Quality and Innovation: Intrinsically Linked
Quality has a crucial role to play when companies innovate, author Søren Bisgaard writes in the latest issue of Quality Progress magazine. But too often, he says, quality falls through the cracks. Here’s his advice on placing quality "squarely under the general umbrella of innovation." Open Access.
To Destroy or Not to Destroy?
In the latest Journal of Quality Technology, authors from Brigham Young University and the Los Alamos National Laboratory propose, and then illustrate, a framework for exploring the statistical advantantage of non-destructive testing over destructive testing. Open Access.
Data-Driven Cost Estimation: Good News, Bad News
This Software Quality Professional article explores the risks and rewards of trying to crunch the ever-growing stream of cost-relevant data, and offers lessons learned and recommendations.
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Using Cost of Quality to Improve Business Results
Susanne Donovan details how CRC Industries uses cost of quality measurement as a driver of improvement and, consequently, the company's bottom line.
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"The Future of Quality" -- As Envisioned in 1946
World War II had been over for less than a year when George D. Edwards, director of quality assurance for Bell Telephone Laboratories, laid out his vision of quality's future in this 1946 article from Industrial Quality Control magazine. His insights, viewed from today's perspective, might surprise you. Logged in members: Instant Access. Or you can buy a PDF.
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