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Industry experts and editors of Quality, NDT and Vision & Sensors share their views on the latest in the market and in manufacturing—from management and leadership to process and technology—and we want feedback from engineers, designer, operators, managers and others with something valuable to say about the business of quality!

How to Address Five Significant Changes to the ISO 9001 Standard

Forrest Breyfogle

October 26, 2015

8 Comments

How to address five significant changes to the ISO 9001 standard.

Five Important Lean Six Sigma Tools

Forrest Breyfogle

September 23, 2015

15 Comments

In Lean Six Sigma, data are subjected to analysis in order to better comprehend problems and identify customer needs.

Six Focus Points to Align Quality Management System with Business Process Management

Forrest Breyfogle

May 13, 2015

17 Comments

Organizations can be more effective and efficient with the proper alignment of operations management methods.

Business Process Management and ISO Standards Alignment

Forrest Breyfogle

April 10, 2015

4 Comments

Business Process Management and ISO are typically addressed as two different endeavors, but they can be brought in alignment to improve the quality of businesses.

Aligning BPM with the Seven Categories of the Malcolm Baldrige Award

Forrest Breyfogle

March 6, 2015

16 Comments

BPM, aligned with the Malcolm Baldrige framework, is just one of the many tools that can be used to improve an organization's performance.

Five Factors for Integrating Business Process Management with Lean Six Sigma

Forrest Breyfogle

February 6, 2015

2 Comments

By combining BPM and Lean Six Sigma, enterprises benefit as a whole.

Benefits of Integrating Business Process Management with Lean Six Sigma

Forrest Breyfogle

January 9, 2015

6 Comments

Business Process Management and Lean Six Sigma can work very well together.

Five Benefits from Implementing Business Process Management

Forrest Breyfogle

December 4, 2014

372 Comments

Both small and huge companies are looking forward to the benefits that BPM can deliver.

Five Techniques for Reducing Manufacturing WIP: Lean Six Sigma Project Opportunity

Forrest Breyfogle

November 3, 2014

4 Comments

Forrest Breyfogle III discusses five ways to reduce manufacturing work in progress.

Seven Attributes of a Control Plan for Lean Six Sigma and the Business

Forrest Breyfogle

October 8, 2014

14 Comments

The final step of the Lean Six Sigma process improvement roadmap is control.

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