CECC 00806 : 1994

1 Purpose of this Guidance Document
2 What is Total Quality Management (TQM)?
    2.1 Introduction
    2.2 Definitions
3 Why TQM
4 Established approaches to TQM
    4.1 Standards and guidelines relevant to TQM
    4.2 Application of TQM to electronics companies and
          their customers' organizations
          4.2.1 Structures and programmes
          4.2.2 Company awards
    4.3 TQM methodology
          4.3.1 Methods, tools and techniques used in TQM
          4.3.2 Methods, tools and techniques used in
                 process management
          4.3.3 General procedures and tools
    4.4 Award systems
    4.5 The European Foundation for Quality Management
          4.5.1 Status
          4.5.2 Purpose
          4.5.3 E.F.Q.M. statement on 'why Europe needs
                 quality management'
          4.5.4 The European Quality Award
          4.5.5 Relationships to national quality
                 organisations
5 Implementation: How to start a TQM programme and ensure
    it continues
    5.1 The multinational company approach
    5.2 The plan-execute-harvest approach
    5.3 The Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) programme
    5.4 Step by step models
6 Achievement
    6.1 Methods of measurement
    6.2 Stages of self-assessment
7 Relationship between CECC approvals and the TQM Concept
8 CECC's position on TQM
Annex A: Models and Definitions of TQM
Annex B: Company approaches to TQM
Annex C: Specific techniques used in TQM programmes
Annex D: References

Gives a european system of standards and certification for all companies involved with the design, manufacture, distribution and use of electronic components, together with related services. It is intended to help CECC approved companies to consider parallel requirements for implementing CECC and TQM practices.