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The quality profession has existed for nearly three-quarters of a century. In 1946, quality professionals rallied together to create the American Society for Quality Control.

In their haste to improve bottom-line performance, companies often forget to integrate two important planning activities—strategic and quality planning.

The “double-edged sword” is a phrase from 15th century English that began as an idiom for someone using an argument that could both help and hurt their position.

A cost-benefit analysis is a decision-making tool. It is a process of adding up the benefits of doing something or buying something and subtracting the costs to help us decide whether that purchase or action is worthwhile.

When agencies of the federal government procure supplies, federal laws and regulations require that they use a competitive process.

We’re already more than a decade into this new century, and companies are still waiting for the “next big thing” to surface.

As the 20th century came to a close, U.S. manufacturers realized the need to transform thinking from the product to the system.

In his book, “Fooled by Randomness,” celebrated author Nassim Nicholas Taleb says, “This high-yield market resembles a nap on a railway track.

During the oil embargo, as drivers lined up at gas stations, the market for small cars took off.

Green manufacturing might seem like a flavor of the month. Perhaps it seems to have cropped up as “An Inconvenient Truth” hit the scene.