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Total Quality Management (TQM): A Quick Guide

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Total Quality Management (TQM) works to maintain success by doing what is necessary to deliver satisfaction to customers. That’s where total quality management comes in, and like its name says, it’s a method to control and constantly work on improving quality. Total Quality Management Defined.

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Creating a Request for Quote (RFQ) for Procurement

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Managers want to stay on budget and resources cost money, which is why they use a request for quote (RFQ) to get pricing from suppliers and contractors. Cost: This is the total price. The total amount of each line item is then added and at the bottom of the RFQ is the subtotal, tax rate, sales tax, any other taxes and the total.

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Trello Kanban Board: Key Features, Pros, Cons & Alternatives

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Yes, Trello is software by Atlassian that offers five project management tools: kanban boards, project timelines, calendars, dashboards and tables. Trello’s tools and features are mainly geared towards marketing, product development and creative teams, but can also be used to manage tasks and workflows in other industries.

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What Is a Sales Order? (Example & Template Included)

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The sales order process, which we’ll cover in a bit, needs management to ensure that vendors and customers get what they want. But first, it’s important to have software that can manage the sales order process to ensure that goods are delivered on time and paid for as determined in the sales order terms. We’ll get to that next.

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How to Calculate Total Manufacturing Cost

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Then we’ll provide formulas to calculate each type of manufacturing cost and the total manufacturing cost. The manufacturing cost is a factor in the total delivery cost or the money a manufacturer spends to make and deliver the product. Project management software helps manufacturers track production costs.

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Total Productive Maintenance Essentials: 8 Things You Need to Know About TPM

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When it comes to equipment, there’s an approach to this called total productive maintenance (TPM). Total productive maintenance helps you achieve equipment reliability and keeps your machines always working at their best. What Is Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)? What Is Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)? Learn More!

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10 Manufacturing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

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Manufacturing is based on delivering quality and quantity products to the market on schedule. Then we’ll list the 10 most important manufacturing KPIs and conclude with how project management software can help you track those manufacturing KPIs. That’s why collecting manufacturing KPIs with project management software is recommended.