Total Data Quality Management
In the current global business environment, since a company competes on quality, it is likely the most important aspect of its strategic plan. The value of Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) to its clients is based on the quality of their high performance data processing software. Information is IRI's business and data processing is their product. Quality defects can occur in the collection, storage, or retrieval of data. Also, products and services offered by IRI varies from country to country and industry to industry. In such an environment, managing and controlling the quality of data is a critical and inevitable issue to obtain the competitive advantage. IRI relies on different data sources for capturing information and, with data, there is a strong reliance on data entry perfection. As data is collected, incomplete, inconsistent, duplicate or redundant data adversely affects not only IRI's reliance to the customer, but also the customer's performance. In the same way, defects in a physical product cost the manufacturer money; bad data is a critical problem to IRI. To ensure IRI is getting the most out of every application, system, and database to maximize the use of corporate data, they implemented a To
357 and the lower-control-limit was . The proposal we set forth for Information Resources, Inc. The first step was to build a team of functional experts. The successful implementation of a TQDM program will consist of frequent defining, monitoring, analyzing, and improving the process. This simple process map has had several concrete benefits. With this in mind, points 4, 12, and 18 were statistically out of control. Particular focus was placed on hand-offs or transitions across functional groups. The process ranges from receipt of raw material to delivery to client. will look to optimize allocation of resources and conduct process innovation, which will result in producing the aforementioned benefits in order to obtain a competitive advantage. Highlighted within IRI's Vision Statement is the following: "Recognizing that clients use our services in critical decision-making processes, we are committed to fully meeting their expectations of timeliness, reliability and accuracy.
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