Links
Looking for a Web site on Total Quality Management? Here are some sites that the Quality Progress staff and readers found.
www.amrresearch.com
AMR Research provides research information for executives who seek to improve business process performance and cut costs with technology. Research articles discuss topics such as supply chain transformation, new product introduction, customer profitability, compliance and governance and IT benefits realization. All research information is searchable through this website and is featured in full length.
www.aworldofquality.com
Quality Management International offers a guide for small companies trying to develop an ISO 9000- or ISO 14000-compliant business system without hiring outside consultants.
www.bettermanagement.com
BetterManagement provides articles, web casts and conferences addressing performance and financial management, business intelligence, IT management and other business management issues. Users can access the World Views section and find recently released commentary, web casts and books, or they can use drop down menus to search for older articles based on specific search criteria.
www.bin.co.uk
The United Kingdom Business Improvement Network (BIN) site was set up by a group of managers with a common interest in practical applications of quality and continual improvement approaches. The site contains and is constantly adding an abundance of valuable, free information on topics such as ISO 9000:2000, managing change, personal development and benchmarking. The ISO 9000:2000 information is noteworthy for its emphasis on assuring business benefit from the standard. The site tells about workshops offered by the BIN.
www.bpmforum.org
The BPM Forum is an organization that helps advance the understanding of business performance management techniques, technologies and processes in global enterprises. Users can sign up for the free e-newsletter to which new submissions are generally encouraged.
www.complianceonline.com
Compliance Online is an industry focused portal, developed specifically for practitioners in the quality and regulatory compliance fields. Users of this information exchange website can browse content, contribute their own ideas or network with others.
www.questanalytical.com
This commercial site leads to pages containing information that would be helpful to an organization seeking to implement a quality management system. Of particular value is a page answering frequently asked questions about ISO 9000. There is also a page of links, book reviews, newsgroups and associations.
www.zigonperf.com
This site is devoted to performance measurement and performance management issues. It features links to related sites, sample performance measures for a variety of job functions, and a bibliography of books and articles on performance measurement and related topics.
And ASQ’s Resource Directory, can help you locate companies that provide quality programs and services. |
