The master's degree thesis deals with the analysis of the quality management system in a selected organisation. The theoretical part focuses on history and quality management, quality principles and its concept. It describes the quality management system, its implementation and documentation. General standards and standards for hot-dip galvanising are an essential part for an easier orientation in the issues. The practical part describes a company engaged in hot-dip galvanising, the company's goals and the process of hot-dip galvanising. The next part provides a detailed description of the technological process concerning hot-dip galvanising to illustrate practically the quality management system. In order to follow the production process, one contract was selected and was closely observed during every step of the whole process of hot-dip galvanising. The last part of the chapter includes data analysis of the quality management system as well as a description of the Pareto analysis, which represents the only instrument of quality management in the organisation. The conclusion provides some improvement suggestions which should be applied by the company to enhance the quality management system and at the same time to prevent possible complications.

A globalização tem apresentado ameaças e oportunidades aos negócios das agroindústrias de países em desenvolvimento. Apesar das organizações da América Latina e da Ásia competirem no mercado mundial com baixos custos de produção, estas deveriam desenvolver outras vantagens competitivas como a flexibilidade, o tempo de atravessamento e a qualidade. Empresas não tradicionais, como as da cadeia coureiro-calçadista, estão sendo demandadas por seus clientes a implantarem a certificação ISO 9001:2000 para assegurar a qualidade. Contudo, reporta-se que a obtenção desta certificação por motivação externa, como demanda de clientes, não ocasionaria melhores práticas de gestão e resultados. Desta forma, o objetivo deste estudo foi analisar nas organizações certificadas e não certificadas ISO 9001:2000 da cadeia coureiro-calçadista brasileira as dimensões de práticas de gestão e de resultados, assim como, analisar a dimensão de motivações que levaram as organizações a obter a certificação. Para isso, utilizou-se o levantamento de pesquisa como metodologia. Foram enviados e-mails convites a 1453 empresas para responderem um questionário na internet. O questionário visou captar a percepção dos respondentes em relação às três dimensões estudadas. Obteve-se uma amostra de 130 empresas, 45 certificadas e 85 não certificadas. Primeiramente, foi realizada uma validação interna para demonstrar a confiabilidade e a validade do questionário. Em seguida, realizou-se a validação externa com testes estatísticos não paramétricos para demonstrar a estatística inferencial do estudo. Os fatores extraídos das três dimensões apresentaram correlações positivas nas organizações certificadas. Além disso, empresas certificadas com diferentes motivações que levaram a obtenção da ISO 9001:2000 não apresentaram diferenças significativas nas práticas de gestão e nos resultados. Contundo, as empresas certificadas apresentaram um desempenho superior quando comparadas com aquelas não certificadas. O estudo sugere às empresas não certificadas da cadeia que se motivem para obter a ISO 9001:2000 para que possam melhor desenvolver seus negócios. / Globalization has presented both threats and opportunities for businesses of the agrobased industries in developing countries. Latin America and Asia organizations compete on low costs in global market, though they should develop other competitive advantages as flexibility, lead-time and quality. Non-traditional companies, like tannery-footwear industry, have being requested by customers to implement ISO 9001:2000 certification to assure the quality. However, it is reported that attaining the certification for external reasons, as customers demand, would not improve practical management and results. Hence the objective of this study was to analyze, in Brazilian ISO 9001:2000 certified and not certified organizations of the tannery-footwear supply chain, the dimensions of practical management and results, as well as, analyze the dimension of motivations in which organizations obtained the certification. Research survey was applied to collect data. Invitations had been sent by emails to 1453 organizations to fill up a questionnaire on the Internet. The purpose of the questionnaire was to capture the respondent’s perception about three dimensions studied. A sample of 130 organizations, 45 certified and 85 not certified, was obtained. First an internal validation was carried out to demonstrate the extent of reliability and validity of the questionnaire. After that it was carried out an external validation applying nonparametric statistics to demonstrate the inferencial statistics. The extracted factors of three dimensions had positive correlations among certified organizations. Moreover, certified organizations with different motivations to attain ISO 9001:2000 did not show significant differences on practical management and results. However, certified organizations exhibit superior performance when comparing with not certified. The study suggests that not certified organizations should motivate to obtain the ISO 9001:2000 certification in order to improve their businesses.

As empresas construtoras de empreendimentos habitacionais de baixa renda no Brasil têm sido impulsionadas a implementar Sistemas de Gestão da Qualidade (SGQ) em função de exigências de certificação por parte de órgãos financiadores deste segmento de mercado, envolvidas no Programa Brasileiro de Qualidade e Produtividade no Habitat (PBQP-H). No entanto, observa-se, ainda, a presença de muitas falhas de qualidade nos empreendimentos de baixa renda, apesar da certificação obtida pelas construtoras. Por outro lado, tendo implementado um SGQ, muitas empresas possuem dados sobre as falhas incidentes em seus produtos, através de registros obtidos por exigências dos próprios requisitos normativos. O objetivo deste trabalho consiste em propor melhorias no processo de controle da qualidade de empreendimentos habitacionais de baixa renda, utilizando para tanto registros de falhas nos produtos. Neste sentido, foram analisados empreendimentos que pertencem aos dois programas de provisão habitacional, o Programa de Arrendamento Residencial (PAR) e o Imóvel na Planta, ambos gerenciados pela Caixa Econômica Federal. A pesquisa foi dividida nas seguintes etapas: (a) revisão bibliográfica; (b) estudo exploratório para identificação da estrutura e funcionamento do sistema de gestão da qualidade de uma empresa construtora; (c) realização de estudos de caso em duas empresas construtoras de empreendimentos habitacionais de baixa renda, envolvendo a caracterização do processo de controle da qualidade nos seus empreendimentos e a análise de falhas de qualidade; (d) proposta de melhorias no processo de controle de qualidade. As principais contribuições da pesquisa estão relacionadas com o processamento de dados de registros de falhas. Este processamento possibilita a caracterização do comportamento das falhas e o estabelecimento de uma priorização das mesmas, utilizando ferramentas de fácil aplicação. A partir dos registros de falhas arquivados pelas empresas construtoras foi possível identificar oportunidades de melhorias para o processo de controle da qualidade, considerando as lacunas existentes neste processo que permitem a ocorrência das falhas. / The construction companies working on low-income housing projects in Brazil have been encouraged to implement Quality Management Systems (QMS) due to the demand for certification from funding organizations in this market segment, involved in the Brazilian Program for Quality and Productivity in the Habitat. However, there are still a large incidence of quality failures in low-income housing projects, despite the certification obtained by construction companies. By contrast, due to the implementation of QMS, many companies have data about the incidence of failures in their products, obtained from records in accordance with the normative system requirements. The objective of this study is to propose improvements in the quality control process of lowincome housing projects, using records of product failures. It was based on the study of projects from two housing provision programs, the Residential Leasing Program and the Blue Print Housing Program, both managed by the National Savings Bank. This research work was divided into the following stages: (a) literature review; (b) exploratory study on the structure and functioning of the quality management system of a construction companies; (c) two case studies in low-income house building companies, involving the characterization of the quality control process and the analysis of the main quality failures; (d) proposal for improving the quality control process. The main contributions of this study are related to data processing regarding quality failure records. This data processing enables the characterization of failure modes and the establishment of priorities, using fairly simple tools. Based on the failure records of the construction companies, it was possible to identify improvement opportunities in the quality control process, considering gaps in this process, that allow the occurrence of failures.

A implementação de Sistemas de Gestão da Qualidade (SGQ) em laboratórios de ensaio de instituições de ensino e pesquisa, com fins de acreditação conforme norma ISO/IEC 17025, demanda abordagens que atendam às características típicas deste tipo de ambiente. A necessidade de conciliar as atividades de ensino, pesquisa e prestação de serviços de ensaio, a falta de foco no cliente e a presença de pessoal temporário, bem como a ausência de publicações mais específicas e detalhadas a este respeito, dificultam e até impedem iniciativas neste sentido. Um dos objetivos desta pesquisa foi propor soluções para as principais dificuldades encontradas durante a implementação de um SGQ realizada em dois laboratórios de ensaio da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, através do relato e da análise deste processo. Baseado no estudo dos casos mencionados, foi proposto um método para a implementação de um SGQ de acordo com norma ISO/IEC 17025 e a acreditação de laboratórios de ensaio de instituições de ensino e pesquisa. A proposta apresenta a descrição das principais etapas, incorpora uma abordagem de gestão por processos e estabelece indicadores de desempenho vinculados aos objetivos do SGQ, adotando soluções criativas para atender às características e às necessidades dos laboratórios destas instituições. / The implementation of Quality Management Systems (QMS) in test laboratories of teaching and research institutions, with the purpose of accreditation according to ISO/IEC 17025 standard, requires approaches that meet the typical characteristics of this type of environment. The need to reconcile teaching, research and testing services, the lack of customer focus and the presence of temporary staff, as well as the absence of more specific and detailed publications on this subject, difficult or even prevent some initiatives. One of the objectives of this study was the proposition of solutions to solve the major problems encountered during the QMS implementation conducted in two laboratories at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, through the reporting and analysis of this process. Based on this case, a method to implement a QMS according to ISO/IEC 17025 in test laboratories of teaching and research institutions was proposed. This proposal presents the main steps description, incorporates a process approach and establishes performance indicators related to the objectives of the QMS. It also adopts creative solutions to meet the characteristics and needs of these institutions’ laboratories.

Since 1994, South African education system has been undergoing continuous transformation which had an impact on the quality of teaching and learning. There appeared to be a huge underperformance in the High School and FET College learners which for many years forced Universities to embark on bridging courses in order to enroll new students. Furthermore, a misalignment of college’s National Technical Diploma (NATED) programmes that did not afford college graduates an opportunity to register with Universities nor Universities of Technology brought about the questioning of the quality of teaching and learning in the FET College sector. Tabling the unified quality improvement plans in education in South Africa, the Education Ministry introduced an integrated approach to measure teaching and learning with the view of identifying improvement strategies. However, the implementation of this integrated tool called the Integrated Quality Management System had educators and managers attaching ambiguous meanings to the system. The IQMS instrument is meant to be a dependable quality assurance tool to measure and improve the quality of teaching and learning. The ambiguity lies with educators and managers referring to IQMS as a means to acquire 1% pay progression and the possible return of the old apartheid systems’ inspectorate. This research study was promulgated by a concern on the effectiveness and efficiency of implementing the IQMS instrument to measure the quality of teaching and learning in South African FET sector. In exploring literature on the concept of quality teaching and learning in the FET sector in South Africa, the researcher identified that similar trends of integrating quality management systems in education are being followed globally. The difference to the South African system is the attachment of the salary progression of 1% as an incentive to performance. In view of the introduction of the new system of education and training, the researcher realized that ‘short cut’ processes were followed in preparing educators to be able to offer new education programmes using the OBE system of teaching and learning. That appeared to be another shortfall to the adequacy of implementing IQMS as a quality assurance instrument to measure the quality of teaching and learning in the FET sector in South Africa. In addition, there appeared to be conflicting trends in the FET sector where the same sector provided curriculum 2005 programmes for schools which differed from college programmes offering National Certificate Vocational {NC(V)}. Both sectors were expected to use IQMS as a tool to measure the quality of teaching and learning with the view of enhancing improvement thereof. Furthermore, the end product of the FET sector for both schools and colleges is the Further Education and Training Certificate (FETC). Unfortunately, it was difficult for the education department to achieve its objectives because time frames to prepare educators and the critical element of providing adequate human resources for the implementation of IQMS could not be met through Umalusi the national quality assurance body for the sector. The FET Sector which is expected to deliver Education and Training to produce quality students for HE sector and the world of work is faced with shortfalls of quality delivery. The driving force of this research study was to explore the dependability and adequacy of implementing IQMS as a quality assurance instrument to effectively and efficiently measure the quality of teaching and learning to meet the expected outcomes. It is in this regard that the researcher through empirical evidence realized that IQMS did not have theoretical grounding hence there are no principles, procedures or processes that govern the implementation of this very important system. In addition, the empirical evidence from the qualitative study proved that quality delivery of teaching and learning has been monitored using diverse assessment practices. A variety of assessment tools like the TQM and QMS which exist in FET Colleges with the summative IQMS in FET Schools of which the three practices are premised around Quality Management. Quality Management refers to a process where quality delivery in a school, college or any other organization is systematically managed to maintain the competence of the organization. It is in this regard that TQM, QMS and IQMS refer to Quality Assurance Practices in any organization that is geared to effective and efficient client relations. / Teacher Education / D.Ed. (Education Management)

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The purpose of this thesis is recommendations which are proposed to improve the current situation after analysis and identification of deficiencies the quality management system in the selected company. The terms quality and quality management system in the general sense are described in the theoretical part of this thesis. The information about quality management is based on the Czech and the English literature. The selected company and its system of quality management are presented in the practical part of this diploma thesis. All information for analysis is taken from the internal documents and from the consultations with a quality manager. This thesis illustrates some processes the quality management system which are applied in the company, namely the people, the infrastructure, the documented information, the process of purchase, the control of nonconforming outputs, the monitoring and measurement, the internal audit and the improvement. The changes suggested to improve individual processes of quality management are introduced after the evaluation of this analysis.

This diploma thesis deals with the analysis of Quality management system in a selected organization with respect to the requirements of IATF 16949:2016 standard. The theoretical part is focused on quality, especially, on quality management systems, concepts of these systems and also directly on the industry standard IATF 16949:2016 and its requirements. The practical part deals with the quality management system directly in the company CB Plast CR s.r.o. At first, the characteristics of the company with subsequent analysis of the application of selected requirements of industry standard IATF16949:2016 is described. Also, the analysis of the selected area of the quality management system and survey focused on awareness of company employees of the implemented quality management system is a part of the practical part of the thesis. The current status of the quality management system in the company CB Plast CR s.r.o. with respect to the requirements of the industry standard and recommendations for ensuring higher efficiency of the implemented quality management system are shown at the end of the practical part of this thesis.

The thesis deals with the analysis of quality management system in a selected organization and with tasks assigned by the organization's quality manager. The company is Aspera, spol. s r.o., specifically its metal manufacturing centre Aspera Technology in České Budějovice. The thesis is divided into a theoretical and a practical part. The theoretical part is based on study of scientific literature and focuses on quality definition, history of quality management, quality management system principles and concepts and quality management tools, especially process flowchart, Pareto diagram and FMEA. The practical part describes the company, its manufacturing centre and its quality management system. The next part deals with the three assigned tasks. First, designated company processes are described and visualized in the form of flowcharts. Second, weak points and risks of these processes are analysed using FMEA and corrective actions are recommended. Third, the most significant internal defects are identified using Pareto chart and cost analysis. At the end of the thesis some suggestions for improvement are provided. The suggestions were observed during an internship in the company and should enhance the quality management system and help the overall operation of the company processes.

A globalização tem apresentado ameaças e oportunidades aos negócios das agroindústrias de países em desenvolvimento. Apesar das organizações da América Latina e da Ásia competirem no mercado mundial com baixos custos de produção, estas deveriam desenvolver outras vantagens competitivas como a flexibilidade, o tempo de atravessamento e a qualidade. Empresas não tradicionais, como as da cadeia coureiro-calçadista, estão sendo demandadas por seus clientes a implantarem a certificação ISO 9001:2000 para assegurar a qualidade. Contudo, reporta-se que a obtenção desta certificação por motivação externa, como demanda de clientes, não ocasionaria melhores práticas de gestão e resultados. Desta forma, o objetivo deste estudo foi analisar nas organizações certificadas e não certificadas ISO 9001:2000 da cadeia coureiro-calçadista brasileira as dimensões de práticas de gestão e de resultados, assim como, analisar a dimensão de motivações que levaram as organizações a obter a certificação. Para isso, utilizou-se o levantamento de pesquisa como metodologia. Foram enviados e-mails convites a 1453 empresas para responderem um questionário na internet. O questionário visou captar a percepção dos respondentes em relação às três dimensões estudadas. Obteve-se uma amostra de 130 empresas, 45 certificadas e 85 não certificadas. Primeiramente, foi realizada uma validação interna para demonstrar a confiabilidade e a validade do questionário. Em seguida, realizou-se a validação externa com testes estatísticos não paramétricos para demonstrar a estatística inferencial do estudo. Os fatores extraídos das três dimensões apresentaram correlações positivas nas organizações certificadas. Além disso, empresas certificadas com diferentes motivações que levaram a obtenção da ISO 9001:2000 não apresentaram diferenças significativas nas práticas de gestão e nos resultados. Contundo, as empresas certificadas apresentaram um desempenho superior quando comparadas com aquelas não certificadas. O estudo sugere às empresas não certificadas da cadeia que se motivem para obter a ISO 9001:2000 para que possam melhor desenvolver seus negócios. / Globalization has presented both threats and opportunities for businesses of the agrobased industries in developing countries. Latin America and Asia organizations compete on low costs in global market, though they should develop other competitive advantages as flexibility, lead-time and quality. Non-traditional companies, like tannery-footwear industry, have being requested by customers to implement ISO 9001:2000 certification to assure the quality. However, it is reported that attaining the certification for external reasons, as customers demand, would not improve practical management and results. Hence the objective of this study was to analyze, in Brazilian ISO 9001:2000 certified and not certified organizations of the tannery-footwear supply chain, the dimensions of practical management and results, as well as, analyze the dimension of motivations in which organizations obtained the certification. Research survey was applied to collect data. Invitations had been sent by emails to 1453 organizations to fill up a questionnaire on the Internet. The purpose of the questionnaire was to capture the respondent’s perception about three dimensions studied. A sample of 130 organizations, 45 certified and 85 not certified, was obtained. First an internal validation was carried out to demonstrate the extent of reliability and validity of the questionnaire. After that it was carried out an external validation applying nonparametric statistics to demonstrate the inferencial statistics. The extracted factors of three dimensions had positive correlations among certified organizations. Moreover, certified organizations with different motivations to attain ISO 9001:2000 did not show significant differences on practical management and results. However, certified organizations exhibit superior performance when comparing with not certified. The study suggests that not certified organizations should motivate to obtain the ISO 9001:2000 certification in order to improve their businesses.