dc.contributor.advisor | Jordaan, J A | |
dc.contributor.author | Semase, Pheta Ishmael | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-04-23T13:15:44Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-04-23T13:15:44Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/26800 | |
dc.description | MBA, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2016 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The implementation of Quality Management Systems plays a major role within the majority of
the companies wishing to excel in their business operations and customer service. Eskom
embarked on a journey to Business excellence in March 2012, which involves the
implementation of auditable Quality Management Systems in all its divisions and departments in
its value chain. The company achieved a companywide ISO 9001 :2008 certificate in March
2013, compliance and consequent certification are a major achievement, particularly for a
company of Eskom's size, more so due to the short period of time in which this achievement
was reached.
For any company to reap the benefits of ISO 9001 :2008 Quality Management System
certification; surveillance audits, internal audits and other risk mitigation initiatives has to be
conducted by the company as part the continuous improvement initiatives prescribed by the ISO
9001 standard.
This study was carried out by obtaining data from audit and inspection reports, focused group
discussions with professional quality practitioners and a site visit to different power generating
stations was also conducted by the researcher, engaging with different people at shop floor
level as part of the direct observation data collection.
Although control of product and service non-conformances goes a long way in reducing failure
rate in company operations, OMS also plays a critical role in ensuring that operations are
controlled and ran efficiently. Results obtained from this study indicated that Eskom has not
fully benefited from the implementation of the ISO 9001 :2008 systems as a result of
inconclusive audit findings, reoccurring non-conformances relating to the Turbine and Boiler
equipment | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus | en_US |
dc.subject | ISO 9001 :2008 | en_US |
dc.subject | Quality management system | en_US |
dc.subject | Quality management representative | en_US |
dc.subject | Management systems | en_US |
dc.subject | Process management | en_US |
dc.subject | Business improvement methodologies | en_US |
dc.subject | Document management | en_US |
dc.subject | Business excellence | en_US |
dc.subject | Continual improvement | en_US |
dc.subject | Total quality management system | en_US |
dc.subject | Cost of quality | en_US |
dc.subject | Six sigma | en_US |
dc.subject | Lean manufacturing | en_US |
dc.title | A critique of the impact of Eskom's quality management system failures on business operations | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.thesistype | Masters | en_US |
dc.contributor.researchID | 11097132 - Jordaan, Johannes Albertus (Supervisor) | |