Most associations are struggling to attract and retain members. They must generate new and creative ways to keep the flow of members going. The big question is HOW? In the last blog post, ASQ CEO Bill Troy talked about how ASQ works on growing and maintaining its members; and asked Read more…
World Quality Month 2014 (#WQM14) is coming up in November! Are you planning any activities or events at your company? Please, visit the ASQ World Quality Month site to learn, share and celebreate! You can read articles, watch videos, see presentations, and more; with the purpose of acknowledging the efforts Read more…
Some readers ask me about how I started with my blog, what the real benefits of spending time on it are, and also ask me for tips. To answer those questions I’m so thrilled to share with you an article called “Blog Bloom” from the July Quality Progress Magazine where Read more…
How will the future of quality unfold? In his last blog post of “A view from the Q”, Bill Troy asked an interesting question on the future of Quality. He believes that “there are two very distinct views about the future of quality we need to at least acknowledge, if Read more…
Vision and Mission are important components of strategic planning. Some organizations find difficult to define them and end up misused them; while others think they are easy to write. Well, they look beautiful on the wall of any organization but, what do they really mean? What are the differences between them? Do they really give Read more…
Last post on ASQ blog –first one of our new CEO Bill Troy, gave us the awesome news that ASQ has been awarded with the Excellence level of achievement for the 2014 Wisconsin Forward Award. The Wisconsin Forward Award is essentially the state-level equivalent of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Read more…
As every year, ASQ has released the 2013 Manufacturing Outlook Survey that was fielded to respondents in the aerospace, automotive, food, medical device, pharmaceutical and utility industries, among others. After reading the summary on the ASQ blog, an interesting fact reflected that “only 13% of respondents use smart manufacturing, but 82% Read more…
Paul Borawski wrote in his last post about that, nowadays, there are more and more fields “far” from quality’s manufacturing roots, that are increasingly investing in and implementing quality principles. And the following question arises: “What new fields or disciplines could most reap the benefits of quality tools and techniques?” Before Read more…
In his last blog post, Paul Borawski talked about Training on quality field, provided inside organizations to their employees, and the ones professionals pursue on their own for their professional improvement. The ASQ’s Global State of Quality research shows that “Organizations that govern quality with a centralized group are roughly 30 percent more likely Read more…
Which Social Networks Do Quality Professionals Use? This is the question ASQ’s CEO Paul Borawski asked in his blog this month, to discuss with the quality community.When I started to think about networking in the quality community, I opened a BLOG account right away. After years of learning about quality stuff Read more…
How many times you have to answer the question: What do you do for living? It is not as simple as saying ‘I’m a Quality Software Engineer’, sometimes people don’t know exactly what does it mean and you have to find the correct way to explain them what are your Read more…
How “soft skills” influence in an interview, your job or daily routine? Are they more important than “hard skills”? This month, Julia McIntosh of ASQ’s Communications department wrote about different themes discussed in the past ASQ’s World Conference on Quality and Improvement 2013 in Indianapolis-Indiana, and I’ve selected “soft skills” to be Read more…
