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Michael Hirt
2121 PEP Award
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Congratulations QMD on receiving the Silver Award for 2021. This is a measure of Division Management ...
Michael Hirt 5d
Melissa Minyon
ANSI/ASQ Z1.4-2003 and ANSI/ASQ Z1.9-2003 (R2018)
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All, do I need the AQL inspection standards as references when taking the CQE exam? The CQE handbook references ...
Melissa Minyon 26d
Jameson Marriott Jameson Marriott 25d
I would bring in something with abbreviated tables, such as The Certified Quality Process Handbook, or ...
Robert Mitchell Robert Mitchell 25d

I remember bringing a physical copy of each ANSI Acceptance Sampling standard with me to the exam (many, many years ...

Wallace Brown Wallace Brown 25d
I needed them for my exam but others did not. I would recommend including them in your reference materials
Shannon Gittermann
committees
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How can one volunteer to be on one of the committees?
Shannon Gittermann 26d
Luigi Sille
EMPLOYEES suffering from workplace phobia! NEW week, ...
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Luigi Sille 27d
Douglas Wood
ISO Cost of quality
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Who knows about the ASQ-published ISO technical report on Cost of Quality? We at QMD have a team looking at possible ...
Douglas Wood Apr '22
Wallace Robinson Wallace Robinson Apr '22
Although I have no input to share, I am very curious to learn of organizations that are effectively applying this ...
Lisa Shinholster Lisa Shinholster Apr '22

Good morning Douglas, I purchased and am using TR2:2018 and will provide feedback.

Norm Howe
Poka Yoke Awareness
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NSF International is presenting a free webinar “Poka Yoke Awareness” on March 30, 9am EDT. How can you improve ...
Norm Howe Mar '22
Sergio Corral Sergio Corral Mar '22

Sounds interesting so I signed up! Thanks for the heads up!

Erick Silva
"Challenges to Quality Management System in the ...
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Hi Everyone, Apologies, I have just posted a query in the QM Tools group and realised it might better suit posting it ...
Erick Silva Jan '22
Sherri Gallagher
Internal Audits from a CB Auditor Perspective
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When I audit the internal audit process, I see a number of issues that are technically findings. Yet, when I bring ...
Sherri Gallagher Dec '21
David Manalan David Manalan Dec '21

Sounds as though using MDSAP would cure most of these issues, especially since most of these issues arise in ...

Shawn Varela Shawn Varela Dec '21

Thank you for this clarification. I think the confusion can be found in the lack of understanding with the term ...

Gregory Watson Gregory Watson Jan '22

Dear All,

Sometimes I think that language gets in our way of understanding. Yes the language of ISO does indeed have ...

Susan Gorveatte
Time for some positivity!
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As 2021 wraps up, I think we all could use a boost. Let's start a thread of some really great things you were able to ...
Susan Gorveatte Dec '21
Grace Duffy Grace Duffy Dec '21
Susan, great way to sum up our year in "quarantine." I, too, had a productive year. Not necessarily a revenue ...
Susan Gorveatte Susan Gorveatte Dec '21

Yes, you were definitely busy in 2021, as usual. I have a few Grace Duffy texts in my collection. It's been quite a ...

Lucy King Lucy King Dec '21

Susan, this is a lovely topic and thank you for posting it. In 2021, I accepted Chair responsibilities in our ASQ ...

Madeline McLean Madeline McLean Dec '21
Congratulations! Wishing you much success! At which retail outlets is the book sold?

Best regards for a Merry ...
Lucas Telford Lucas Telford Dec '21

Thanks for posting Susan. We had many challenges over the year, dealing with supply chain and vendor issues every ...

Lucy King Lucy King Dec '21

Hi Madeline,

Thanks for asking! Distilled Lean Six Sigma is available in Kindle, paperback, and hardcover at

Girish Trehan Girish Trehan Dec '21

Hello Lucy, Lucas, Madeline, Susan, Grace plus other esteemed contributors…

Good Day.

My 2 cents.
“The only ...

Uchechukwu Ogidi Uchechukwu Ogidi Dec '21
Greetings,
You have an intimidating profile. I wish to learn more from you. Below is a brief introduction of ...
Grace Duffy Grace Duffy Dec '21

Congratulations on your MBA. I was fortunateenough to finish my MBA some years ago. Having the Masters allowedme ...

Lourdes Kroll Lourdes Kroll Dec '21

Happy Holidays & Every Day!

Yaaasssss… let's focus on the positive never-ending continuous improvement for ...

Guiomar Meaders
Project Plan Templates - Migration to QT9 e-QMS
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Hello everyone, I need to create a project plan to move everything in our current QMS to an e-QMS, Qt9. This is my ...
Guiomar Meaders Dec '21
Ernest Phoon Ernest Phoon Dec '21

Dear Guiomar Meaders

Let me know whether this excel spreadsheet template works for you.

Yours sincerely,

Ernest

Ernest Phoon Ernest Phoon Dec '21

Dear Guiomar Meaders ,

What I did was

  1. just convert everything to password protected Adobe Acrobat
  2. I don't think you ...
    Ernest Phoon Ernest Phoon Dec '21

    Apologies, Didn't realize you were using a software which involves training everyone to use it and confirm ...

    Raouf Naguib Raouf Naguib Dec '21

    I went through the process 3 times in 3 different companies. Its is not easy, and not a work for a someone who does not ...

    Guiomar Meaders Guiomar Meaders Dec '21

    Thank you!

    Guiomar Meaders Guiomar Meaders Dec '21

    Thank you!

    Ernest Phoon Ernest Phoon Dec '21

    Hi

    I have done a draft project plan.

    May I propose a review and contributions on what this project may entail?

    Brief:

    ...