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Volume 1, Issue 1
1 January 1988
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Total Quality Management
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Review Article| January 01 1988

Continuous improvement at Canon

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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1360-0613
Print ISSN: 0954-4127
© MCB UP Limited
1988
Total Quality Management (1988) 1 (1)
https://doi.org/10.1108/eb059467

In 1975, Canon set an ambitious goal for itself — to become a world‐class manufacturer within six years. The Canon Production System formed the framework for the TQM programme and has been instrumental in the Company's spectacular success.

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