Fatores críticos que afetam a manutenção de um sistema de gestão pela qualidade em indústrias de transformação do estado do Ceará

Abstract

The organizations continually seek to increase their competitiveness in the market in which they operate. The most usual way to maximize profits and become more competitive is by improving processes in order to gain the preference of its customers by meeting their requirements either by price or quality. This process leads to search intensively for continuous improvement of management tools that can improve organizational performance. Many models of quality management have been proposed, usually emphasizing a particular aspect, such as increased productivity, process standardization and compliance with the prerequisites of the customers. In this context, total quality management (TQM) emerged focused on client service through dissemination of the concepts of quality throughout the organization, thereby building an organizational culture focused on quality. A survey was conducted in 2012 with the theme "The Evolution of maturity in implementing the practices of total quality management in the transformation of the state of Ceará between 1999 and 2010 industries" and showed that in some cases the organizations have changed their stance front of QM, is leaving in cases where it was applied in adopting or otherwise. Having this background, the objective of this present work is to identify barriers encountered for maintaining QM as a formal model of quality management. The study is classified as qualitative, executed by a multi-case study with a questionnaire and structured interviews. The first results showed that the most critical factors for maintaining a system of QM is the top management commitment and customer focus. Another result of this study showed a difficulty for companies define their model of quality management due to the difficulty in reconciling the interests of stakholders (stakeholders).