Continuous improvement of all operations and activities is at the heart of TQM. Once it is recognized that customer satisfaction can only be obtained by providing a high-quality product, continuous improvement of the quality of the product is seen as the only way to maintain a high level of customer satisfaction. As well as recognizing the link between product quality and customer satisfaction
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It leads to continuously improving results, in all aspects of work, as a result of continuously improving capabilities, people, processes, technology and machine capabilities.
Perpetual improvement must deal not only with improving results, but more importantly with improving capabilities to produce better results in the future.
There are three major mechanisms of prevention:
Preventing mistakes (defects) from occurring
2. Where mistakes can't be absolutely prevented, detecting them early to prevent them being passed down the value added chain
3. Where mistakes recur, stopping production until the process can be corrected, to prevent the production of more defects.
Vina ~ Wine ... Tapas ... Art is constantly working to deliver industry leading quality services. Vina’s philosophy of perpetual improvement is based upon Total Quality Management. Our philosophy puts Vina in a proactive mode concerning quality rather tan reactive.
Vina’s quality assurance is based on the following vital activities
Meeting customer requirements
Reducing cycle times
Improvement teams
Reducing service