focusing on processes rather than just functions. TQM fails if management is not committed to change or staff concerns.
Benchmarking involves continuously measuring an organization's processes and performance against other leading organizations to identify areas for improvement. It is done through a multi-step process of identifying benchmarking partners, gathering their data, analyzing any performance gaps, and implementing practices to close those gaps. The goal is to help organizations improve processes, increase customer satisfaction, and gain competitive advantages through learning best practices.
The document discusses the historical evolution of management approaches from classical to modern theories. It covers classical approaches like scientific management which emphasized efficient work methods. Next it discusses administrative management which focused on managing the entire organization. The human relations movement highlighted the importance of human behavior and motivation, as shown through the Hawthorne Studies. Finally, behavioral science and quality management introduced a more holistic and contingency-based view of organizational management.
Social Media Monitoring provides a number of features that are extremely helpful to a brand manager, but at the same time one is always worried about the returns on using the tool.
Social Media Monitoring provides a number of features that are extremely helpful to a brand manager, but at the same time one is always worried about the returns on using the tool.
Intro to PM Execution Interviews by Facebook Product LeaderProduct School
This document provides an overview of execution interviews for product manager roles. It discusses three common types of execution interview questions: tradeoffs between two options, setting goals for a product, and performing root cause analysis. Frameworks are presented for each type to help structure responses. The document concludes with an example live mock interview.
Benchmarking is the systematic process of searching for and implementing best practices from other organizations. It involves understanding your own performance, studying high-performing competitors or similar organizations, and using what you learn to improve processes. There are three main types of benchmarking: internal, competitive, and process benchmarking. The benchmarking process involves deciding what to benchmark, understanding your current performance, planning a benchmarking study, collecting data on others' performance, learning from that data, and implementing findings through goal-setting and action plans. Benchmarking is an effective improvement tool but must be properly implemented and not seen as a substitute for innovation.
Just in time (JIT) is a production strategy that aims to reduce inventory and associated costs by producing and delivering goods only as needed. Key aspects of JIT include using signals between production steps to trigger making the next part, implementing kanban systems, continuous improvement, and focusing on quality, flow, and employee involvement. JIT requires accurate forecasting and reliable suppliers to minimize inventory while meeting production needs. Implemented correctly, JIT can improve return on investment, quality, and efficiency for manufacturers.
This document outlines the objectives, concepts, types, process, and reasons for success or failure of benchmarking. It defines benchmarking as comparing products, services, or processes to industry best practices to establish performance goals and improve. There are three main types of benchmarking: internal, competitive, and functional. The benchmarking process involves selecting a process for improvement, identifying benchmarking partners, implementing changes, and measuring results. Reasons for benchmarking include improving processes, maintaining leadership, and addressing problems. Key steps are selecting processes and measures to prioritize for benchmarking. Commitment, proper planning and implementation are important for success, while lack thereof can lead to benchmarking efforts failing.
1. The document provides an introduction to total quality management (TQM), outlining its key concepts and approaches. It discusses the historical figures and gurus that developed TQM approaches, including Deming, Juran, Feigenbaum, Ishikawa, Crosby and Taguchi.
2. The basic approaches of TQM are described as involving committed management, customer focus, organization-wide participation, continuous improvement, supplier partnerships, and performance measures. TQM requires cultural change and applying quantitative and human resources across all processes.
3. An overview of quality management in Pakistan is given, noting the role of the Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority in developing standards and conformity assessments to promote industrial efficiency.
The document compares the philosophies of Crosby, Deming, and Juran on quality management. Crosby defined quality as conformance to requirements, while Deming and Juran focused on meeting customer needs and expectations. Deming and Juran emphasized the role of senior management in quality improvement and establishing a quality culture. All three recognized the importance of continuous improvement, employee training, and eliminating defects through process management rather than inspection.
The document discusses quality management systems and practices. It provides background on the history and pioneers of quality management, including Frederick Taylor, Philip Crosby, Joseph Juran, and W. Edwards Deming. It describes the purpose and significance of quality management systems and procedures. It also provides an overview of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) quality management standards, including ISO 9000, ISO 9001, and ISO 14000.
SYSTEMS THINKING: Lessons From The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook by Senge, Kleik...Joanna Beltowska
This document provides an overview of key concepts from systems thinking as presented in the book The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook. It discusses how systems thinking can help analyze complex issues as systems rather than isolated parts. Specific concepts covered include nonlinear relationships within systems, bounded rationality and mental models that limit our understanding of systems, and how events accumulate over time to reveal the underlying system structure.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms for those who already suffer from conditions like anxiety and depression.
The document summarizes a presentation given by John Cover on the importance of quality and its expanded role in organizations. Some key points from the presentation include: that quality used to be seen as the responsibility of separate departments but should actually be embedded in the entire organization's culture; the voices of internal and external customers are important to consider; and empowering all employees and involving them in quality improvement efforts can help elevate an organization. The presentation also discusses the historical contributions of quality experts like Deming and Juran.
Quality management involves three key processes: quality planning, quality assurance, and quality control. Quality planning identifies quality standards and how to meet them. Quality assurance applies quality activities to ensure all processes needed to meet requirements are employed. Quality control monitors results to determine if they comply with standards and identifies ways to eliminate unsatisfying results. These three processes work together to define quality policies and ensure a project satisfies its objectives.
The document discusses the implementation of Total Quality Management (TQM) at Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), a public sector steel plant in India. RINL implemented TQM to improve quality, productivity, and performance. Key steps included establishing a TQM cell, quality management system, audits, and tools like quality improvement projects. Benchmarking, annual improvement plans, and employee involvement further drove continuous improvement. TQM provided tangible benefits such as increased sales and profits, lower costs, fewer defects and accidents. Intangible benefits included improved image, customer satisfaction, and quality culture. Full ISO 9001 certification confirmed RINL's success with TQM.
This document provides an overview of benchmarking. It defines benchmarking as comparing business processes and performance metrics to industry best practices to identify areas for improvement. The key points covered include:
- Benchmarking has advantages like process and product improvement, time/cost reduction, and informing competitive strategy. Potential disadvantages include practices not suiting an organization and reluctance to share information.
- There are four main types of benchmarking based on what is compared: product, performance, process, and strategic. Types also include internal/external and comparisons to generic, international, best-in-class, and best-of-the-best organizations.
- The benchmarking process involves planning, analysis, integration, action, and
organizations should have to maintain their businesses in a marketing oriented way. It doesn’t matter whether the organization is large scale or small but almost all the organizations have to achieve their best not because they have to but to survive in the market. In order to survive in the market they have to provide quality for customers which is better than the competing organizations. So therefore every organization need to have a quality oriented businesses for their survival.
During the module “Quality Management” we have been asked to fulfill a report and a presentation as the semester assignment.
We have chosen “Coca-Cola” which is the leader in beverage industry for our assignment. As the leading beverage brand in Sri Lanka they have good quality strategies within their organization. So it’s one of the best chances we’ve got to study the quality oriented strategies of this company as they have reached their best level.
Total Quality Management (TQM) focuses on meeting customer expectations through integrated organizational efforts to improve quality. The key aspects of TQM discussed in the document include: 1) the four dimensions of quality for manufacturing and service organizations, 2) the costs of quality and prevention through tools like QFD and seven problem solving tools, 3) quality awards like the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and Deming Prize that recognize excellence. TQM relies on concepts like continuous improvement, quality at the source, teams, and supplier certification.
Total quality management (TQM) is an approach to improving business effectiveness and flexibility by involving all departments and employees. The primary objective of TQM is meeting customer requirements for organizational survival. It encourages innovation, motivates employees for better quality, and provides a competitive advantage through a common purpose. TQM ensures management focuses on preventing issues rather than just inspecting outputs. Key elements include being customer-focused, aiming for quality in the first attempt, continuous improvement, treating quality as an attitude across the organization, effective communication, training, measurement, leadership involvement, employee well-being, teamwork, and focusing on processes rather than just functions. TQM fails if management is not committed to change or staff concerns.
Benchmarking involves continuously measuring an organization's processes and performance against other leading organizations to identify areas for improvement. It is done through a multi-step process of identifying benchmarking partners, gathering their data, analyzing any performance gaps, and implementing practices to close those gaps. The goal is to help organizations improve processes, increase customer satisfaction, and gain competitive advantages through learning best practices.
The document discusses the historical evolution of management approaches from classical to modern theories. It covers classical approaches like scientific management which emphasized efficient work methods. Next it discusses administrative management which focused on managing the entire organization. The human relations movement highlighted the importance of human behavior and motivation, as shown through the Hawthorne Studies. Finally, behavioral science and quality management introduced a more holistic and contingency-based view of organizational management.
Social Media Monitoring provides a number of features that are extremely helpful to a brand manager, but at the same time one is always worried about the returns on using the tool.
Social Media Monitoring provides a number of features that are extremely helpful to a brand manager, but at the same time one is always worried about the returns on using the tool.
Intro to PM Execution Interviews by Facebook Product LeaderProduct School
This document provides an overview of execution interviews for product manager roles. It discusses three common types of execution interview questions: tradeoffs between two options, setting goals for a product, and performing root cause analysis. Frameworks are presented for each type to help structure responses. The document concludes with an example live mock interview.
05: The 5 App Metrics That Are Crucial To Your App's SuccessLogan Merrick
In this episode of The Buzinga Podcast, Logan discusses the 5 most important metrics for measuring your app's performance, as well as HOW to improve each of them.
The document summarizes a case study where a luxury retail company needed to upgrade its contact center software before the busy holiday season. The company's existing workforce optimization (WFO) vendor was unable to complete the upgrade on time. Dimension Data, the systems integrator working with the retail company, recommended Calabrio as an alternative. Senior Calabrio executives then met with the retail company and Dimension Data to assure them Calabrio could complete the WFO implementation within the tight deadline, avoiding potential problems during the crucial holiday period. Calabrio was able to deploy the new WFO system across 329 agents within 28 days, meeting the retailer's requirements before the start of the holiday season.
Recording of the March 19, 2012 IIBA Pharma/Biotech Special Interest Group Webinar given by Griffin Jones, titled What about...? What I wished I had asked the regulatory and testing people.
4 Critical Web Challenges Facing WNY Businesses in 2014maryowusu
“The Big 4" Technology Trends Your Business Cannot Afford to Ignore. They include (1) how the web user experience is changing, (2) Google's 500+ changes in 2013, (3) steps on how to do business-to-business social media, and (4) the future of mobile.
What motivates app downloads
How demographics can impact app discovery
What it takes to get a target consumer to download and use an app
What app store factors influence downloads
Does top 10 rankings matter
IRJET- Spotting and Removing Fake Product Review in Consumer Rating ReviewsIRJET Journal
This document discusses a proposed system to identify and remove fake product reviews on e-commerce websites. The system would track IP addresses of users submitting reviews and flag reviews coming from the same IP address as potentially fake. It would also analyze reviews using machine learning and opinion mining techniques to determine if a review is positive or negative. Users would have to log in with an email address, and any user found to be posting fake reviews would have their account blocked from further reviews. The goal is to help customers get genuine reviews so they can make informed purchasing decisions.
This document summarizes a study that monitors the effectiveness of positive reciprocal effects on vertical brand extension of the parent brand SAVLON. Specifically, it:
1) Discusses conducting in-depth interviews to understand consumer perceptions of a new soap product containing both antiseptic and beauty care qualities under the SAVLON brand name.
2) Aims to determine if this vertical brand extension will have a positive reciprocal effect on the SAVLON parent brand by gaining new users and increasing market share.
3) Outlines the research questions, methodology, and literature review topics like brands, brand extensions, reciprocal effects, bar soap, health soap, and beauty care soap to provide context and inform the study.
The document proposes a new travel app called Blue Chimes that provides customized trip planning and activity suggestions based on user preferences. It analyzes the growing market for travel apps and outlines Blue Chimes' strategy to target 18-40 year olds looking for new experiences. The app will offer free basic suggestions and premium features for a low monthly fee. Blue Chimes will partner with local businesses and use word-of-mouth, social media, and app store placement for promotion. A multi-team structure and 1-2 month implementation schedule is proposed to launch the product.
1. The document discusses marketing strategies like market skimming pricing, psychological pricing, and market penetration pricing used by telecommunication companies in their early years. It also discusses factors to consider when pricing new phone products.
2. Vodafone used high market skimming pricing that was too expensive for customers, while Orange and One2One used lower psychological and market penetration pricing that helped them attract more customers.
3. When pricing new phone products, brands, specifications, accessories, lifespan, and industry competition should all be considered.
This document contains Nga Nguyen's marketing portfolio, which includes her resume, executive summaries of various marketing projects and courses, and certificates from online courses on Lynda.com. The executive summaries provide overviews of her work conducting market research for a roommate finding app, analyzing ways to improve Walmart's customer service, and proposing marketing strategies for an online children's clothing store. The document demonstrates Nga Nguyen's qualifications and experience in various areas of marketing such as market research, communications, and digital marketing.
The document describes a proposed system for proactive moderation and personalized fraud product detection on e-commerce websites. The system aims to (1) improve customer-seller relationships and engagement by providing trustworthy product recommendations, (2) increase website productivity and sales by simplifying access to trusted product information, and (3) make users aware of product trustworthiness through analysis of user feedback and fraud detection rules. The system collects product rating and complaint data, analyzes it using rule-based and machine learning techniques, and provides recommendations to flag untrusted products and sellers. It includes modules for customers, sellers, admins, complaint filing and fraud detection.
Evaluating the customer needs identification process and finding its effects ...istiuq ahmed
Customer Needs Identification is a process to determine what customers want a product to do through gathering raw data from customers via interviews, focus groups, and observation. This data is then interpreted to organize customer needs into independent requirements. The goals are to keep products focused on customer needs and identify both explicit and latent needs. Customer needs identification affects concept selection methods by influencing external decisions, product champions, intuition-based choices, multi-voting, order-based production, prototype evaluation, market demand, standard deviation-based design, and overall company focus on factors like quality, cost and capability.
The Transformative Role of Data Analysis in Enhancing Customer Experience.pdfSoumodeep Nanee Kundu
In today's highly competitive business landscape, delivering an exceptional customer experience is no longer a luxury; it's a necessity. Customer expectations have risen to unprecedented levels, and companies that prioritize and enhance the customer experience gain a significant edge. One of the most potent tools for achieving this is data analysis. In this comprehensive exploration, we will delve into how data analysis can be harnessed to improve customer experience, from understanding customer needs to tailoring personalized experiences and optimizing business processes.
One of the most important aspects of Quality Intelligence is transparency and visibility. Intelligence is worthless if it does not affect the decision-making process in some way. If the intelligence is not available to the people involved in the decision-making process, then it will have no effect.
This document summarizes research conducted to understand gaps in how new technologies are rolled out at an organization. Through stakeholder interviews and user research, gaps were identified in orchestration, empathy, consistency, and change management. Specifically, it was found that the speed of rollouts causes fatigue, training plays catch-up, relationships between tools are unclear, and the vision is lacking. Additionally, benefits are unclear to users, context is not considered, strategies are inconsistent, and change management roles and metrics are undefined. However, factors like simple UX, emulation, sponsorship, and criticality of tasks can contribute to success. The document concludes by restating the IBM Design Thinking process used to observe, reflect, and make improvements.
Brand Tracking Studies
What is brand tracking?
Why brand tracking?
Whom to track
When to track
What to track
Brand attributes
Case study iphone 5
Brand Matrices
Model for Brand Tracking
Why brand tracking studies fail
References
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Discover the Beauty and Functionality of The Expert Remodeling Serviceobriengroupinc04
Unlock your kitchen's true potential with expert remodeling services from O'Brien Group Inc. Transform your space into a functional, modern, and luxurious haven with their experienced professionals. From layout reconfiguration to high-end upgrades, they deliver stunning results tailored to your style and needs. Visit obriengroupinc.com to elevate your kitchen's beauty and functionality today.
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The Steadfast and Reliable Bull: Taurus Zodiac Signmy Pandit
Explore the steadfast and reliable nature of the Taurus Zodiac Sign. Discover the personality traits, key dates, and horoscope insights that define the determined and practical Taurus, and learn how their grounded nature makes them the anchor of the zodiac.
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Cover Story - China's Investment Leader - Dr. Alyce SUmsthrill
In World Expo 2010 Shanghai – the most visited Expo in the World History
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China’s official organizer of the Expo, CCPIT (China Council for the Promotion of International Trade https://en.ccpit.org/) has chosen Dr. Alyce Su as the Cover Person with Cover Story, in the Expo’s official magazine distributed throughout the Expo, showcasing China’s New Generation of Leaders to the World.
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Table of Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 2
3a. Information made available to customers and the importance given to effective marketing .................. 3
3b. Benefit of user and non-user surveys in determining customer needs .................................................... 4
3c. Methods of consultation employed in one quality scheme to encourage participation by under-
represented groups ........................................................................................................................................ 5
3d. Value of complaints procedures and analyze how each is used to improve quality ............................... 6
4a. Role of self-assessment in order to determine an organization‟s current „state of health‟ ...................... 8
4b. Stages of staff consultation for effective implementation of a quality scheme .................................... 10
4c. Propose new systems or modifications to existing systems that could improve service quality........... 11
Conclusion .................................................................................................................................................. 15
References ................................................................................................................................................... 16
Appendix ..................................................................................................................................................... 18
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Introduction
As the new Quality Director for the Mozilla Foundation, which has previously made an in-depth
study for pertaining to the quality system in the organization, I prepared this report to support
Mozilla in implement their quality system. A range of quality controls and assess their benefits to
the customer is reported. Some principles of quality management to improve performance of an
organization were suggested to Mozilla. Hope that this report will be useful for Mozilla and also
for other users.
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3a. Information made available to customers and the importance given to effective
marketing
When decide to use any kind of products, customers always want to understand as much as
possible about this. Thus, company need to provide them some necessary information.
Mozilla has an official website on which users can access to various kinds of information such as
vision, mission, support, about the two main products of Mozilla. From this, customers have
general view about Mozilla Company.
Beside the general information, Mozilla also allow users to access to the detail information about
each product. For example: the feature of Firefox in each version.This information attracts users
to use Firefox as their browser. Thus, it contributes effectively to the marketing strategy of
Mozilla.
Not only the good information but also the information about the bug is also public through the
Bugzilla application. Bugzilla is a web-based tool that lets users report and look up existing
bugs. Changes made to a bug's status are automatically sent to users. This means the information
about the weaknesses of Firefox also available to customers through Bugzilla. It seems to be
unusual, because it can effect badly to decision making of users.
However,when public this information about bugs of Firefox, it‟s marketing strategyof Mozilla.
Based on the purchasing psychology of customers, the more information they know about the
products, the more attention they pay to this. Thus, Mozilla provide customers as much
objectives information as possible. Users will suppose that Firefox hasn‟t perfect, and Mozilla
aware of that, so they leaseBugzilla to control the quality. It shows that Mozilla care about the
quality. They want find out the bugs in their products by the contribution of customers. Mozilla
shows that they respect and care for their users, so this will satisfy them.
Not only public the information about the bugs, Mozilla also fixes them and notice back to their
users. Thus, it can avoid customers from the bad psychology of afraid of using Firefox on the
future. They will keep using this product for the long term to see how this product will be
improved by the company. The increasing in numbers of users of Firefox every year proved that
facts.
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3b. Benefit of user and non-user surveys in determining customer needs
Mozilla defines quality based on the satisfaction of customers. Thus, to complete their quality
management system, they need to understand customer needs firstly.
There are many ways to understand customer needs, but survey is one of the most popular ways.
However, businesses need to decide what kind of survey will they use? To whom?Users or non-
users?
The first survey‟s target is the users of Mozilla. The survey with their users helps Mozilla
understand their actual strengths and weaknesses. The respondents are using the products, thus
their answers will be relevant. With the relationship of seller and customers, the voice of users
will represent the demand and needs for Mozilla products.Moreover, Mozilla will use internet
survey as a main tool to do survey, so the people who actually use these two products will have
the opportunities to see this survey higher than others. It meansuser‟s survey has the response
rate higher.
Beside the user‟s survey, Mozilla can also use non-users surveys. Non-user surveys can be
unusual in marketing research, but it‟s also very useful. Because they aren‟t current customers of
Mozilla, they will let the company know why they don‟t use Mozilla‟s products. What do they
want from a browser? What do they best satisfy with their current browsers? Etc. From these
information, Mozilla can know what they aren‟t goods as their competitors? What criteria effect
customer‟s using decision? Thus, Mozilla will have the strategy to fulfill the distance between
their actual products with the customers‟ need. Moreover, using non-user survey shows that
Mozilla care about the customer need. This will make customers want to use Mozilla‟s
products.Besides the advantages, non-user survey also has some disadvantages such as the
response rate is low, because the opportunities for non-users to see the survey of Mozilla are low.
To determine customers‟ needs, Mozilla should apply both 2 kinds of survey.This will help the
company find out what are they doing good or bad (user survey) and what they are hasn‟t meet
customer need? (non-user survey). Even using both will cost much administrative effort and take
time, but Mozilla can take advantages of both two kinds to get the best result in determining
customer need.
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There are some possible questions such as: Do you use Firefox? If yes, answer user survey, if no,
answer non –user survey.
For user survey: Are you satisfied with the current browser? Have you ever get crash or
trouble with Firefox? What annoy you best when using Firefox? What do you want to
change?etc..
For non-user survey: Have you ever use Firefox? What is your current browser? Why
don‟t you use Firefox? Do you have any suggestion for change for Firefox? Etc.
Using survey, Mozilla needs to consider about the number of question and the contents to be
convenient to respondents.
3c. Methods of consultation employed in one quality scheme to encourage participation by
under-represented groups
In quality management, one of the most important requirements is customers‟ satisfaction. Thus,
Mozilla need to understand customer need about their company to improve or maintain their
performance. The voice of every customer is equally important, but how Mozilla can hear this
voice from every representative group is difficult.
Underrepresented groups are the group of users has little communicate with the company. They
have little feedback for company. Thus their influence on the company is low. However, the
information that this group of users is also very useful for the company, so Mozilla should have
some method to encourage participation by this group.
To get the best results for hearing VOC, Mozilla first needs to understand why these people are
underrepresented. For example: the different in language, the communication culture, etc. For
each barrier, Mozilla can have different solutions to encourage participation.
If the differences in language prevent these users from communicating, Mozilla should have
language supports for them. For example: Mozilla have different channels that users can give
their feedback such as Bugzilla, Mozilla blogs, ect. Usually, this channel will be designed in
English. But not every people can understand this language, so Mozilla also can have different
choice in language for users. This will make users willing to share in detail than using the
language that they aren‟t familiar with.
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In many countries, people are usually passive in communication. Vietnamese people are an
example. They rarely share their feeling or experience with the suppliers. It‟s one reason to
become underrepresent group. To encourage the group of users have this reason, Mozilla should
make them feel free to share. The best ways to do is use people who have the same culture with
them to investigate. For example: Mozilla can build up a Mozilla‟s office in Vietnam, or
Mozilla‟s official website in Vietnam. People with the same culture can easy to understand each
other and make Mozilla‟s users in Vietnam feel easy when they give feedbacks.
3d. Value of complaints procedures and analyze how each is used to improve quality
Customer complaints can be an opportunity for a business. Effectively dealing with customer
complaints cannot only appease the unhappy customer, but also build loyalty. In the eyes of
many customers, it is not so much whether a business gets it right the first time - but how this
business reacts to mistakes.
Mozilla also understand the importance of users‟ complaints. Mozilla has 10 office centers in 10
different regions. However, the complaints procedure is applied the same in all Mozilla‟s centers.
One tool that Mozilla‟s centers use to collect customer‟s complaints is Bugzilla. When users
have any problem with Mozilla‟s products, they can report this to Bugzilla. The report will be
numbered. The more votes the report has, the more important the crash is. Mozilla will keep
track of these reports from users. They will fix these problem and email back to the reporters if
the problem was fixed. Using Bugzilla, the complaints of customers are collected in a systematic
way but it costs time and administrative effort from Mozilla.
Mozilla
Users Bugzilla Assess the
Mozilla Mozilla email
post their will importance
record fixed the back to
problem numberred by numbers
the reported used if
on the post of vote by
problem problem problem
Bugzilla (code) users
was fixed
Pic 1: Bugzilla’s process
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Pic 2: Bugzilla’s report
Besides Bugzilla, Mozilla also use Internet Relay Chat (IRC) to collect feedback from users.
It is a form of real-time text messaging between multiple users at the same time. IRC also allows
one to one communication between connected users. This is the primary form of communication
for members of the Mozilla community; developers, testers, users, and the like. There are several
different applications which allow you to connect to IRC networks. The easiest to use is an add-
on for Firefox called Chatzilla. Using IRC will help Mozilla respond to their user immediately
but it‟s has no historical record, so it hard for Mozilla in constantly management.
Pic 3: Chatzilla
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Other ways that Mozilla is using to collect complaint to improve quality of products are Mozilla
forum or blogs of Mozilla. The availability of many different channels makes users easy to
connect to Mozilla.
4a. Role of self-assessment in order to determine an organization’s current ‘state of health’
It‟s necessary for the organization to understand its “state of health” to see whether their business
operation well or not. That‟s why organizations should do self-assessment. “Self-assessment is a
comprehensive, systematic and regular review of an organization‟s activities and results,
referenced against the excellence model‟‟.(anon, n.d.)
Mozilla are engaged in number of activities with an intention to achieve their objectives.
However, how can they say that they are performing well? They decided and designed the
system according to their best knowledge and experience or not? Thus, unless they verify, they
cannot be confidence.
The assessment needs to be done against the objectives and to determine the extent to which it
was achieved. There is no second opinion about this and Mozilla needs assessments. The Quality
Management Systems, therefore, insist on periodic assessment. The model of Self-assessment is:
Pic 4: Seft-assessment process
Assessments might be planned, systematic and explicit or unplanned and implicit.There are
many ways that Mozilla can use to do their self-assessment.
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The first method is benchmarking.Benchmarking is a tool which allows organizations to
compare with others, to identify their strengths and weaknesses and improve. Benchmarking
gives company a comprehensive view of their current health by compiling metrics of business
performance. Beside the benefit, benchmarking also has disadvantages such as needing the
agreement of the partner for benchmarking. Moreover, even the successful benchmarking; the
company is still the follower, not the first innovator. Benchmarking costs lots of time, money and
effort.
When benchmarking, Mozilla should do with their direct competitor or the best-in-class of the
field which they want to benchmarking (Marketing-Apple, customers‟ services-Toyota, etc).
Determine which
Identify the key factors and Select the best-in-class
functional areas to
variables with which to measure companies for each area to
be benchmarked (eg: those functions (eg: financial be benchmarked (Apple or
marketing or data or markting strategy) Toyota, Chrome ot IE)
customer services )
Measure the performance of
Specify those programs and
Measure Mozilla's the company for each
actions to meet and surpass the
performance for each benchmark being considered
competition based on a plan
-- from sources such as the
developed to enhance those areas variable to find out SEC, companies
that show potential for the gap themselves, articles in the
compliment
press or trade journals
Implement these programs by
setting specific improvement
targets and deadlines,
Pic 5: Mozilla’s benchmarking process
Besides, Mozilla can also evaluate their business activities by internal assessment.
Questionnaires for employees will be prepared in different categories (appendix). This kind of
assessment should be conducted quarterly to ensure that the improvement in performance is kept
track frequently.
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One of the cons of internal assessment is bias, so Mozilla can pay for an external agency to do
assessment for more objective results. This method can be expensive so Mozilla only need to do
it every 2 years.
4b. Stages of staff consultation for effective implementation of a quality scheme
Implementing a new quality scheme, there will be much change in Mozilla. Staffs of Mozilla
can feel worried about what will happen. These bad feelings affect badly to their performance.
Thus, Mozilla should do staff consultation. It will help employees feel more confident. The
Andre Changing Management Model (2012) is suggested for Mozilla:
Plan
Stabilize Do
Pic 6: Andre Changing Management Model
Plan: The planned changes should be prepared for employees. For example: the change is in the
organizational structure of Mozilla, the manager of the company need to plan who and what
position will be changed. Not only the changing candidate but also relevant employees should be
motivated toward this change. The time pressure (urgency) will push people into trying their
best. The candidate should be empowered to do some jobs to be familiar with new position.
Do: Because new quality scheme will be implemented, some necessary training is needed for
employees. Mozilla can assign supervisors in quality management to train their employees. All
employees should be trained to commit with the new quality scheme. Some main part of quality
scheme can be conducted by empowered team. The better future when the quality scheme is
successful and its good effects are used to motivate employees.
Stabilize: This stage is to ensure that all employees are engaged with the new quality scheme.
Some adjustment should be flexible. Mozilla needs keep motivating and empowering.
Repeat: the first stage is repeated by prepare for more changes needed. After that is doing and
stabilizing stages.
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During the process, the communication among manager and employees is very important. The
vision and mission of the Mozilla need to be communicated. Eg: After setting up the vision,
goals and values, the CEO of Mozilla will inform them to all employees in the company to make
employees aware them. He can use memos, meetings and newsletters. Besides, CEO and
managers can use e-mail, intranets and online newsletters to communicate quickly and
effectively with employees. The CEO and every team leader of Mozilla need communicate with
enthusiasm and passion.
In the new quality project, empowering is effective. Because employees are more close to
customers, so their idea will be useful. Mozilla should empower their teams to do some part of
the quality schemes.
4c. Propose new systems or modifications to existing systems that could improve service
quality
To best delight customer, Mozilla should improve their service quality by upgrade their current
quality system. There are some necessary modifications that Mozilla can consider about:
1. Make commitment toward improvement and leadership from the top
Edward Deming-father of quality management laid out 14 points for management, one of
them is: “"Create constancy of purpose towards improvement". It means that the
company should replace the short term reaction by long term plan."End of month quality
is the same as beginning of month. It means that the long term benefit of the organization
is not sacrificed to hit quarterly targets. (Morgan, n.d)
Mozilla should clearly in their vision and mission and make sure that their staffs are all
commit with them. The clear objectives will be the motivation for improvement of
Mozilla.
Mozilla's commitment to quality had to come from the top, and it had to be reinforced
over and over again. Unless a business views quality as its single, non-negotiable goal,
workers will inevitably feel the need to make tradeoffs and quality will slip. Leadership
from the top should be applied.
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2. Keep track mistakes by SPC
As Mozilla define quality by customer‟s satisfaction, the defects in product are
unacceptable. Mozilla should keep track on their mistake and defect products to remove
them.
Currently, Bugzilla is one useful tool that Mozilla use to identify their bug and problem
in products. This tool is operating well, but Mozilla should still upgrade this tool to meet
the demand of customers. Some ways to encourage participation of under-represented
groups such as language support, open located centers should be applied. From these
feedbacks of customers, mistakes of Firefox can be kept track frequently.
When applying TQM as quality system, every data about the manufacturing process and
business activities needs to be recorded carefully. The Statistical Process Control can be
used in this situation.Eg: data about the defect products, data about the improvement, the
number of users, the financial data, etc. From these data, Mozilla can compare and
contrast to see the constancy improvement and have strategy to adjust the process.
Mozilla can apple SPC as following steps:
Plan: Mozilla identify the
problem in the process (Root
cause chart) . Plan corrective
action against these problem.
Act: If the result is Do: Mozilla makes changes
successful, standardize the designed to correct or improve
changes and then work on the situation.
further improvements or the next
prioritized problem
Study: Study the effect of
these changes on the
situation. Evaluate the
results and then replicate
the change
Pic 6: SPC’s process(anon, n.d.)
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Voice of customers need to be care about. Mozilla should consider it as a source of idea
and information. Some current channels such as: blog, forum, website, IRC, Buggilla
should be maintained. Other channel should be develops to meet the sharing demand of
customers.
3. Invest in training and focus on employees
Mozilla has few numbers of employees (250 employees in 2011) but huge number of
users. It means that the profit that each employee brings back to Mozilla is very much.
Mozilla should care much about their employees.
Mozilla should create a comfortable working environment for employees. For example
the uniform, slogan, logo of the company. These spirit symbols will make employees
close together and commit with Mozilla.
If in the past, quality of products is controlled by quality department, nowadays “Quality
experts recommend that businesses train workers at all levels to look for ways to improve
quality and to ameliorate problems.” (Wiley, 2010). It is suggested that Mozilla should
train 100% of their employees about some part of quality management or depend on the
position of this employee. For example: the IT man will be trained more than the support
staff or the cleaner, etc. However, 100% trained employee will help the company operate
well when the entire employee can aware of what they need to do and how they should
do. The trained cleaner can identify whether the quality process of Mozilla is operating
well or not to report to the higher manager. Moreover, the number of employees of
Mozilla isn‟t too much, so the training won‟t cause too much difficulty for the company.
Investing into training employees can cost money and effort of Mozilla but the benefit it
brings back will be uncountable.
Training takes on several dimensions. For starters, Mozilla should set up a new-employee
initiation program that trains workers to focus on quality issues from their first day on the
job. People learn in many different ways. Thus, Mozilla can use a combination of training
systems and tools, such as: video, classroom with and instructor, on the job training with
managers and key employees, computer based, Self- study manuals. Beside these
methods, the supervisors about quality management also provided to support employees
of Mozilla.
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“Finally, train workers to see the connection between their actions and, more broadly,
their work ethic, and the company's overall performance. By tying individual behavior to
an overall system of work, and then showing where that system can, on occasion break
down, you will be giving workers the information they need to be good stewards of your
business.” (Anon, 2010)
4. Empowering employees and team approach
Part of the TQM philosophy is to empower all employees to seek out quality problems
and correct them. TQM provides incentives for employees to identify quality problems.
Mozilla can reward for the employee who uncovering quality problems, not punished.
The empowerment will increase employee‟s involvement, thus motivate employees.
TQM stresses that quality is an organizational effort. To facilitate the solving of quality
problems, it places great emphasis on teamwork.
From these above modifications and the current operating ways, the quality scheme of Mozilla
will be best support their service quality.
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Conclusion
Quality management is very important activities that Mozilla need to do for the two products.
These analysis and suggestion above is from the fact and reliable information. It will be very
useful for quality process of Mozilla and also other companies.
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