ISO 9000 and TQM: are they complementary or contradictory to each other?

H Magd, A Curry - The TQM magazine, 2003 - emerald.com
The ISO 9000 series of standards has formalised systems for evaluating the ability of
organisations to consistently design, produce and deliver quality products and services …

Service excellence models: a critical discussion and comparison

M Gouthier, A Giese, C Bartl - Managing Service Quality: An …, 2012 - emerald.com
Purpose–As customer expectations expand and as product offerings hardly differ from each
other, service excellence has gained in importance as a means of enhancing customer …

Exploring soft versus hard factors for TQM implementation in small and medium‐sized enterprises

WG Lewis, KF Pun, TRM Lalla - International Journal of productivity …, 2006 - emerald.com
This paper aims to rank the emphasis placed on critical factors and quality management
principles that determine the success of total quality management (TQM) as it applies to …

The implementation of an ISO 9000 quality system

S Yahya, WK Goh - International journal of quality & reliability …, 2001 - emerald.com
This paper indicates that ISO 9000 elements that relate to an organization quality system are
hard to implement compared to elements that relate to operational procedures. The …

Management systems integration: lessons from an abandonment case

M Gianni, K Gotzamani - Journal of Cleaner production, 2015 - Elsevier
There is a growing belief that the integration of multiple management systems with its holistic
view of a business context encompasses all management activities, both certifiable and non …

A proposed framework for implementing TQM in Chinese organizations

KS Chin, KF Pun - International Journal of Quality & Reliability …, 2002 - emerald.com
With ever‐increasing competition in today's business environment, organizations are
seeking every opportunity to improve their business results. Attaining continuous …

Assessing organizational effectiveness: the role of performance measures

JR Matthews - The Library Quarterly, 2011 - journals.uchicago.edu
A brief overview of the challenges associated with demonstrating organizational
effectiveness and the role of performance measures as surrogates for demonstrating …

Implementing environmental management systems in construction: lessons from quality systems

G Ofori, G Gang, C Briffett - Building and environment, 2002 - Elsevier
Quality has been a key issue in Singapore's construction industry since the late 1980s. ISO
9000 certification is now compulsory for large construction enterprises and is an important …

A study of performance measures and quality management system in small and medium enterprises in India

V Bagodi, S Thimmappa Venkatesh… - … : An International Journal, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose The paper aims to identify causality amongst small and medium
enterprises'(SMEs') performance indicators, propose an integrated index of business …

Underlying mechanisms in the maintenance of ISO 14001 environmental management system

MA Balzarova, P Castka - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2008 - Elsevier
In this paper we aim to investigate the underlying mechanisms of the maintenance of ISO
14001. Initially, we looked into the Hillary's [Hillary R. Evaluation of study reports on the …