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Volume 1, Issue 5
1 May 1989
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Total Quality Management
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Review Article| May 01 1989

Kaizen at Kubota Steel

Masaharu Matsumura
Masaharu Matsumura
Personnel Manager at Kubota Steel Ltd
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1360-0613
Print ISSN: 0954-4127
© MCB UP Limited
1989
Total Quality Management (1989) 1 (5)
https://doi.org/10.1108/eb059487

This article examines the role of the foreman in continuous quality improvement. Through intensive training in production technologies and management practices, Kubota's foremen possess the skills and knowledge to lead any quality initiative.

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