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Public Comments Requested on ISO Standard Addressing Six Sigma

Due to the potential impact on U.S. business, the Technical Advisory Group relating to the Applications of Statistical Methods (TAG 69) has requested public comments on two documents. The Subcommittee Chair, Michele Boulanger, states, “These documents provide wide exposure to an international standard in progress (DIS stage) on Six Sigma methodology and tools. The current round of review and vote is the last opportunity the US has to make content changes to the document.” Input is requested from quality practitioners and those potentially impacted by the standard.

 

Download the PDF versions of these Draft International Standards (DIS): Part 1 - Part 2

 

Comments should be submitted to standards@asq.org no later than Monday, October 11, 2010.

 

ISO 26000 Final Draft International Standard Released

The final draft international standard (FDIS) of ISO 26000:2010 - Guidance on social responsibility has been released and is available for purchase from ASQ. Read this ISO Management Systems briefing on ASQ's TheSRO.org to learn what ISO 26000 is, why it's important, how it will help organizations, what's actually in it, and much more.

It is anticipated that the International Standard will be available in November of 2010.

Learn more about ISO 26000.

 

Quality Management and Job Quality

This recent article from Harvard Business School explains how the ISO 9001 standard for quality management systems affects employees and employers.

 

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