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2009 ASQ World Conference on Quality and Improvement
Bloggers: Dennis Arter, David Levy, and Aimee Siegler
Once again, Dennis, David, and Aimee will be sharing their thoughts, ideas, and adventures. Be sure to visit this blog daily between May 13–20.
NEW BLOG! Quality in Higher Education
Blogger: John Dew
"While many institutions and agencies in higher education accept the notion that there is a need for quality improvement, relatively few have embraced the reasoning behind the term continuous quality improvement."
(Posted January 19, 2009)
Quality for Life
Blogger: Kay Kendall
"Is there such a thing as ‘too much customer service?"
(Posted March 19, 2009)
Leadership in Continuous Improvement
Blogger: Terry Holliday, Ph. D.
"Another side of the budget equation that many people tend to forget is revenue. In our school system we are constantly looking for innovation that might produce revenue. We have developed a leadership academy concept that produces revenue through training of other school systems."
(Posted March 30, 2009)
Statistical Thinking to Improve Quality
Blogger: Gordon Clark
"The primary purpose Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) is to identify the key variables that affect the quality measures. Two principles, mentioned by De Mast and Trip (2007), are helpful in identifying these variables."
(Posted March 28, 2009)
Efficiency in Healthcare
Blogger: Dr. Robert Burney
"According to CQ HealthBeat, CMS has announced that a competitive bidding process will be utilized for durable medical equipment. Interestingly, they did this by issuing an "Interim final regulation" and publishing a press release, which you can find on a web page that says it was last updated in 2007. That, of course, was before the enactment of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA). No, I don’t make this up."
(Posted April 20, 2009)
Quality in Education
Bloggers: Becky Martin
"How do the improvement process of Plan-Do-Study-Act and the Professional Learning Community connect?"
(Posted February 18, 2009)
Ventana a la Calidad – (en español)
Blogger: Sylvia Garcés Soria
"Gustavo para mí significa una plena amistad de una persona humilde. A pesar de tener una trayectoria impresionante y tener muchos conocimientos, Gustavo siempre fue un humilde servidor. Hay dos cosas que sobresalen de Gustavo…un agradecimiento a las personas que le brindaron algo a su vida y un sentido de humor sin límites."
(Posted 12 Abril 2009)
Financial Services Six Sigma
Bloggers: Sheila Shaffie and Shahbaz Shahbazi
"We sometimes hear from people that they struggle with "selling" the Six Sigma or Lean Six Sigma package to their executives. Perhaps it is viewed by people as too much change too fast or too lofty of an endeavor. Luckily there are other alternatives, where the culture of continuous improvement can be introduced in incremental steps."
(Posted April 13, 2009)
ASQ Blog Archives
Lean Six Sigma 2009
Blogger: C.W. Russ Russo
"This is your forum to comments, share ideas, ask questions, record impressions and get the information you need to have a worthwhile and productive conference."
(Posted February 19, 2009)
2008 ASQ World Conference on Quality and Improvement
Bloggers: Dennis Arter, David Levy, and Aimee Siegler
"With so many opportunities to learn, share and be recognized, today was a great day..."
(Posted May 3, 2008)
Lean Six Sigma
Blogger: C.W. Russ Russo
Lean Six Sigma Conference
“I have been struck by the quality of the individual breakout sessions…some really in-depth and thought provoking ideas were shared.”
(Posted February 12, 2008)
Government Quality
Blogger: Bruce Waltuck
"What can we say about the optimal size of government? There are current candidates as of this posting, who have quite different views on this issue. What products and services are best delivered by government? What values will influence our thinking and actions, as we seek the elusive ‘government that works better, and costs less?’"
(Posted January 15, 2008)
Sarbanes-Oxley
Blogger: John Walz
"Now is a good time for the quality managers, engineers, and auditors to visit your finance / accounting organization to offer a jointly review of [the Guidance on Monitoring Internal Control Systems document] and to decide how your QMS can better support SOX Internal Controls."
(Posted September 27, 2007)
Quality Counts Canada!
Blogger: Lucy Stange
"This is a great opportunity for me to share with you notes and quotes demonstrating excellence in quality. This is going to be a great trip! This time, I choose 'the path not taken' in search of new experiences to share. Welcome to Quality Counts Canada!"
(Posted November 1, 2006)
Note: The bloggers are ASQ members, but their opinions are their own and may not reflect the opinions of ASQ or its membership as a whole. Members of the public are invited to comment.
