Tools & Resources
Basic Quality

January 2009
Kaoru Ishikawa believed there were seven basic quality tools that could be used to solve 95% of a company’s problems. Get reacquainted with these essential tools with the help of QP’s experts.

July 2007
Some of the foremost quality experts, from professors to company presidents, contributed to the June 2007 issue of Quality Progress and outlined 10 quality basics every practitioner should know.
View the current Back to Basics article
Basics concepts - The first things you need to know about quality.
Quality tools - A comprehensive collection of all the tools you’ll need to make a difference at your organization.
Glossary - A handy reference of quality terms, acronyms and key people in the history of quality.











