Duffy, Grace L. (ed.), 2013, "The ASQ quality improvement pocket guide: basic history, concepts, tools, and relationships",
ASQ Quality Press, Milwaukee, WI (USA). ISBN 978087389539 (Amazon), xv+141 pp.

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xi Introduction.Pdf* (& industries)
1Part I: History and Concepts
3 What is meant by "Quality" ?.Pdf * ASQ Knowledge Center
13Quality Models and Systems
14Baldrige Award (1_Leadership, 2_Strategic planning, 3_Customer focus, 4_Measurement, Analysis, and Knowledge, 5_Workforce focus, 6_Operations focus, 7_Results) * Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
16ISO 9001 (1'Customer orientation, 2'Leadership, 3'Involvement, 4'Process management, 5'System management, 6'Continual improvement, 7'Fact-based decisions, 8'Close supplier relationships) * What is the ISO 9000 Standards Series ?
* $ ISO 9001:2008 for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Webcasthere.swf 27'50" (FCUL) (←.arf) (...)
19PDCA, Six Sigma, Lean: Plan Do Check Act.Pdf * $ An Introduction to the PDCA Cycle Webcast, Part 1 * What is Lean ?
Root Cause Analysis * What is Root Cause Analysis ?   Risk Management * The Basics of Risk Management.swf
28Benefits of Quality
28Employees. The Organization. Customers. Suppliers. The Community and Society
35Part II: Quality Improvement Tools   (alphabetically)
37Affinity diagram: * $ Critical elements for major improvements.pdf (=)
39Arrow diagram or activity network diagram: * $ Beyond the basics (=)
41; 44Auditing: * (Glossary) "Audit"
44Benchmarking: * Benchmarking
47Brainstorming: * Ford Team Uses Six Sigma to Reduce Costs While Improving Environmental Impact.pdf
50Cause-and-effect diagram: * Using Quality Tools for Product Development.pdf
54Checksheet: * (QP) Use Check Sheets To Identify The Causes of Downtime * Check Sheet
57Control chart:   ("The control chart is probably the best known, most used, and most difficult-to-understand quality tool.")
* ◊ The Seven Basic Quality Tools Webcast: Control chartshere.swf 30'03" (←.arf) * (QP) $ A dose of DMAIC (=)
62Cost of Quality: * $ Using Cost of Quality to Improve Business Results.pdf (=). Also for "Pareto Chart".
65; 70Decision matrix: or 'a Pugh matrix', 'decision grid', 'selection matrix or grid', 'problem (selection) matrix', etc.. Five Whys
71; 77Flowchart. Force-field Analysis.
79Histograms: * $ Ship Servicers Use Quick Kaizen to Shorten Long Turnaround.pdf (=)
83; 84Multivoting. Nominal group tecnhique * $ Continuous Improvement Journey.pdf (=)
85Pareto Chart: * Pareto chart. See "Using Cost of Quality..."
88PICK Matrix: (Possible, Implement, Challenge, Kill) * $ Lean Six Sigma Warehouse Design.pdf (=)
89Relations diagram * $ Improved Writing Skills.pdf (=)
91; 94; 98Run chart. Scatter Diagram: * Scatter plot. Tree Diagram: * $ Environmental Cleanup.pdf (=)
101Part III: Customer-Supplier Relationships.Pdf — Conclusion — Additional reading.   End notes:
1. ISO standards support World Tourism Day
3. J. P. Russell, "Game of chance", Quality Progress, August 2012, pp 52–54 (or download issue.pdf).
10. Kirsten Parks and Timothy Connor, "The way to engage", Quality Progress, April 2011, pp 20–27 (or download issue.pdf).

*Pdf: scanned (image) file.   $ Free, with registration.   ◊ With password.
 
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