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OUR MISSION
We help organizations increase performance through consulting and education in quality management technologies.
PHILOSOPHY
Organizations shape their future through continual learning and action. Leaders ensure congruence of words, behaviors
OUR CLIENTS
We’ve consulted to Fortune 500 companies, family-owned businesses, nonprofit organizations, and start-ups. More than 700 organizations have sent individuals to our public workshops, including the manufacturing, healthcare, education, government
Following are some clients from the manufacturing sector: ABB, Alcan, Alcoa, Arthrex, Baxter, BAE Systems, Bell Helicopter, Bosch, Brunswick, Caterpillar, Flowserve, Fresco Systems, Hydro Aluminum, Jack Daniel Distilleries, John Deere, Johnson Controls, Kennametal, Lockheed Martin, Parker Hannifin, Philips Consumer Electronics, Rockwell, Schick, Smith & Nephew, Studsvik and TRW.
Some from the financial, healthcare, public, reverse logistics and service sectors include: BlueCross BlueShield TN, Lombard Elementary School District, Miami Performing Arts Center, Mountain States Health Alliance, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Octapharma Plasma, RenaissanceRe, Image 1 Wireless and U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
Some educational institutions, professional organizations and private training groups for which we’ve delivered public, in-house or internet-based workshops include: American Quality Institute, American Society for Quality, AudioSolutionZ.com, Caribbean Institute for Quality, Design Management Alliance, East Tennessee State University, JP Russell & Associates, KnowWare, Maine MEP, MSQPC/The Quality Center, North Carolina Association for Healthcare Quality, Northeast State Community College, Paton Professional, Progressive Business Conferences, Progressive Healthcare Conferences, Project Management Institute, Society of Manufacturing Engineers and Whittington & Associates.
Clients of these organizations for whom training has been conducted include: Aerospace companies, automotive suppliers, calibration and test labs, casino industry, city government, clinical research labs, electronic components, defense contractors, energy research labs, federal government agencies, health care providers, insurance companies, medical device manufacturers, military bases, oil & gas industry equipment providers, pharmaceutical companies, power utilities, retail distribution centers, steel service centers, telecommunications firms and transportation infrastructure.
Musings: My Blog
Digital Infrastructures
Just completed some work with US Postal Service, and boy was I impressed. They are way ahead of most commercial industry in the digital transformation. And it helped me realize how much work it takes for them to execute their mission as well as they do, day after...
Good Webinar on Poor Risk Assessment Practices
I did a webinar yesterday titled Critical Issues with Risk Assessment and Risk Management. Then today I watched a webinar offered by the FAIR Institute. Seemed like an echo! Here's the link to the free one from Open FAIR ... worth your time if you are serious about...
Second Edition of RCA Book Now Available
The first edition was published in 2008, so I was really looking forward to adding what I've learned since then. The 2nd edition is now posted on the ASQ Quality Press website, so should be available for ordering. Here's a summary of the changes: Root Cause...
Bad Quality Trend
I'm amazed at how frequently things go wrong. In my recent experiences 80% of the time. Here are some details: - Failure - Had new garage door installed. Tech shorted out a wire to my alarm system which took out the phone line for 3 days (phone...
Automated RCA
An interesting article on automated RCA by MicroSoft: https://sdtimes.com/memory-corruption-issues/microsoft-root-cause-analysis-vulnscan/ It's only a matter of time before this also becomes the norm for organizational process failures as digitialization of...
(Un)Advanced Quality
I thought I'd see what people might be thinking about what it would take to move to a more advanced level of quality, so I googled the term. Just about all items coming up were about eQMS (computer software for managing quality systems) and lean/six-sigma....
Sold Out!
The Who: Amazon The What: My book on Root Cause Analysis The When: Today The How Much: Inventory was about 18 three weeks ago. Of course they'll be restocked in a few days. I always enjoy watching the sales...
Roy Orbison Returns (as a Hologram)
So what does this have to do with quality? Well I could have simply watched some Roy Orbison videos on YouTube, but wanted to see the holotechnology in action. It was pretty decent. And it didn't seem like a ghost, although I'm sure they could modify it...
Second Edition of RCA Book Coming Up!
I submitted the revised manuscript last week to the publisher. Don't know when it will be done, but looking forward to seeing it out. About 30% additional material over the 2009 edition. Now, on to my next new book!
Another OS Debacle
Absolutely amazing ... Now it's Apple. A recent OS update (5.1) for the watch locks up the device and it must be returned!Methinks there is a major issue with lousy software testing at both MicroSoft and Apple.
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