Manmeet Motor Company (MMC) was started in 1984 to manufacture and sell motorcars across India and the globe. Manmeet Motor Company's Total Quality Management (TQM) practices started in 1986. Mr. Arvind Singh, the founde

The following are the principles of Total Quality Management (TQM) that led to its success at Manmeet Motor Company (MMC): Customer-Focused Approach: The customer ultimately determines the level of quality. No matter what an organization does to foster quality improvement, training employees, integrating quality into the design process, upgrading computers or software, or buying new measuring tools, the customer determines whether the efforts are worthwhile. Total Employee Involvement: All employees participate in working towards common goals. Total employee commitment can only be obtained after fear has been driven from the workplace when empowerment has occurred, and management has provided the proper environment. High-performance work systems integrate continuous improvement efforts with normal business operations. Self-managed work teams are one form of empowerment. Process-centered Approach: A fundamental part of TQM is a focus on process thinking. A process is a series of steps that take inputs from suppliers (internal or external) and transform them into outputs that are delivered to customers (again either internal or external). The steps required to carry out the process are defined and performance measures are continuously monitored to detect unexpected variation. Integrated Systems: Although an organization may consist of many different functional specialties often organized vertically structured departments, it is the horizontal processes interconnecting these functions that are the focus of TQM. Strategic and Systematic Approach: A critical part of the management of quality is the strategic and systematic approach to achieving an organization's vision, mission and goals. This process, called strategic planning or strategic management, includes the formulation of a strategic plan that integrates quality as a core component. Training and Education: This approach is utmost important in determining the success of Total quality management. Employees should receive formal, systematic quality management induction and training. Education and training programs ought to be organised for the purpose. Continual Improvement: A major thrust of TQM is continual process improvement. Continual improvement drives an organization to be both analytical and creative in finding ways to become more competitive and more effective at meeting stakeholder expectations. Fact-based Decision Making: In order to know how well an organization is performing, data on performance measures are necessary. TQM requires that an organization continually collect and analyze data in order to improve decision making accuracy, achieve consensus, and allow prediction based on past history. Communications During times of organizational change, as well as part of day-to-day operation, effective communications play a large part in maintaining morale and in motivating employees at all levels. Communications involve strategies, method, and timeliness.