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ASQ will be the only place to get the American National Standard version of ISO 9001:2008.
Everything you need to know about ISO 9001:2008: We've made the update to ISO 9001 the subject of our latest Hot Topics page in the Knowledge Center. Check it out for details on the release, relevant articles from our archives, and some words of comfort (in mp3 format) from John E. "Jack" West.
The Future of Quality - and the World
The world is changing - and quality professionals who want to stay at the head of the parade need to change too.
They're going to need new knowledge and skills, and flexibility in the face of powerful change-driving forces such as globalization, the aging of the world population and rapidly changing technology.
ASQ invites you to join us in a "futuring" discussion focused on the most critical forces at work in this changing world, and how businesses and individuals can make the most of them.
The discussion starts with the 2008 ASQ Futures Study, which outlines the major forces at work and lays out different scenarios for how those forces could play out in years to come. Our new Hot Topics page on the future of quality offers a full-color brochure detailing the study in PDF form, a concise breakdown of the study prepared by the editor of Quality Progress magazine, and additional resources to get you started.
We'll be unveiling new resources and new ways to get involved in discussing the future of quality in the days to come, so be sure to bookmark the Future of Quality page and check back.
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Featured Quality Classic
This paper, delivered at a Quality Auditing Conference in 1999 by Harry Ainscough and Peter Gauthier, presents four terrific "war stories" about times when, in the diplomatic words of the authors, "disruptive events" reared their heads during auditing processes. PDF format, 530 KB, Open Access.
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