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Volume 97, Issue 3
1 May 1997
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Research Article| May 01 1997

A stage‐wise application of total quality management through the product life cycle

Monica Parzinger
Assistant Professor of Information Technology Management, School of Business, Christian Brothers University, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-5783
Print ISSN: 0263-5577
© MCB UP Limited
1997
Industrial Management & Data Systems (1997) 97 (3): 125–130.
https://doi.org/10.1108/02635579710173194

Total quality management (TQM) is not a panacea for quality ills and not all attempts to employ it succeed. Reviews the TQM literature and suggests that a key to successful TQM application may hinge on matching the critical implementation factors to the stage of the product life cycle.

Keywords: Implementation, Product lifecycle, TQM
© MCB UP Limited
1997
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