The Chain of Quality: Market Dominance Through Product Superiority by John M. Groocock
Introducing a comprehensive, workable system for quality improvement, this book enables manufacturing operations to meet continually rising customer expectations and competitor efforts with an ongoing program of continual quality improvement and innovation. It explores the concept of the chain of conformance - the idea that product quality results not simply from efficient production, but from marketing, product design, purchasing and manufacturing processes. In addition, the book gives managers specific methods for ensuring quality at each link in the chain.