Quality Progress 1997 - Abstracts

Quality Progress 1997
TitleSubjectAuthors
12 rules to make your ISO 9000 documentation simple and easy to use.Engineering and manufacturing industriesC.W. Russ Russo
Achieving performance excellence. (The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award criteria)(Special Report: The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award)Engineering and manufacturing industriesMark Blazey
Adopting a new set of priorities in the '90s.Engineering and manufacturing industriesJill Phelps Kern, John V. Faricelli
Aesop on quality systems: several ancient fables apply to familiar situations in the late 20th century.Engineering and manufacturing industriesDenise E. Robitaille
Always ready to serve. (Scout group adopts reengineering principles)Engineering and manufacturing industriesWalter Zetzsche Jaimes
A new twist to a quality classic. (Motorola's use of World Wide Web to improve customer service)Engineering and manufacturing industriesMichael Sackmary
A new use for Ishikawa diagrams.Engineering and manufacturing industriesMichael Hermens
A new way to listen to the customer.Engineering and manufacturing industriesByron J. Finch
Be prepared with an affinity diagram. (first-aid matrix diagram aids scouts in first-aid training)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJames A. Alloway Jr.
Bored with the same old standard books?(excerpt from 'Meet the Registrar: Firsthand Accounts of ISO 9000 Success from the Registration Source')Engineering and manufacturing industriesC. Michael Taylor
Building bridges: how the power of the pen can drive quality improvement. (Coca-Cola Engineering Development Center's SPCwatch; statistical process control)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Building in quality. (using quality improvement concepts when renovating a house)Engineering and manufacturing industriesEdward D. Shanshala II
Can benchmarking for best practices work for government? (includes related article on New York City Transit Authority)Engineering and manufacturing industriesPatricia Keehley, Sue A. MacBride
Cause-and-effect diagrams alone don't tell the whole story.(technique for gaining feedback)Engineering and manufacturing industriesRonald E. Turner
Changing concepts and management of quality worldwide: Power business and social forces have created a fork in the economic road.Engineering and manufacturing industriesArmand V. Feigenbaum
Charting new territory.(application of statistical quality control tools to outpatient surgery)Engineering and manufacturing industriesFrank Welsh
Communities as systems. (community management)Engineering and manufacturing industriesPeter R. Scholtes
Conducting an organizational self-assessment using the 1997 Baldrige Award criteria. (excerpt from 'Let's Work Smarter, Not Harder: How to Engage Your Entire Organization in the Execution of Change')Engineering and manufacturing industriesMichael Caravatta
Continuous improvement on the free-throw line. (using plan-do-study-act cycle to improve basketball shooting percentage)Engineering and manufacturing industriesTimothy Clark, Andrew Clark
Continuous improvement: the key to future success. (Texas Instruments Defense Systems & Electronics)(Special Report: The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award)Engineering and manufacturing industriesAnne B. Rich
COQ systems: the right stuff. (cost of quality)(Cover Story)Engineering and manufacturing industriesDean L. Bottorff
Create a career vision. (career development)Engineering and manufacturing industriesW. Brady Boggs
Creating real-world value.(Transformations to Quality Organizations)Engineering and manufacturing industries Dean James W. Jr.
Crocodile or dinosaur?(management cultures of organizations)Engineering and manufacturing industriesRichard S. Robie
Customer and Market Focus (Category 3). (Malcolm Baldrige Quality Awards)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Customer feedback from the classroom.Engineering and manufacturing industriesSharron Walker
Did I really improve, or is it just variation? (using short-run control charts to monitor workout performance)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJeffrey B. Gilbert
Does higher education practice what it teaches?: A study of total quality management processes in academia answers this question.Engineering and manufacturing industriesDuane Bachmann, Gary Vazzana, John Elfrink
Downloading quality software from the Web. (tips from Deming Electronic Network expert)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJim Clauson
Early SQC: a historical supplement. (initial statistical quality control initiatives at the former Bell Telephone Laboratories Inc.)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJ.M. Juran
Flyer beware.(guidelines for safe and comfortable air travel)(includes related article)Engineering and manufacturing industriesDebbie Magerowski
From the classroom to the boardroom.(Transformations to quality organizations program)Engineering and manufacturing industriesGarry J. Huysse
Getting the most from an over-the-hill body. (preparing for decathlon)Engineering and manufacturing industriesMark Gershon
Give success a chance.Engineering and manufacturing industriesK.N. Anand
Goals + alignment + love = success. (setting and sharing goals within family environment)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJames A. Tompkins
Graphic data analysis to the rescue. (using exploratory data analysis for better emergency medical service)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJames A. Alloway
Health care organizations can learn from the experiences of others.Engineering and manufacturing industriesNada R. Sanders
Helping the learning disabled participate in quality programs. (includes related article on help for people with learning disabilities)Engineering and manufacturing industriesBoyd E. Owens
Helping those who help others. (applying total quality management to non-profit organizations)Engineering and manufacturing industriesMadhav N. Sinha
How ethics can improve business success.Engineering and manufacturing industriesDean L. Bottorff
How to avoid creating the dreaded "big honkin' binder." (writing quality manuals for ISO 9000 registration)Engineering and manufacturing industriesRichard Balano
How to develop a more effective audit checklist.Engineering and manufacturing industriesRobert W. Brown
How to improve Web-based quality searches.Engineering and manufacturing industriesJim Clauson
How to manage key business processes.Engineering and manufacturing industriesRico Yingling
How to stay flexible and elude fads.Engineering and manufacturing industriesIrving DeToro, Thomas McCabe
How to teach others to apply statistical thinking.Engineering and manufacturing industriesLynne Hare, Galen Britz, Don Emerling, Roger Hoerl, Janice Shade
Implementing quality one class at a time. (total quality management)Engineering and manufacturing industriesAbraham Mehrez, G. Jay Weinroth, Aviad Israeli
Improving business-education relationships. (better business management through interactive involvement by businesspeople in education)Engineering and manufacturing industriesCharles G. Limpert
Improving the quality of family life.Engineering and manufacturing industriesLaura L. Cook, Jack S. Cook
Insights into improving organizational performance.Engineering and manufacturing industriesChristopher Roland, Kate Cronin, Candace Guberman, Rose Morgan
Integrate quality cost concepts into teams' problem-solving efforts.(Cover Story)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJim Robison
Integrating ISO 9001 and ISO 14001. (quality and environmental standards)Engineering and manufacturing industriesAlice B. Beechner, James E. Koch
Involve employees at every level of strategic planning.Engineering and manufacturing industriesRonald E. Purser, Steven Cabana
Involving temporary workers in process improvement activities.Engineering and manufacturing industriesJohn J. Lawrence
ISO 9000 documentation: on-line or on paper?Engineering and manufacturing industriesRon Clarkin, Ken Dow
ISO 9000 quality audit and the year 2000. (ISO 9000 auditors make companies aware of need to address year 2000 computer date change problem)Engineering and manufacturing industriesChris Hawkins
Is your organization spooked by ghostly team performances? (includes related article on the HyanDye textile plant uniform satisfaction team)Engineering and manufacturing industriesRichard S. Robie
Is your satisfaction survey creating dissatisfied customers?: Tips for improving your survey response rate while still pleasing your customers.Engineering and manufacturing industriesTerry G. Vavra
It's time for quality.Engineering and manufacturing industriesJohn J. Feather
Keeping neat records of noncompliance is not quality.Engineering and manufacturing industriesPhilip B. Crosby
Keys to a successful internal audit.Engineering and manufacturing industriesJohn T. Burr
Leadership will prevail. (leadership in the information age)Engineering and manufacturing industriesMichael C. Harris
Make customer service analyses a little easier with the PGCV index. (potential gain in customer value)Engineering and manufacturing industriesWillard C. Hom
Managing transitions. (change management in the business environment)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJames A. Belohlav, Diane C. Decker
Mitsubishi seeks to create a model U.S. workplace. (includes World Wide Web references)Engineering and manufacturing industriesLynn Martin
More than just an act. (Illinois theatre group undergoes restructuring)Engineering and manufacturing industriesCatherine Bloomer, Mary Ellen Druyan
Multimedia as a quality solution.Engineering and manufacturing industriesAnthony Burns
No team is an island.Engineering and manufacturing industriesAnnemarie Kern
One step back, two steps forward. (American Society for Quality Control and Institute for Healthcare Improvement program)Engineering and manufacturing industriesKaren Benmowski
People to People International sends quality delegation to China.(US manufacturing expertise in China)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Perspectives on the process. (total quality management feedback)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Qualicrats and hypocrites: a troubling status report from the front.(organizational survey)Engineering and manufacturing industriesPatrick L. Townsend, Joan E. Gebhardt
Quality in the year 2010.Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Quality pioneers in education provide immeasurable value to students. (quality standard pioneering educators)(includes related article on first-year performance of organization Koalaty Kid)Engineering and manufacturing industriesPam Cullota, Hope Gonzales
Redefining a process in 14 steps.Engineering and manufacturing industriesDavid L. Brown, Margaret S. Lake
Reengineering and dumbsizing: mismanagement of the knowledge resource.Engineering and manufacturing industriesHoward Eisenberg
Reengineering church at the local level. (Trinity United Methodist Church in Bowling Green, OH, adopts total quality management approach)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJohn W. Sinn
Scientific method: the generation of knowledge and quality.Engineering and manufacturing industriesGeorge Box
Software products.(quality management)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Solving the documentation dilemma.(strategy for ensuring compliance to quality requirements documentation)Engineering and manufacturing industriesDaniel T. Muse, Richard W. Sherman
Storytellers, science, and continuous improvement.(transformations to quality organizations)Engineering and manufacturing industriesDavid B. Luther
Teaching Taguchi's approach to parameter design. (Genichi Taguchi)Engineering and manufacturing industriesSanjiv Sarin
Ten critical traits of group dynamics.Engineering and manufacturing industriesHelene F. Uhlfelder
Terms-of-use example: Attribute Chart. (user guidelines for new Clemson University software)(Product Announcement)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
The Baldrige Award: one step in Xerox's quest for excellence.(Special Report: The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award)Engineering and manufacturing industriesSam M. Malone
The criteria: A looking glass to Americans' understanding of quality.Engineering and manufacturing industriesKenneth G. Best
The criteria: a looking glass to Americans' understanding of quality. (assessment of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award criteria for strategic planning)Engineering and manufacturing industriesVicki L. Spagnol
The criteria: a looking glass to Americans' understanding of quality. (Human Resource Development and Management, 5th category of Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award's criteria for performance excellence)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJames R. Williamson
The criteria: a looking glass to Americans' understanding of quality. (leadership category)(Special Report: The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award)Engineering and manufacturing industriesMaryAnn Brennan
The criteria: a looking glass to Americans' understanding of quality.(Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award program: category six, process management)Engineering and manufacturing industriesRoberto M. Saco
The criteria: a looking glass to Americans' understanding of quality. (Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Awards)Engineering and manufacturing industriesRichard Y. Chang
The criteria: a looking glass to Americans' understanding of quality. (Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award's information and analysis standards for performance excellence)Engineering and manufacturing industriesLaura Raiman DuPont
The criteria: a looking glass to American's understanding of quality.(Special Report: The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award)Engineering and manufacturing industriesHarry S. Hertz
The Deming view of a business.(management expert W. Edwards Deming)Engineering and manufacturing industriesHarper A. Roehm, Joseph F. Castellano
The DOX decision tree. (design of experiments chart)Engineering and manufacturing industriesWoody Santy
The four Re's of total improvement. (strategies for organizational improvement)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJack L. Huffman
The more, the merrier - and the more effective. (effective internal auditing)Engineering and manufacturing industriesThomas J. Warling
The new pragmatism: going beyond Shewhart and Deming. (quality pioneers Walter A. Shewhart and W. Edwards Deming)Engineering and manufacturing industriesMichael R. Lovitt
The process audit: Often ignored but never insignificant.Engineering and manufacturing industriesSudhir Bafna
The quality auditor: Helping beans take root.Engineering and manufacturing industriesJohn R. Hunt
The value-added ratio.Engineering and manufacturing industriesPatrick Shannon
TQM within FORTUNE 500 corporations.(total quality management)(includes related article)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJames R. Lackritz
Using quality to create a viable disaster plan.Engineering and manufacturing industriesCharles G. Wood
Using the Baldrige award criteria in college classrooms.Engineering and manufacturing industriesFarzad Mahmoodi, Michael Ensby
Virtual teams: today's reality, today's challenge.Engineering and manufacturing industriesJane E. Henry, Meg Hartzler
What a wonderful world it could be. (benefits of putting up a community quality council)Engineering and manufacturing industriesDan Schulz
What game is your team playing?Engineering and manufacturing industriesJohn Dew, Jane Johnson
What to do when all of your company's experts have been downsized.Engineering and manufacturing industriesJohn O. Brown
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