Articles by John Vandenbemden

Back in 2017 I was honored by receiving the Grant Medal at WCQI. 

The final draft of ISO 2859-1 was approved in December 2025.

I have over the past couple of years presented the journey that ISO 10012 has followed to reach the time for release as the latest revision.

Previously, I discussed my concerns about organizations not properly managing corrective actions or process variation. While corrective actions were covered before, this piece focuses on variation.

In the early 1980s, my Quality career emphasized variation and corrective action. Although I’ve attended various solution-branded workshops, many organizations still struggle with understanding variation and effectively implementing corrective actions.

The upcoming revision of ISO 10017: 2017 focuses on "Quality management — Guidelines for configuration management," aimed at maintaining consistency in a product’s functionality and characteristics throughout its lifecycle. The configuration management process includes five steps.

After three years and many meetings, ISO 10012: 2025 Measurement Management Systems has reached the status of Final Draft International Standard, also referred to as FDIS.

This article highlights some key points of product hazard analysis.

Quality management — Requirements for measurement management systems better known as ISO10012: 202? is continuing its journey through the process as the latest revision of the standard.

TRIZ reduces the risk of unpredictable outcomes common in brainstorming by identifying that 90-95% of engineers' root problems have already been solved, often in different industries using different technologies.