Quality Digest Celebrates a Scrappy 40 Years
XL Image
There are many endangered industries today, and publishing is certainly among them.
40 Years of <em>Quality Digest</em>
Large Image Caption
Quality Circle Institute, circa a long time ago. Note the spiffy rides.
XL Image
It seems like yesterday that I walked into 1425 Vista Way in Red Bluff, California, to begin what I thought was a part-time data-entry job that was supposed to last just a few weeks.
Deming Speech 1978: ‘Quick Review of Some New Principles of Administration’
Large Image Caption
In the 1950s, Eizaburo Nishibori, a member of JUSE, and Sigeiti Moriguti of Tokyo University invited W. Edwards Deming to lecture on statistical methods for business in a session sponsored by the Keidanren, the most prestigious society of Japanese executives, under the leadership of its chairman, Ichiro Ishikawa (also president of JUSE).
Credit: The Deming Institute
XL Image
Editor’s note: The following is from a transcript of a forgotten speech given in Tokyo in 1978 by W. Edwards Deming for the Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers (JUSE). Because the original was a poor photocopy, there are small portions of text that could not be transcribed.
Stepping Off the Cliff of Success
XL Image
In publishing, anniversary issues sit in the ambiguous space between news and marketing. News because, at 40 years and counting, it’s not every magazine that makes it to middle age in these times.
What Advice Would You Give a Quality Rookie? Readers Respond.
XL Image
As part of QD’s 40th anniversary hoopla, we wanted to hear from those in the quality field. Tribal knowledge is real and valuable. What you’ve learned as a quality professional can help others starting out in the field.
What Is X-ray Fluorescence, and How Does It Work?
X-ray fluorescence (XRF) is an analytic method used to define the elemental structure of a material. Companies use specific XRF instruments when determining the chemistry for a sample of a material. How is this done?
Seven Project Management Tips
When I began my medical device career, I started as a product development engineer.
ROI Alliance Releases Free R-based <em>ROIstat</em> Statistical Application
(The ROI Alliance LLC: Longmont, CO) -- The ROI Alliance announces the release of ROIstat, a GUI-based app to make using applied statistics easy via the powerful R statistics programming language.
Hexagon Unveils MyQuality Contract Inspection and Programming Services Portal
(Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence: North Kingstown, RI) -- Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division announces the launch of MyQuality, a new contract inspection and programming services portal for quality, manufacturing, and de