The key tenets of Total Quality Management (TQM) for enhancing production processes are: 1) Customer comes first with unwavering attention to their experience, 2) Ownership by operators ensuring complete quality control at every level, 3) Process-based approach with measured success and specified path, 4) Incorporating systems and integrating organizational components, 5) Emphasizing openness and communication, 6) Data-driven decision making based on measurable facts, and 7) Continual improvement as an ongoing process.