INTRODUCTION:
Total quality management increases the customer satisfaction by boosting the quality.
In an increasing competitive market firms with a continuous improvement culture and external focus are more likely to survive and prosper.
What is TQM?
TQM is an approach to improving the effectiveness and flexibilities of business as a whole.
It is essentially a way of organizing and involving the whole organization every department, every activity and every single person at every level.
SIGNIFICANCE OF TQM:
The importance of TQM lies in the fact that in encourages innovation, make the organization adaptable to change , motivate people for better quality ,and integrates the business arising out of the common purpose and all those provide the organization with a valuable and distinctive competitive edge.
Elements of TQM :
Be customer focused
Do it right the first time
Constantly improve
Quality is an attitude
Reasons for TQM failure
TQM fails because :
Top management sees no reasons for change
Top management is not concerned for its staff
Top management is not committed to the TQM programmer
The company loses interest in the programmer after six months
The work force and the management do not agree on what needs to happen.
Benefits of TQM:
Improvement of quality
Employee participation
Team work
Working relationship
Customer satisfaction
Employee satisfaction
IMPORTANCE OF TQM IN PHARMA INDUSTRY :
Handling:
Containers should be opened carefully and subsequently resealed in an approved manner.
Highly sensitive materials such as penicillin's and cephalosporin's should be handle in separate production area.
Highly active should be manufacture in a dedicate area and using delectated reagent.
Storage:
Secure storage facilities should be designated for use to prevent damage of materials.
Should be kept clean and tidy and subject to the appropriate pest control measurement.
Environmental conditions should be recorded.
Storage conditions for API should be based upon stability studies taking into account time.
Packaging:
Labelling and packaging processes should be defined and controlled to ensure that correct packaging materials are used correctly and other specified requirements are met.
Printed labels should be securely to avoid mix ups arising store.
Facilities and equipment :
The location ,design, and construction of buildings should be suitable for the type and stage of manufacture involved protecting the product from contamination and protecting operators and the environment from the product.
Equipment surfaces in contact with materials used in API manufacturing should be non reactive.
Conclusion :
Total quality management encourages participation amongst ,employees ,managers ,and organizations whole.
The responsibilities either its professional, social , legal, one that the rest with the pharmaceutical manufacturing for the assurance of quality.
Control should be practiced rigorously.