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What Is Quality?

There are 14,800 searches on Google monthly for "What is Quality". Impressive!what is quality alliance calibration.png

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1,540,000,000 search results. About 1 million different answers.

This seems like such a simple question, yet there are numerous interpretations as to what is quality. You will see Lean, Six Sigma, KanBan, Process, System, etc.

Crosby gave a very simple answer that resonates for the implementation of ISO 9001:2015:

"Quality is conformance to requirements"

 

The introduction to ISO 9001: 2015 states:

"Consistently meeting requirements and addressing future needs and expectations poses a challenge for organizations in an increasingly dynamic and complex environment."

My translation, your competitor will cut your legs off the second that customer requirements are not met. There is really no need to overthink what quality is and to use esoteric definitions. You are in business for one reason. You offer a product or service that the market is willing to buy. When you make it difficult to do business with your company by not conforming to customer requirements then your competitor will step in and exceed those requirements... and can even charge more for their products and services.

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ISO 9001:2015 Section 4.2 Understanding the needs and expectations of interested parties is a succinct definition of What is quality-

"The organization shall monitor and review information about those interested parties and their relevant requirements."

It is time to move past the concept of quality as a combination of checklists, procedures and forms.

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The Kano model is a great tool to use for quality thinking in ISO 9001:2015. Do the things that delight your customer and quit doing those things that detract.

What do you think? Leave your comments below.

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What is the Kano Model?

The Kano Model is an insightful way of understanding, categorizing, and prioritizing 5 types of Customer Requirements (or potential Features) for new products and services.

It was created in the early ’80s by Japan’s professor Noriaki Kano but continues today to be an essential tool for all organizations independent of industry or size. The main purpose of the Kano Model is:

Kano Model Example - See how the Kano Model works

  • To understand and communicate 5 universal categories of customer requirements that all product and service developers need to be aware of in order to remain competitive.
  • To show how each of these 5 universal categories can influence satisfaction and dissatisfaction.
  • To show how 2 of the categories add value and 2 of the categories detract from value, and 1 of the categories creates New Value!
  • To help organizations understand their customer needs better than their customers understand their own needs.
  • To provide a mechanism to help organizations understand and classify all potential customer requirements or features into these 5 categories so they can prioritize development efforts on the things that most influence satisfaction and loyalty. This is done by the Kano Survey or sometimes called a Kano Analysis.

Source: https://www.kanomodel.com/