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Maintaining control

Anna Kochan (European Correspondent)

The TQM Magazine

ISSN: 0954-478X

Article publication date: 1 April 1992

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Abstract

It was the need for survival that prompted Volvo's Ghent factory to improve its quality and cost effectiveness. To help achieve this, the company adopted a Total Productive Maintenance programme which places the responsibility for equipment maintenance and quality control on all employees.

Citation

Kochan, A. (1992), "Maintaining control", The TQM Magazine, Vol. 4 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb059534

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MCB UP Ltd

Copyright © 1992, MCB UP Limited

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