Quality circle: a team of employees who meet on company time to solve problems of product quality
Increased effort is also being devoted to inspection, which is the examination of the quality of work-in-process. Employees perform inspections at various times during production.
Total Quality Management (TQM) program coordinates the efforts directed at improving customer satisfaction, increasing employee participation, strengthening supplier partnerships, and facilitating an organizational atmosphere of continuous quality improvement.
Six Sigma: relies on statistical data and improved methods to eliminate defects for products and services