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Always Move Forward

June 21, 2011
What is the one thing you can do today to ensure success? It all comes down to setting the highest of expectations. However, you need to be patient with yourself as well.
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Jim's Gems: Focused Responsibility

June 13, 2011
Your life is best lived when you take full responsibility for it.
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Be the Author of Your Own Success Story

June 6, 2011
Persistent, focused action is what breathes life into possibilities.
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Make a Difference Today

June 1, 2011
Never doubt for a minute that there is a way for you to make a positive difference today
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Shifting the Paradigm: Overcoming AQL Shortcomings

May 31, 2011
A test that samples and makes process statements from a 30,000-foot-level metric vantage point can provide more insight with less test effort than AQL testing.
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Jim's Gems: Focus on Tomorrow's Opportunities

May 23, 2011
Although we cannot go back and change the past, there is something we can do.
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A Standard for Reporting

May 23, 2011
Often I wonder why industries and companies do not have a standard on reporting performance and quality.
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The Path to Success is Responsibility

May 16, 2011
Responsibility can be the catalyst that fully engages the best of who we truly are.
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Shifting the Paradigm: Assessing The Effectiveness of AQL In An Organization

May 13, 2011
If AQL testing is commonplace in an organization, consider viewing the AQL’s department activity as a process where input to the process is various types of batches that enter this process.
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What Happens When Quality Becomes A Neon Sign?

May 12, 2011
Many of us will have to rethink our definition of quality and modify our decision-making process.
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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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