• Journal of the Korean Operations Research and Management Science Society
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.101-121
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• 2009

The research literature presents that Total Quality Management (TQM) has been successfully embraced by firms for strategic and operational management in the last decades. However few studios analyze the role of TQM practices in the R&D environment. The objective of this study is to evaluate TQM practices implemented in manufacturing-based R&D organizations with respect to R&D performance. Our research model is primarily based on Malcolm Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence framework, including three moderating variables (industry type, organization size, quality management system certification), to propose hypotheses on the relationships between leadership practice, management practice and R&D performance. Results of canonical correlation analysis using data from 130 R&D organizations show that in aggregate leadership practice is positively related to management practice which is, in turn, positively related to R&D performance. These relationships are, however, affected by the moderating variables. Our results imply that TQM practices can be strategically adopted in the R&D organization.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Quality Management Conference
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• 2010.04a
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• pp.171-176
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• 2010

본 연구는 지금까지의 어떤 쇼핑몰 평가 시스템보다 쇼핑몰의 다양하고도 상호 유기적인 메커니즘을 조화롭게 평가할 수 있도록 하기 위해 경영품질의 공인된 세계 기준이자 많은 기업들에게 가장 신뢰할 수 있는 자기평가 기준이며 또한 시스템 경영의 교과서 역할을 하고 있는 말콤볼드리지 국가 품질상의 평가기준을 쇼핑몰에 도입하여, 리더십, 전략기획, 고객 및 시장, 정보와 분석, 인적자원, 프로세스의 여섯 가지 관점에서 쇼핑몰의 현황을 파악하고, 이를 측정하여 일곱 번째 관점인 최종 사업성과에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지를 분석함으로써, 웹사이트 성공에 영향을 미치는 정량적인 요소들과 정성적인 요인들에 대한 포괄적인 접근을 통해 쇼핑몰 사이트를 평가하고 분석하기 위한 종합적인 모형을 제시 하였다.

• Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.22-32
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• 2006

The purpose of this research is to develop the methodology for measuring the effectiveness of the Korean National Quality Award. To test the validity of the model, confirmatory factor analysis is used. Conclusively, 79 questions in 15 sub-categories from 7 categories are developed valid in the empirical research. Seven categories are Leadership, Strategic Planning, Human-Resource Focus, Process Management, Customer & Market Focus, Information & Analysis and Results.

• Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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• v.35 no.3
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• pp.55-65
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• 2007

The purpose of this study is to analyze the causal relationship among categories in the Korean National Quality Award(KNQA) model. The survey instrument consists of 79 questions from seven categories in the KNQA. Structural Equation Modeling(SEM) is used to analyze the empirical data and estimates the path coefficients among the KNQA categories. The result of this research indicates that Leadership drives systems that create Results through Foundation and Direction. Among eighteen hypotheses, sixteen hypotheses are statistically significant. Especially, this research indicates that Foundation and Direction are important mediating factors.

• Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.100-107
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• 1998

To evaluate the total quality activities is the most fundamental and critical process as one of the PDCA cycle. The quality award criteria such as Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and Deming Award can be a, pp.ied to the guideline for evaluating quality activities. We can identify several important factors for TQM by referring quality award criteria, but they don't suggest how efficiently implement TQM. In this paper, two methodologies are a, pp.ied to evaluate the TQM activities comparatively. One of them is the traditional scoring system (TSS) by analytic hierarchy process (AHP). TSS is the system which evaluates the performance of TQM by the weighted sum of critical success factors. Several quality award system are typical examples of TSS. The other is the efficiency measuring system (EMS) by data envelop analysis (DEA). DEA outperformed other alternative methods to measure the efficiency and it can be a, pp.ied to evaluate the TQM activities. The evaluation system by DEA can be named as EMS. The objective of this paper is to suggest a model called TAE (Total quality management Activities Evaluation), for evaluating TQM activities. In this model TQM organizations are classified into four types by considering TSS and EMS. Those types are high weighted sum and high efficiency type, high weighted sum and low efficiency type, low weighted sum and high efficiency type, and low weighted sum and low efficiency type. Therefore TQM organizations must not only make efforts to get the higher scores in terms of TSS, but also take necessary steps to enhance their efficiencies.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2019.11a
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• pp.195-196
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• 2019

It It is not easy to reduce the operation costs at a time when it is hard to expect increase sales due to growing economic uncertainties. For logistics centers, which need to keeps their competitive advantage in the market by raising service levels at low cost, it is essential to drastically improve service levels at low cost. This study suggests that KPI (Key Performance Indicator) analysis should determine whether efficient logistics operation is being performed for the entire process of the logistics operation system. And also we suggests that each item should be set up, measured, and improved so that customer satisfaction can be increased based on performance indicators.

• Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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• v.44 no.3
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• pp.575-586
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• 2016

Purpose: This paper proposes to improve the existing survey model for the quality management level of the defense industry by analyzing current quality management level, and to suggest the best survey model. Methods: The survey model was improved by merging and refining the questionnaires developed in 2014 for the purpose of reducing the answering burden and misunderstanding for questionnaires. In addition, a detailed video manual for filling the questionnaires was developed. Results: An improved survey model is presented and the quality management of the domestic defense industry is analyzed to derive some long-term policies for improving the quality level of defense industry. Conclusion: The proposed survey model will be continuously adopted to investigate the quality management level of the defense industry and target to provide the basic data for establishing the new defense policies.

• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.41 no.2
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• pp.133-140
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• 2018

In this study, a correlation between execution of quality management activities and their results was verified by applying the Malcolm Baldrige model (hereafter referred to as the MB model) as a quality management performance measurement indicator for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in South Korea. To achieve this goal, we need to determine whether the categorical requirements in the MB model are recognized consistently in SMEs, as a prerequisite. To this end, factor analysis was conducted for measurement variables in each category, which revealed that the process indicator was made up of six factors and the outcome indicator was made up of five factors, like those configured in the MB model. This result can be interpreted to mean that the requirements in each category of the MB model were well produced and recognized consistently throughout SMEs in South Korea. In addition, the analysis of causality between the process indicator (quality management activities) and the outcome indicator (management results) showed high causality between them. Although the quality management levels of SMEs in South Korea are inferior to those of conglomerates or other national quality award-winning companies, this study is significant in that the causality between quality management activities and results was verified, since this study targeted SMEs in South Korea as the target of investigation. Thus, it is empirically proven that the MB model can contribute to improved management results for SMEs in Korea.