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Striving for quality : survey of quality management practices in the Canadian manufacturing sector / Vicki Kohse, Services to Business Branch, Industry and Science Canada.: Iu44-120/1993E-PDF

"Recognizing the value of quality management (QM) as a key competitive strategy for businesses in the '90s, Industry and Science Canada, in collaboration with Statistics Canada and members of the quality community, conducted a survey of the Canadian manufacturing sector in March 1993. The purpose of the survey was to determine to what extent business establishments were using QM practices. The effects of establishment size, geographic region and industrial sector on the use of QM practices and the impact of the adoption of QM on company performance were analyzed. This report is based on an analysis of responses provided by a sample of 787 business establishments ranging in size from 20 to over 2500 employees in all industries in the manufacturing sector across Canada. Respondents were primarily plant managers, presidents/CEOs and quality managers"--Executive summary, page i.

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Department/Agency
  • Canada. Industry and Science Canada.
  • Canada. Services to Business Branch.
TitleStriving for quality : survey of quality management practices in the Canadian manufacturing sector / Vicki Kohse, Services to Business Branch, Industry and Science Canada.
Variant title
  • Survey of quality management practices in the Canadian manufacturing sector
  • Striving for quality - a survey of quality management practices
Publication typeMonograph
Language[English]
Other language editions[French]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • Issued also in French under title: À la poursuite de la qualité : un sondage sur les pratiques de gestion de la qualité dans le secteur manufacturier.
  • Digitized edition from print [produced by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada].
  • Includes bibliographical references.
  • Issued also in print format.
Publishing information
  • [Ottawa] : Industry and Science Canada = Industrie et sciences Canada, [1993]
Author / Contributor
  • Kohse, Vicki, author.
Description1 online resource (1 volume (various pagings)) : illustrations
Catalogue number
  • Iu44-120/1993E-PDF
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