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Arizona Bioindustry Exposition  May 17, 2012 Phoenix, AZ

2012 World Conference on Quality and Improvement May 21-23, 2012 Anaheim, California.  See you There!

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January 2012: Executive Team Involved With Your QMS?
	In most organizations, the company quality policy is derived by the executive management team. The quality policy is then widely distributed to all employees with appropriate explanation to understand the intent and purpose of the policy. Additionally, the quality policy must be measurable and reviewed for adequacy as part of the management review.  The responsibilities for management with executive responsibility can be distributed into four key areas of focus… READ MORE
February 2012: Investing in Process Improvement
	During these current challenging and economic times, many companies are under extreme pressure to cut costs in response to lower revenues and decreased margins. Many are cutting costs haphazardly, for example letting people go (and the institutional knowledge with it) when they should be streamlining their business processes to become more efficient, enhance results, and achieve sustainable success…READ MORE
March 2012: ASA-100 Revision 3.6 Released
	The Aviation Suppliers Association (ASA), based in Washington, D.C. represents global member companies that are positively shaping the aviation industry. Collectively, they lead critical logistics programs, purchasing efforts, and distribution of aircraft parts world-wide. Member companies include: distributors, suppliers, surplus sales organizations, repair stations, manufacturers, airlines, operators, and other companies that provide services to the aviation parts supply industry…READ MORE
April 2012: Celebrating 25 Years of ISO 9000
	March 15th marked the 25th anniversary of the ISO 9000 series standards.  (If you’ve been around for a while, you know that British standard BS 5179 preceded the ISO standard and the U.S. Mil-Q-9858 predated the British standard.)  Auditable quality system standards go back nearly 45 years, but the real impact certainly launched on a worldwide basis with the release and adoption of the ISO 9000 series standards.  Since the standards were released in 1987, they have gone through three revisions: 1994, 2000, and 2008…READ MORE
May 2011: Creating a Culture of Quality
	For years, companies have used a variety of tools to try to improve the quality of their products and services. This has produced some success, but unfortunately not enough.  Quality certifications, statistical calculations, employees earning various colored belt designations, problem solving techniques and the like are all fine, but are they adequate? …READ MORE
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