Quality

You Can’t Inspect in Quality 0
- Quality
- February 18, 2015
Unfortunately, there are not enough organizations that understand quality. Quality is not additive or final. It must go beyond the product or service. We cannot add it at the end of the line or inspect it into the product. At best that is only a false sense of security. If we want a quality product
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Quality Isn’t Fluff 0
- Quality
- December 3, 2014
According to a study covered in a recent Harvard Business Review article, companies with highly developed quality cultures spend, on average, $350 million less annually fixing mistakes than companies with poorly developed ones. In the survey employees reported that it takes about two hours to correct a mistake. Assuming an hourly wage of $42.55 (the
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Every Quality Professional A Leader 0
- ASQ's Influential Voices, Quality
- November 17, 2014
This month on ASQ’s blog Bill Troy presents the idea that “Every quality professional a leader.” Like a lot of fundamentally important concepts, this sounds simple and straightforward but needs to be thought out a bit. In short, we want, need, and expect every one of our members—and indeed, every person in the quality community—to
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Keep Calm and Let the Quality Manager Handle It 0
- In the News, Quality
- June 25, 2014
Yeah, that will work. While a creative idea in the “Keep Calm” series and probably something many of experience this is completely the wrong idea. Quality is not something we can rely on a single person or group to perform. We cannot add it at the end of the line or inspect it into the
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Three Operational Discipline Techniques That Improves Quality 0
- Quality
- March 5, 2014
To ensure the success of your corporation you must ensure that your company is operationally disciplined. Operational discipline must be part of your company’s culture. Operational discipline is deﬁned as the deeply rooted dedication and commitment by every member of an organization to carry out each task, the right way, each time. ‘‘Discipline’’ in this
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8 Principles of Quality Management 0
- Quality
- February 12, 2014
When it comes to the quality of products and services presented by a company, quality management is essential. Quality management is the process of managing and monitoring performance to ensure adherence to predetermined quality standards and goals. A principle is a fundamental truth or law and therefore quality management principles are the fundamental truth or
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