Total quality control, a pillar in the strategy of the Bekaert Group

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Towards 1980, the Bekaert Group was convinced that quality would become a strategic necessity for othem, impressed as they were by the performances of their joint venture in Japan. Since that time they have been working on a ten-year programme which is to attune the company mentality of their big old company to what may be called the Juran concept. Now, they are more than halfway already and the training efforts are really enormous.

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Towards 1980, the Bekaert Group was convinced that quality would become a strategic necessity for othem, impressed as they were by the performances of their joint venture in Japan. Since that time they have been working on a ten-year programme which is to attune the company mentality of their big old company to what may be called the Juran concept. Now, they are more than halfway already and the training efforts are really enormous.

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Author(s)

W. Beheydt, Bekaert, Belgium

Publication/Event/Pages

Paper presented at WAI/BISPA Joint Technical Conference, Stratford-upon-Avon, England

Year

1988