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NEW BLOG! Quality for Life
Blogger: Kay Kendall
"I know that many of my friends in quality are active in the support of community charities, as am I. I think a lot of us view this work as just an extension of the desire we have to improve things...I was humbled last year to realize that I failed to apply a very fundamental quality principle to many of my community efforts-listening to the voice of the customer."
(Posted October 13, 2008)
Leadership in Continuous Improvement
Blogger: Terry Holliday, Ph. D.
"Every child comes to school with a yearning for learning and it is our job to make certain that we do not dampen that yearning."
(Posted September 17, 2008)
Statistical Thinking to Improve Quality
Blogger: Gordon Clark
"This posting describes the Multi-Vari Chart which is a tool for use in the seventh step, Study Cause and Effect, of the Hoerl-Snee Process Improvement Strategy…The Multi-Vari Chart graphically shows variation of a quality characteristic for multiple factors. The purpose of the chart is to permit identification of the factor or factors having the greatest effect on variability."
(Posted July 27, 2008)
Efficiency in Healthcare
Blogger: Dr. Robert Burney
“The term groupthink is blamed on Janis Irving and his 1972 book, Victims of Groupthink, and it's one of the reasons groups come up with totally wrong decisions…(This) thought came to mind on reading the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation's report, 'Opinion Leader Perspectives on Health Care Efficiency.' Although the contributors came from diverse groups, they must be reading the same articles, sitting on the same panels, and speaking at each other’s meetings. They all agree, and they're not always right."
(Posted August 4, 2008)
Quality in Education
Bloggers: Paul Hayes and Becky Martin
“Whether it's signing up for professional development classes, creating the data folder pages your students will use next year, or tweaking your Excel spreadsheets to make your data collection more efficient, a little time spent planning now will save time in the long run. Being prepared for the start of the school year by having systems in place will make for much lighter work when it comes to the unavoidable 'first day of school' tasks at the start of a new year."
(Posted May 1, 2008)
Ventana a la Calidad – (en español)
Blogger: Sylvia Garcés Soria
"Es justo y necesario que Monterrey ya tenga su propia sección. Monterrey es una de las ciudades más importantes en México por sus industrias, cultura, universidades y estilo de vida de sus ciudadanos. Ya existen dos ramas estudiantiles en Monterrey. Entonces ya tienen un buen camino establecido para promover la calidad y excelencia."
(Posted 11 Septiembre 2008)
Financial Services Six Sigma
Bloggers: Sheila Shaffie and Shahbaz Shahbazi
"Recently I left a meeting feeling frustrated, my only solace being that I wasn’t the only one feeling uneasy. For what felt like the millionth time, issues around communication were discussed during our team meeting. We seem to keep going around in circles when it comes to the communication plan: challenges never seem to get resolved. At the start of the project we put together what seemed to be a robust plan…But all of this didn’t seem to be enough."
(Posted July 21, 2008)
ASQ Blog Archives
2008 ASQ World Conference on Quality and Improvement
Bloggers: Dennis Arter, David Levy, and Aimee Siegler
"With so many opportunities to learn, share and be recognized, today was a great day..."
(Posted May 3, 2008)
Lean Six Sigma
Blogger: C.W. Russ Russo
Lean Six Sigma Conference
“I have been struck by the quality of the individual breakout sessions…some really in-depth and thought provoking ideas were shared.”
(Posted February 12, 2008)
Government Quality
Blogger: Bruce Waltuck
"What can we say about the optimal size of government? There are current candidates as of this posting, who have quite different views on this issue. What products and services are best delivered by government? What values will influence our thinking and actions, as we seek the elusive ‘government that works better, and costs less?’"
(Posted January 15, 2008)
Sarbanes-Oxley
Blogger: John Walz
"Now is a good time for the quality managers, engineers, and auditors to visit your finance / accounting organization to offer a jointly review of [the Guidance on Monitoring Internal Control Systems document] and to decide how your QMS can better support SOX Internal Controls."
(Posted September 27, 2007)
Quality Counts Canada!
Blogger: Lucy Stange
"This is a great opportunity for me to share with you notes and quotes demonstrating excellence in quality. This is going to be a great trip! This time, I choose 'the path not taken' in search of new experiences to share. Welcome to Quality Counts Canada!"
(Posted November 1, 2006)
Note: The bloggers are ASQ members, but their opinions are their own and may not reflect the opinions of ASQ or its membership as a whole. Members of the public are invited to comment.
