Praveen Gupta

Praveen Gupta is the director of quality at Stephen Gould and author of “Business Innovation in the 21st Century.” He pioneered implementation of Six Sigma at Motorola, and consulted with dozens of companies for process, product or profit improvement. He has taught business innovation, operations management, and process improvement at IIT, UIC and DePaul. He is the Quality Professional of the Year 2016, ASQ Fellow, and an advisor to BrainPan, a firm founded by his students.

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Trends in Management

Due to today’s shrinking product life cycles, quality management must focus on quality in research, product development and innovation
Praveen Gupta
August 5, 2015
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In early stages of industrialization, products were simpler, factories were smaller, most processes were manual, and process flows were shorter. Contact with customers was direct between production and customer.


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Manufacturing Excellence: A Foundation for Improvement and Excellence

Praveen Gupta
June 2, 2010
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Recently, I had the opportunity to attend the ASQ Automotive Division’s annual conference. There were excellent speakers throughout the day, but one who garnered a lot of attention was Ford Motor Co.’s Bennie Fowler, group vice president, global quality and new model launch. He gave an excellent presentation on the One Ford Program. One Ford is the mission set forth by Ford-One Team, One Plan, One Goal-to deliver profitable growth for all.
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