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ISO Update

Auditing Your QMS With Limited Documentation

The Misunderstanding About Documentation in ISO 9001:2015

July 1, 2016

The management systems auditing community has recently engaged in a lot of talk about how to audit a quality management system (QMS) when there are minimal requirements for documentation in the ISO 9001:2015 standard.

Speaking of Quality

CEOs On Board With Quality, Excellence

“If you don’t keep your quality everywhere, everyplace, that’s going to hurt you. … Quality, quality, quality.” — CHARLIE LANKTREE, CEO OF EGGLAND’S BEST

July 1, 2016

It’s been said that for quality practices to make a real impact throughout an organization, the quality mindset must start at the top.

Face of Quality

Quality Theories Help Maximize Results

The TLF and the Pareto Principle Can Be of Significant Value

July 1, 2016

The challenges facing business have always been daunting but they have increased exponentially in recent years.

Analysis

Organizational Resilience

Harnessing experience, embracing opportunity.

Howard Kerr

July 1, 2016

Long-term prosperity in business is rare and decreasing. In the U.S., for example, research has shown that companies currently remain in the S&P 500 index for an average of just 18 years, down from 61 years in 1958. And it’s a similar story elsewhere in today’s dynamic, interconnected world.

Management

A Feeling of Accomplishment

Quality professionals are satisfied with their career, according to our State of the Profession Survey

Michelle Bangert

July 1, 2016

The state of the quality profession remains strong, according to our 16th Annual State of the Profession Survey.

From the Editor

Consumers Behaving Badly

Skydiving and Coffee Pots

Darryl Seland

June 20, 2016

Just like everyone else, I am a consumer. Everyone on the planet, at some point, has purchased and used some product or device, it’s only natural.

Speaking of Quality

An Overview of the Inspection Function

New Technologies Have Increased the Need for Inspection

Navin S. Dedhia

June 17, 2016

Quality plays an important role in products and services for customer satisfaction and customer loyalty. Inspection is a function of quality discipline. An inspection is, most generally, an organized examination or formal evaluation activity.

Face of Quality