Quality Progress 2006 - Abstracts

Quality Progress 2006
TitleSubjectAuthors
60 years and still going strong.(of American Society for Quality Control)(Organization overview)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJames O. Spichiger
8 dimensions of excellence.(total quality management)Engineering and manufacturing industriesRobin Lawton
A brief history of QMS standards.(quality management system)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
A community college's long-term commitment.(Richland Community College won Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award )Engineering and manufacturing industriesSusan E Daniels
Advancing from compliance to performance.(business ethics)(Cover story)Engineering and manufacturing industriesDean L. Bottorff
After six sigma - what's next?(measure of quality)Engineering and manufacturing industriesSeren Bisgaard, Jeroen De Mast
AHRQ releases National Healthcare Quality and Disparities reports.(Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
All about data.Engineering and manufacturing industriesJack B. ReVelle
Annual quality awards.(list of national quality awards in U.S)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
A perfect corrective action.(uses of fishbone analysis in solving organizational problems)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJim Franklin
Appraiser variation in gage R&R measurement.Engineering and manufacturing industriesDonald S. Ermer
A quest for quality.(Hamilton Health Sciences)Engineering and manufacturing industriesTeresa Smith, Rosanne Zimmerman, Rhonda Smith, Christopher M.B. Fernandes, Ayad Al Darrab
A second look at 5s.Engineering and manufacturing industriesJames Van Patten
A sweet way to learn DoE.(design of experiments; nuance factor)Engineering and manufacturing industriesTony Lin, Matthew S. Sanders
Attacking lean wastes.(tackling lean wastes in organizations)Engineering and manufacturing industriesHerb Shields
A way to generate control.(quality management)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJohn C. Young, Robert L. Mason
Best practices in auditing.(quality control)Engineering and manufacturing industriesAnil Gupta
Beyond PDCA - a new process management model.(4P's cycle (prepare, perform, perfect and progress) to replace PDCA model (plan-do-check-act))Engineering and manufacturing industriesPraveen Gupta
Bridging the gap between the classroom and real world.(teaching quality management)Engineering and manufacturing industriesSandford Liebesman
Bringing lean to the office.(lean technique is applied to college admissions process)Engineering and manufacturing industriesLen Tischler
Building quality at Veridian Homes.Engineering and manufacturing industriesDenis Leonard
Career management for engineers.(globalization and outsourcing)Engineering and manufacturing industriesGreg Hutchins
Challenges in RFID enabled supply chain management.(Radio Frequency Identification)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Circling the wagons.(quality management system standards)Engineering and manufacturing industriesDan Reid
Clarifying the intent of ISO 14001.(International Organization for Standardization-14001-Environmental Management Systems)Engineering and manufacturing industriesSusan L. K. Briggs
Climbing the career ladder: it's up to you.Engineering and manufacturing industriesH. Fred Walker, Justin Levesque
Competence and confident count.Engineering and manufacturing industriesHank Lindborg
Consultants' style: sometimes less is more.(ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 registrations)Engineering and manufacturing industriesKingshuk K. Sinha, Albena R. Iossifova
Consumer say quality on the rise for autos, PCs.Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Control charting at the 30,000-Foot-Level.Engineering and manufacturing industriesForrest Breyfogle III
Core roles in a strategic quality system.Engineering and manufacturing industriesKen Imler
Data mining for quality.(statistical techniques)Engineering and manufacturing industriesI. Elaine Allen, Christopher A. Seaman
Deploying the 'D' in DFSS.(design for six sigma)Engineering and manufacturing industriesDouglas P. Mader
Detect financial problems with Six Sigma.(fraud)Engineering and manufacturing industriesChristina LaComb, Deniz Senturk, Radu Neagu, Murat Doganaksoy
Developing the voluntary healthcare standard.Engineering and manufacturing industriesR. Dan Reid
Different, equivalent or both?(Equivalence analysis method)Engineering and manufacturing industriesElaine I. Allen, Christopher A. Seaman
Different roads to take for data analysis.Engineering and manufacturing industriesChristine Anderson-Cook
Digesting complicated processes.(simplifying quality management)Engineering and manufacturing industriesRocky Baker
Documenting the process - with a side of cole slaw.(how to barbeque)Engineering and manufacturing industriesLeon Lynn, John Kalfayan
Do environmental management systems improve performance?Engineering and manufacturing industriesSusan L.K. Briggs
Don't forget the people.Engineering and manufacturing industriesSrijayan N. Iyer
Earning his stripes.(enabling technology and procurement integration)Engineering and manufacturing industriesArthur W. Brown
Emotional intelligence and six sigma.Engineering and manufacturing industriesAndrew Milivojevich
Employee and patient focus earns the Baldrige.(Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for Bronson Methodist Hospital)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Empowering employees to pull the quality trigger.(knowledge based systems)Engineering and manufacturing industriesDouglas K. Miscikowski, Eric W. Stein
Extending school improvement beyond curriculum.Engineering and manufacturing industriesJames W. Peltier, John E. Westfall, Joseph Sheehan, Harlan Weber
Faster turnaround time.(North Shore University Hospital)(bed changeover)Engineering and manufacturing industriesAngelo Pellicone, Maude Martocci
FDA announces program to strengthen medical devices safety.(Food and Drug Administration)(Center for Devices and Radiological Health Postmarket Transformation Initiative program)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Four steps to ensure measurement data quality.Engineering and manufacturing industriesRobert M. Graham
Four steps to ensure measurement data quality.Engineering and manufacturing industriesRobert M. Graham
From software programmer to quality pro: the road less traveled.(total quality management)Engineering and manufacturing industriesAngelica Arceneaux-Dobson
Generating audit findings.Engineering and manufacturing industriesJ. P. Russel
Getting credit for service.Engineering and manufacturing industriesHeidi B. Haupt
Getting loud in Milwaukee.(American Society for Quality's World Conference on Quality and Improvement)Engineering and manufacturing industriesDerbie Phillips-Donaldson
Good news - if you're ready.(a study by American Society for Quality)Engineering and manufacturing industriesDebbie Phillips- Donaldson
How to analyze reliability data for repairable products.Engineering and manufacturing industriesNecip Doganaksoy, Gerald J. Hahn, William Q. Meeker
How to fail the ISO 9001 driver's test.Engineering and manufacturing industriesPaul Palmes
Improved gage R&R measurement studies.(repeatability and reproducibility)Engineering and manufacturing industriesDonald S. Ermer
Improve your audit interviews.Engineering and manufacturing industriesJ.P. Russell
Improving reliability through warranty data analysis.Engineering and manufacturing industriesGerald J. Hahn, William Q. Meeker, Necip Doganaksey
Increase ISO 9001's value.Engineering and manufacturing industriesStandford L. Liebesman
Institute of Medicine calls for reform of quality improvement organizations.Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Institute of Medicine report slams FDA.(Federal Drug Administration)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
International outsourcing: values vs. economics.Engineering and manufacturing industriesGeorge C. Elliott
Keys to career success.Engineering and manufacturing industriesJohn Oltesvig
Large capitalizations affect Q-100 comparison to S&P.(Standard & Poors)(Noble Corp.)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Lean: cure-all or fad?(a quality methodology for manufacturing processes)(Editorial)Engineering and manufacturing industriesDebbie Phillips-Donaldson
Lean inspection through supplier partnership.Engineering and manufacturing industriesJoel Ericson
Linking the supply chain to TQM.(total quality management)Engineering and manufacturing industriesMatthewsm Charles R.
Link satisfaction to market share and profitability.(customer satisfaction)Engineering and manufacturing industriesDerek Allen
Look for trouble.(risk influencing factors, organization growth)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJohn M. Evans
Make healthcare lean.(applying lean methodogy to healthcare industry)Engineering and manufacturing industriesGeorge Alukal, Anthony Manos, Mark Sattler
Making it look over easy.(Sunny Fresh Foods wins Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award for manufacturing)Engineering and manufacturing industriesDave Nelsen
Making performance reviews work for you.(emmployee appraisals)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJoe Conklin
Making social responsibility the standard.(ISO 26000)Engineering and manufacturing industriesDorothy Bowers
Manage complaints to enhance loyalty.(complaint handling processes)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJohn Goodman
Map your career through value streams.(career mapping)Engineering and manufacturing industriesTeresa Whitacre
Market focused, value driven it's all about gaps.(Six Sigma quality tool)Engineering and manufacturing industriesEric Reidenbach, Reginald Goeke
Measurement system analysis for attribute measuring processes.Engineering and manufacturing industriesJoseph D. Conklin
Measuring the cost of quality for management.Engineering and manufacturing industriesGary Cokins
Monitor your industrial processes.(statistical models)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJohn C. Young, Robert L. Mason
More than 10,000 reasons to review QP's 2006 salary survey results.(Quality Progress)(Survey)Engineering and manufacturing industriesKaren Bemowski
Most airplane crashes caused by human error.Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Moving and controlling the flow of quality.(KLOK valves)Engineering and manufacturing industriesIqbal S. Malhotra
Never ending learning.(Mohammad Aanas Ruhomally, Quensh Dynamics, Mauritius)(Biography)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
New frontiers in the design of experiments.(statistically designed experiments in process developments)Engineering and manufacturing industriesRon S. Kenett, David M. Steinberg
New ideas and expanded use.(quality standards)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJohn E. West
New standard covers audit, certification bodies.(management systems, audit, standards)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
New standard guides internal and supplier audits.(International Organization for Standardization 19011)Engineering and manufacturing industriesGary L. Johnson
No longer lost in translation.(overcoming language differences in businesses)Engineering and manufacturing industriesVernon J. Menard III, Michelle Menard
Oklahoma School District goes over the top.(Jenks Public Schools)(Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for 2005)Engineering and manufacturing industriesSusan E. Daniels
One size does not fit all.(approaches to quality according to business needs)Engineering and manufacturing industriesThomas Foster
Painting the big picture.(scorecards and boxplots)Engineering and manufacturing industriesTony Gojanovic
PDCA at the management level.(plan-do-check-act quality method)Engineering and manufacturing industriesDennis R. Owens
Perfectionists make bad machinists.(quality - in retrospect in the last two decades)Engineering and manufacturing industriesCharles J. Ellis
Play it again, Sam.(rework of large quantities )Engineering and manufacturing industriesLynne B. Hare
Porsche ranks No. 1 in redesigned J.D. Power.Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Practicing quality in Kabul.Engineering and manufacturing industriesTed Bernhard
Process auditing and techniques.Engineering and manufacturing industriesJ. P. Russell
Project teams: how good are they?Engineering and manufacturing industriesHoward M. Guttman, Andrew Longman
Promoting quality in your organization.(total quality management)Engineering and manufacturing industriesDuke Okes
Put the pieces together.Engineering and manufacturing industriesMike Carnell
PwC says six trends will drive sustainable development.(PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P.)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Q-100 lags S&P for quarter.(Standard & Poor)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
QMSs and EMSs support financial management systems.(quality management system, environmental management system)Engineering and manufacturing industriesSandford Liebesman
'QP' goes to school.(Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, quality progress )Engineering and manufacturing industriesAgni Shah
Quality suffers in energy utilities, airline industries.(American Customer Satisfaction Index)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Rapid knowledge transfer: the key to success.Engineering and manufacturing industriesMichael J. English, William H. Jr. Baker
Reflections on the future of quality.Engineering and manufacturing industriesDave Watkins
Selling quality ideas to management.(business communications)Engineering and manufacturing industriesBrien Palmer
Senate considers National Innovation Act.(Senator John Ensign calls for innovation in science and engineering areas)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Shifting quality into high gear.(Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award 2005, Park Place Lexus)Engineering and manufacturing industriesMark Edmund
Simple tools for complex systems.(quality improvement)Engineering and manufacturing industriesAmar Raja Thiraviam
Six Sigma start-up at small companies.(quality control)Engineering and manufacturing industriesRobert J. Parody, Joseph G. Voelkel
So, you'd like to be an ASQ Fellow.(American Society for Quality)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJames Bossert
SPC: not just for geeks.(Katrina Kruger of Sprint Corp.)Engineering and manufacturing industriesKatrina Kruger
Standards and the knowledge age.Engineering and manufacturing industriesJohn E. Jack West
State program offers hand to small business.(New Mexico 9000 certification)Engineering and manufacturing industriesKen Manicki
Statistical engineering: A case study.(statistical engineering algorithm)Engineering and manufacturing industriesStefan Steiner, Jock MacKay
Steady does it for DynMcDermott.(DynMcDermott Petroleum Operations receives 2005 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award)Engineering and manufacturing industriesAndy Turner
Supply chain management remains aerospace challenge.Engineering and manufacturing industriesDale K. Gordon
That's so random - or is it?(business process management)Engineering and manufacturing industriesCecelia McCain
The face of quality.(chairman C. Jackson Grayson Jr. of American Productivity and Quality Center)(Biography)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
The face of Quality.(Christy L. Beaudin, quality director, PacifiCare Behavioral Health)(Biography)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
The future of quality management standards.Engineering and manufacturing industriesDale K. Gordon
The hidden laboratory.(avoiding wastage in manufacturing)Engineering and manufacturing industriesLynne B. Hare
The histogram for complex parts.(for manufacturing processes)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
The house that fraud built.(Quality function deployment used to detect financial statement fraud)Engineering and manufacturing industriesChristina LaComb, Denix Senturk
The metrology job description initiative.Engineering and manufacturing industriesChristopher L. Grachanen
The right place at the right time.Engineering and manufacturing industriesJ. Edward Jackson
Three R's for quality professionals.Engineering and manufacturing industriesDiane G. Kulisek
TRIZ: a creative breeze for quality professionals.(Theory of inventive problem solving)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJohn Dew
Uniform maker sews up success with scorecard.Engineering and manufacturing industriesGus Gordon
USDA considering risk based inspection systems.(U.S. Department of Agriculture)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
Use DMAIC to enhance your career.(define, measure, analyze, improve and control)Engineering and manufacturing industriesTeresa Whitacre
Use SPC for everyday work processes.(statistical process control)Engineering and manufacturing industriesGreg Gruska, Chad Kymal
Using an FMEA in a service setting.(failure mode and effects analysis)Engineering and manufacturing industriesCecelia McCain
Value stream mapping u an introduction.(efficiencies of an organization)Engineering and manufacturing industriesTony Manos
Web watch.(quality related websites)Engineering and manufacturing industries 
What and when to randomize.Engineering and manufacturing industriesChristine Anderson-Cook
What are quality reputations worth?(economic perspective)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJohannes Freiesleben
What comes first u people or process?(quality improvement)Engineering and manufacturing industriesJohn F. Mathias
Worldwide demographic crossroad nears.Engineering and manufacturing industriesHank Lindborg
You can call it Fred.(personal experience while working a Six Sigma)Engineering and manufacturing industriesEdward F. Phillippi
You can take it with you.(quality in global economy)(Editorial)Engineering and manufacturing industriesDebbie Phillips-Donaldson
Your future in risk management.Engineering and manufacturing industriesGreg Hutchins
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