TY - GEN
T1 - Customer satisfaction survey of quality management system in the medical industry
AU - Mankazana, Sihle
AU - Mabasa, Matimba Davis
AU - Bapela, Temosho
AU - Maphosa, Rush Mpho
AU - Mukwakungu, Sambil Charles
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, IEOM Society International.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The management function of any organization is to ensure that the set goals, visions and objectives of the organization meet customer satisfaction through the implementation of a Quality Management system (QMS). The aim of the study is to reduce the gap between management expectations of set standards and the given performance of the organization by employees, thus finding measures to reduce those gaps and decrease customer dissatisfaction. Primary and secondary questions are aimed to answer the following questions respectively: Will the implementation of QMS through an ISO13485 improve customer satisfaction in a medical diagnostics equipment manufacturing organization? And does staff engagement in the objectives set by management have a relationship to customer satisfaction? The researchers employ the mixed-method approach using a local diagnostics devices manufacturer as a case study. Evaluation of the operations system is done through data collection from employees and customers with the means of questionnaires. The study concluded that through statistical analysis obtained, there was unanimous support of the fact that implementation of a QMS has a positive effect on customer satisfaction, although the acceptance of the system's implementation is not welcomed by minority of employees.
AB - The management function of any organization is to ensure that the set goals, visions and objectives of the organization meet customer satisfaction through the implementation of a Quality Management system (QMS). The aim of the study is to reduce the gap between management expectations of set standards and the given performance of the organization by employees, thus finding measures to reduce those gaps and decrease customer dissatisfaction. Primary and secondary questions are aimed to answer the following questions respectively: Will the implementation of QMS through an ISO13485 improve customer satisfaction in a medical diagnostics equipment manufacturing organization? And does staff engagement in the objectives set by management have a relationship to customer satisfaction? The researchers employ the mixed-method approach using a local diagnostics devices manufacturer as a case study. Evaluation of the operations system is done through data collection from employees and customers with the means of questionnaires. The study concluded that through statistical analysis obtained, there was unanimous support of the fact that implementation of a QMS has a positive effect on customer satisfaction, although the acceptance of the system's implementation is not welcomed by minority of employees.
KW - Customer satisfaction
KW - ISO13485
KW - Quality management system
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85079293026&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85079293026
SN - 9781532359507
T3 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management
SP - 991
EP - 1001
BT - 4th North American IEOM Conference. IEOM 2019
PB - IEOM Society
T2 - 4th North American IEOM Conference. IEOM 2019
Y2 - 23 October 2019 through 25 October 2019
ER -