September 2016 Issue
Home Improvement
Benchmarking the quality metrics of top homebuilders in the United States can open opportunities for others to learn best practices and save dollars.
by Glenn Cottrell and Denis Leonard
Process Improvement
Handling Handoffs
How quality tools assisted one hospital in re-examining its patient transfer processes to avoid fumbles and simplify activities, which increased patient safety.
Supply Chain Management
Buying Into Quality
Learn to use quality tools to assess your organization’s purchasing performance, find and benchmark key performance indicators, and reveal opportunities for improvement.
Process Capability
Measuring Maturity
Understanding the power of process maturity measurements allows you to predict results in any organizational system.
- Up Front
- Innovation Imperative
- Perspectives
- Quality in the First Person [Open Access]
- Career Corner [Open Access]
- Standards Outlook
- Statistics Roundtable
- Measure For Measure
- 3.4 Per Million
- Back to Basics [Open Access]
- Volviendo a los Fundamentos [Open Access]
- One Good Idea [Open Access]
The latest episode of ASQ TV covers the growing connection between quality and sports. Learn about an ASQ interest group dedicated to educating others about the quality’s sports connection and how assessing your ability to adjust to failure can lead to better performance in athletics and your career.
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To celebrate ASQ’s 70th anniversary, you’re invited to share your earliest or most memorable experience as a member of ASQ’s global quality community. Submit your story in 300 words or less. We’ll compile an online collection of anecdotes and photos that you’ll see throughout 2016 and beyond.
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ASQ Innovation Division Conference
Oct. 14-15, 2016 | San Diego
Visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2016-asq-innovation-and-quality-conference-registration-26123433894
International Conference on Quality Standards
Nov. 14-15, 2016 | Pittsburgh, PA
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Lean and Six Sigma Conference
Feb. 27-28, 2017 | Phoenix, AZ
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