Over the past several years, the Standards Department of the Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, MITI has rendered technical aid to ASEAN countries: promulgating total quality management (TQM) systems that Japan had developed and found to be very successful; developing human resources; and contributing to the development of industries and economy as a whole. This project was designed to facilitate the implementation and promotion of TQM activities in ASEAN countries in order to develop their industries and promote international trade. This article describes the project.
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Tadato Onitsuka (1999) studied this question.