Content by Matthew Barsalou
A Chronology of Quality, Part 3Quality in crisis
Wed, 02/20/2013 - 11:12
Editor’s note: This is part three of a four-part series about the history of quality. For a description of the earlier years in the quality movement, see part one and part two. For the later years, see part four.
While Japan was organizing quality…A Chronology of Quality, Part 2Quality in a seller’s market
Tue, 02/19/2013 - 10:39
Editor’s note: This is part two of a four-part series on the history of quality. For a description of the early years of the quality movement, see part one. For the later years, see part three and part four.
After the end of World War II, U.S.…A Chronology of Quality, Part 1The birth of the quality movement
Fri, 02/08/2013 - 11:30
Editor’s note: This is part one of a four-part series about the history of quality. For a description of the later years of the quality movement, see part two, part three, and part four.
Joseph Juran’s A History of Managing for Quality (ASQ…Florence Nightingale Could Have Donned a Six Sigma Black BeltHer healthcare reforms are as legendary as DMAIC
Thu, 11/29/2012 - 12:16
Six Sigma was originally created by Bob Gavin at Motorola during the 1980s; however, it could be argued that a comparable methodology was in use as early as the 1850s. Florence Nightingale is known for founding the field of nursing, but few people…