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Home » Keywords: » Juran

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Face of Quality

How Quality Leaders Can Adapt to Change and Drive Business Success

Immediate, near-term, and long-term actions quality professionals can take to demonstrate versatility and value during uncertain times.
Jimmy L. Smith
June 15, 2026

Quality professionals should recognize the chaotic climate as an opportunity to demonstrate the impact quality can have.


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Management

Mastering the Upward Spiral of Improvement

Sustained improvement is more valuable than speed.
QM 0222 CLMN Face AUTHOR Jim Smith
Jim L. Smith
December 11, 2025

During a career in which I devoted a large portion to developing and implementing improvement programs, one thing became crystal clear. Improvement programs with a focus on sustained improvement were more valuable than speed of implementation.


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Face of Quality

Data Integrity: Use quality tools and principles for greater data accuracy.

QM 0222 CLMN Face AUTHOR Jim Smith
Jim L. Smith
March 8, 2025

When errors occur in manually entered data for project reports, it’s crucial to communicate with your supervisor and request more time to correct them. Acknowledging that mistakes happen, the priority should be on identifying and validating any unusual entries to ensure the report is reliable.


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Speaking of Quality | Sarah Manea

Metrology: The Science of Correct Decision Making

We need to have the ability to collect and analyze data in order to come to the correct conclusion.
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Sarah Manea
February 8, 2025

Metrology significantly impacts our daily lives, and without it, many would argue that societal advancement would not be possible. Accurately building anything requires accurate measurements.




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Management

We Need Visionary Leadership to Mitigate Climate Change

Leadership qualities demonstrated by visionary leaders W. Edwards Deming, Joseph Juran, and Armand Feigenbaum—systems thinking, continuous improvement, and stakeholder engagement—are essential for addressing climate change.
Robert Ferrone
November 14, 2024

To tackle the urgent crisis of climate change, we might benefit from leaders like W. Edwards Deming, Joseph Juran, and Armand Feigenbaum. Their systematic approaches and focus on continuous improvement in quality management could offer valuable insights for achieving a sustainable future.



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Successful Quality Professionals Go Beyond Normal

QM 0222 CLMN Face AUTHOR Jim Smith
Jim L. Smith
September 30, 2020

If anyone has been in quality for some time, they have probably encountered managers who have painful connections to quality. It is likely that some managers would describe their experience as overwhelmingly negative. Some of these people extend these feeling into anything having to do with quality.


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Dorian Shainin’s Influence on Quality Professionals

Shainin’s techniques are still relevant to many quality professionals.
QM 0222 CLMN Face AUTHOR Jim Smith
Jim L. Smith
December 14, 2017

Throughout years of mentoring and teaching aspiring quality professionals, I still review the Shainin techniques.


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Quality Professionals Should Lead the Parade

Stop Making Senior Management the Quality Scapegoat.
QM 0222 CLMN Face AUTHOR Jim Smith
Jim L. Smith
April 1, 2016

It is not uncommon to blame senior management for most of what ails an organization. However, it is past time to rethink this attitude!


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The Heart of Quality

Does Your Organization Have an Unrelenting Pursuit Of Quality?
September 5, 2014

Alot has been written about the definition of quality and just about every organization has its own definition.


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