By MIFLORA MINOZA- GATCHALIAN, PhD., PFT CEO, Quality Partners Company, Ltd. Academician Emeritus, International Academy for Quality Introduction To succeed the development of Total Quality Management (TQM) in the enterprise, three urgent challenges need to be hurdled and these are: (1) FIRST: Baseline Data and Information gathering; (2) SECOND : Improvement approaches to existing situation; and (3) THIRD: Growth Trends Monitoring Towards Stability. This is a BIG challenge needing full support and cooperation not only from top management but also from everyone in the organization. Only the most essential challenges per action stage will be presented in each of the three articles covering the three urgent total quality challenges. PATIENCE is a virtue which is a basic requirement per challenge or action stage, since each CHALLENGE requires TIME to perform while being seriously followed-through by a PROGRESS monitoring system. The First urgent quality...