Knowledge Joséphine Fresen / 23.05.24 QM Knowledge: Process Management Process management is a method for designing, controlling and continuously optimizing all of a company's processes. Read on for everything you need to know about process management. Read more
Quality Management Benedikt Sommerhoff / 19.10.22 Intangible – Quality and Corporate Culture When I hear and see how often carelessness, laissez-faire attitudes and wrong priorities cause failures, non-quality and waste, I wonder about the quality culture in some organizations. Quality culture, corporate culture, leadership culture, failure culture – we often talk about them, but I rarely hear… Read more
Knowledge Maren Behrendt / 22.08.22 QM Knowledge: Quality Management Audits Once we have invested money in a product, we expect it to fulfill its purpose and that we can rely on it. What is an expectation on the part of the customer means work on the part of the manufacturer: in order to meet customer expectations, quality must be assured. To this end, certain processes are… Read more
Knowledge Maren Behrendt / 03.05.22 QM Knowledge: Qualification Matrix Knowing and systematically expanding the qualifications of one’s own employees is not only necessary, but also very sensible. This is the only way to ensure sustainable quality in the company and the satisfaction of the workforce. A helpful tool for this is the qualification matrix. You can read here how… Read more
Quality Maren Behrendt / 12.05.21 Quality Has a Father: Dr. William Edwards Deming Have you ever heard of Deming? Or perhaps of Total Quality Management (TQM)? You certainly know the latter from various models that show us a system for successful quality management. For example, there is the EFQM model for business excellence or the model described in the ISO guideline. What Dr. William… Read more
Digitalization Marc Osenberg / 17.03.21 Quality-Conscious and Well-Informed: Today’s Customer Behavior Times are changing. Or is it you? Whereas consumers had to rely on reviews from magazines or advice from specialist retailers for what felt like an eternity ago, today they have a wealth of knowledge in their pockets. With the help of our best friend – the smartphone – we are able to compare product… Read more