Articles by Jim L. Smith

Face of Quality: Take the Long-Term Perspective

September 29, 2010
Almost by definition, continuous improvement is a long-term business strategy to improve your business in terms of customer value and satisfaction, quality, speed to market, flexibility and reduced cost.
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Opportunities Surround Us

September 14, 2010
Choose to take the actions that will turn the best opportunities into real and lasting achievements.
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Jim's Gems: Inner Strength

September 8, 2010
When we feel the urge to be critical of someone else, we need to stop, think and look first within ourself.
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Jim's Gems: How Will You Respond

September 1, 2010
The key to success and fulfillment is to take whatever happens and to do something useful and valuable with it.
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Face of Quality: A Model for Success

August 30, 2010
Who doesn’t want to be a success in life?
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Jim's Gems: Control the Situation

August 18, 2010
If you do not like what you see and experience, you have the ability to change it by changing the way you are.
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Jim's Gems: The Power Within

August 11, 2010
We have the power to fill our moments and our life with the things that have real and lasting meaning.
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Jim's Gems: Frustration Creates Opportunity

August 2, 2010
Everyone feels frustrated occasionally. However, how many times do we think of this frustration as an opportunity to create something positive out of a negative situation?
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Face of Quality: Valued Employees Get Results

July 29, 2010
If you have already curtailed your employee recognition practices and rewards programs or are planning to cut them, then you need to reconsider.
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Jim's Gems: Achievers Aren't Afraid of Success

July 19, 2010
Achievers concern themselves with excellence, but they do not obsess over perfection. Achievers aim for success, not perfection.
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A Practical Field Guide for ISO 9001:2008

The purpose of this field guide is to assist organizations, step by step, in implementing a quality management system (QMS) in conformance with ISO 9001:2008, whether from scratch or by transitioning from ISO 9001:2000. It examines each sub-clause of Sections 4–8 of ISO 9001:2008, which contain the requirements, and gives a list of the documentation/documents required, internal audit questions, a summary of management’s responsibilities, and a flowchart of the steps that need to be undertaken to satisfy the requirements.

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