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Quality Improvement<\/h1>\n\n\n
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Drive customer satisfaction<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Quality improvements can deliver far-reaching value to an organization when they move key metrics in the right direction, for example reducing costs, increasing customer satisfaction, or improving employee engagement. In regulated industries, quality improvements may be required to comply with regulated standards through improving investigations, corrective\/preventive actions, and reporting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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In IT support and service management organizations, quality is pursued by finding ways to accelerate and improve issue resolution. Manufacturers improve quality by eliminating deviations, reducing rework and waste, and improving throughput. Ultimately improving quality increases customer satisfaction and is achieved best by working proactively to avoid problems ever occurring.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Analytic thinking skills provide a foundation for quality improvement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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In a world awash with data, complex problem-solving skills are essential<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Digitization has helped organizations to monitor and prevent quality problems from occurring. But inevitably problems do arise. The ability to use data to resolve complex issues is essential to any quality initiative.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Successful quality initiatives don\u2019t settle for reactive improvements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In addition to responding to quality problems with accuracy and speed, improving quality requires moving from repair to continuous improvement and from solving problems to designing to prevent problems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Quality is everyone\u2019s goal<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Prioritizing quality requires taking quality out of its own department and integrating it organization-wide: promoting quality by encouraging and supporting people\u2019s problem solving, planning, and risk management endeavors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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