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Zero Defects

Zero Defects (or ZD) was a management-led program to eliminate defects in industrial production that enjoyed brief popularity in American industry from 1964 to the early 1970s. Quality expert Philip Crosby later incorporated it into his "Absolutes of Quality Management" and it enjoyed a renaissance in the American automobile industry—as a performance…

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Zero Defects

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related to Further reading · 26
Zero Defects → American Management Association, Archived, Assistant Secretary, Defense, Doing It Right, First Time, Guide, Halpin, James, John, Logistics, Manpower Installations, May, McGraw-Hill, New Dimension, New York City, OCLC, Office, Quality, Quality Assurance
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Zero Defects → Absolutes, Crosby, In, Making Quality Certain, Quality Is Free, Quality Management, Quality Management Maturity Grid, The, The Art, ZD Day
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Zero Defects → Crosby, Excellence, Martin, Martin Company, Pershing, Philip, The, War Department's, World War II
related to Criticisms · 8
Zero Defects → Confidence, Deming's, Eliminate, Joseph, Juran, Point, The, ZD
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Zero Defects → Boeing Vertol, Governor William, Lockheed Martin, Martin CompanyPhoto, Pennsylvania, Scranton
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Zero Defects → management tool aimed at the reduction of defects through prevention, motivational program aimed at encouraging employees to do better
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