In the assertion of the total quality the central role lies with the i
ntegral management, and inside it with a holistic corporate planning.
Planning is both a process and system component of management, hence i
t has a direct and central link with the corporate quality management.
A holistic and planned quality control is possible only at the level
at which TQM is implemented by a holistic corporate planning which mus
t take place on all levels from the corporate politics making to a goo
d realisation of the planned affairs.