The involvement of all employees is not obligatoryĮmphasizes need of involvement of all employeesĬontinuous improvement and TQM are synonyms therefore TQM is represented the continuous and not terminating travel to quality It is not integrated into corporate strategyįocus on technical systems and proceduresįocus on philosophy, concepts, tools and methodology There is no need of focus on a certain consumer But nevertheless between the ISO standards of a series 9000 and the concept of TQM it is possible to allocate a number of differences which are given in table 1: The MS ISO 9001:2008contains a minimum of requirements for satisfaction of inquiries of consumers.
More approaches of TQM are stated in ISO 9004:2009MS which is a methodical grant on application of the quality system.