Quality Digest (magazine)
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| Founder | Donald Dewar[1] |
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| Founded | 1980[1] |
| Company | Quality Circle Institute, Inc.[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Chico, California[1] |
| Language | English |
| Website | qualitydigest |
| ISSN | 1049-8699 |
Quality Digest (abbreviated as QD) is an online news publication and a former monthly print magazine covering quality management subjects.[1] The content is divided between quality control, metrology,[2] compliance, Six Sigma,[3][4] and ISO standards and certifications.
History[edit]
Known as Quality Circle Digest from 1981 to 1987,[5] QD started as a print magazine by Donald Dewar as a part of the Quality Circle Institute (later also known as QCI International) that he had founded.[6] During the same year that Dewar started QCI, he started touring the United States teaching the principles of quality circles and participative management while promoting the newly launched magazine to American businesses. The first issue was published in 1981.[1][7] By 1989, the total circulation for Quality Digest magazine reached seventy thousand.[1]
Content[edit]
QD publishes writing by experts in the quality management fields, particularly articles about emerging quality initiatives and the quality circle.[8] Pete Robustelli, John Guaspari, H. James Harrington, and Donald J. Wheeler[9] are among those whose work appeared in the publication.
Criticism[edit]
When ISO 9000-based standards became a focus for American businesses during the 1990s, Quality Digest was criticized for containing an abundance of ads for services offered by organizations engaged in the business of the ISO certification process.[10]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g "About Us Quality Digest". Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "Thinking of a career in metrology?". The Coordinate Metrology Society. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
Quality Digest, an industry publication for quality professionals, is one of the best and free sources of information about portable metrology. Quality Digest reports on multiple dimensions of metrology, including the technology, products, management, and especially careers.
- ^ Arthur, Arthur (2001). Six Sigma Simplified: Quantum Improvement Made Easy. KnowWare International. p. 10. ISBN 9781884180132.
A 2003 study by Quality Digest magazine confirmed what I've known for years: a handful of tools and methods are delivering most of the benefits of Six Sigma.
- ^ Digro, Robert (2005). Look Forward Beyond Lean and Six Sigma: A Self-perpetuating Enterprise Improvement Method. J. Ross Publishing. p. 126. ISBN 9781932159462.
In an article entitled "Beyond Six Sigma," published in the September 2003 issue of Quality Digest magazine, he addresses the need for a holistic management system to be in place in order to sustain improvement, whether it involves Six Sigma or any other tool.
- ^ Employment Gazette, Volume 91. Employment Department, Great Britain. 1983. p. 104.
There was now an American organisation called the International Association of Quality Circles , which had grown from 850 members to 5,000 members in two years , as well as a monthly magazine , Quality Circle Digest.
- ^ Bodek, Norman. Kaikaku: The Power and Magic of Lean : a Study in Knowledge. p. 341.
Don Dewar is the president, QCI International. QCI International publishes: Quality Digest, a monthly magazine,
- ^ WWS/World Ports, Volumes 46-47. WWS/World Ports. 1983. p. 24.
The Quality Circle Digest is now in its third year of publication and each issue can literally be worth its weight in gold
- ^ The Police Chief, Volume 51. International Association of Chiefs of Police. 1984. p. 49.
This magazine is devoted exclusively to employee participation, quality of worklife, and quality circles.
- ^ "Quality Digest Columns by Donald J. Wheeler". Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Technology, Environment, and Aviation of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session, February 9, 1994, Volume 4. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1994. p. 109. ISBN 9780160440144.
If I happen to pick up the Quality magazine—this happens to be the Quality Digest magazine, and in this particular issue which happens to be in September—it has gotten worse since then—there are some 33 ads. At least half of the advertising in the magazine is devoted to people who are trying to make a buck off of the ISO certification process.