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Quality Press NewsSeptember 2008 Welcome to the September 2008 issue of Quality Press News, featuring the latest publication information from the American Society for Quality.
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HOT OFF THE PRESS! What’s New from ASQ
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The Making of a World-Class Organization
E. David Spong and Debbie J. Collard
Using a unique blend of stories, tips, charts, and tables that can be adapted to any organization, this book shares the stories, wisdom, and “silver bullets” gained by two divisions of the Boeing Corporation as they won the Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award. The “silver bullets” are the kernels of management wisdom that set this book apart and provide the simple insights that anyone can adopt. This book uses a systems perspective to provide solutions that will…
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IN THE WORKS
Coming Soon from Quality Press
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The Certified Quality Inspector Handbook
H. Fred Walker, Ahmad Elshennawy, Bhisham C. Gupta, Mary McShane Vaughn The new handbook follows exactly the CQI Body of Knowledge. It addresses all the topics critical to the work of quality inspectors: evaluating hardware documentation, performing laboratory procedures, inspecting products, measuring process performance, recording data and preparing formal reports, and much more. From SPC and metrology to…
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New Arrivals
Titles recently adopted by Quality Press
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The Best Practice: How the New Quality Movement is Transforming Medicine
Charles Kenney In the late 1990s, treatment-related deaths or "complications" were the fifth leading cause of death for Americans. Yet healthcare practitioners decried attempts to standardize treatment. "We're working with people, not cars," they said. The result: an epidemic of preventable mistakes in a medical landscape where patients wait for hours in "emergency" rooms, fill out the same paperwork at each visit, and increasingly run the risk of…
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New in Standards
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ISO/FDIS 9001:2008(E): Quality management systems - Requirements (e-Standard)
This DRAFT version of the upcoming ISO 9001:2008 standard specifies requirements for a quality management system where an organization:
- needs to demonstrate its ability to consistently provide product that meets customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements, and
- aims to enhance customer satisfaction through the effective application of the system, including processes for continual improvement of the system and the assurance of conformity to customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements…
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ANSI/ISO/ASQ QE19011S-2008: Guidelines for management systems auditing – U.S. Version with supplemental guidance added
This American National Standard provides guidance on the principles of auditing, managing audit programs, conducting quality management system audits and environmental management system audits as well as the competence of quality and environmental management system auditors. It is applicable to all organizations having a need to conduct internal or external quality and/or environmental management system audits or manage an audit program. The supplemental text contained in this document provides additional guidance to users to…read more
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