Focusing on continuous improvement

Ord Elliott

doi:10.1117/12.56950

1 January 1992 Focusing on continuous improvement

Ord Elliott

Proceedings Volume 1604, 11th Annual BACUS Symposium on Photomask Technology; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.56950
Event: 11th Annual BACUS Symposium on Photomask Technology, 1991, Sunnyvale, CA, United States

Abstract

I expect that many of you have wrestled with the question of where to concentrate your improvement efforts, what areas to focus on? Continuous improvement and total quality are taking on broader meaning in the 90’s to include nearly every facet of organization performance. In the 80’s total quality was typically defined as conformance to high performance standards or specifications. In the 90’s high performance standards are necessary to compete but don’t necessarily provide sufficient competitive advantage. Today maintaining the competitive edge also requires increased speed of response, enhanced levels of innovation, and break through improvements.

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Ord Elliott "Focusing on continuous improvement", Proc. SPIE 1604, 11th Annual BACUS Symposium on Photomask Technology, (1 January 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.56950

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