Quality Links

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Quality Forums

There have been a number of updates to the website in the last month. Here are a short description of the changes:

• ASQ Discussion Boards
• Elsmar Cove Discussion Forums - Extensive list of fourms covering almost every aspect of Quality.
• ISO Quality Forums - designed to facilitate the free exchange of information with respect to ISO standards
• European Quality Forum - European Foundation for Quality in eLearning
• Quality Digest Magazine - Forums
• SQA Forums - Software Testing and Quality Assurance discussions site.
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Quality Forums

General Quality Resources

• Elsmar Cove - Business Standards Discussions and Information
• Converters And Calculators -
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General QUality Resources

Web-based Training Resources (free)

• Introductory Statistics: Concepts, Models, And Applications - Online Presentation
• ASQ 0502 Past Presentations - Past Presentations useful
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General QUality Resources

Standards-based and Standards-developing Organizations

• ANSI - American National Standards Institute -
• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• AOAC International
• American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR)
• Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)
• American Ceramic Society (ACerS)
• American Chemical Society (ACS)
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
• American Institute of Physics (AIP)
• American Mathematical Society (AMS)
• American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
• American Nuclear Society
• American Physical Society (APS)
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc.(ASHRAE)
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• ASTM International
• American Society for Quality (ASQ)
• American Statistical Association (ASA)
• AVS Science and Technology Society
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• International Code Council (ICC)
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
• The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)
• International Union of Radio Science (URSI)
• NSF International
• National Institute of Standards and Technology -
• National Conference of Standards Laboratories (NCSL)
• National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
• The Open Group
• Optical Society of America
• Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI)
• Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
• Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers
• Society of Nuclear Medicine
• Underwriters Laboratories
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Local (Maryland) Quality Initiatives

Local (Maryland) Quality

• Regional Manufacturing Institute of Maryland
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Local (Maryland) Quality Initiatives

Quality in Healthcare

• President's Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry
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Quality in Healthcare

Certification / Quality Education Links

• Why Should I Become Certified? - By Robin Dudash, ASQ Pittsburgh Education Chair
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Certification / Quality Education Links

Risk Management

• Application of Risk Management Application of Risk Management for Medical Devices - Mejdi Majed, Safety Engineering Consultant
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Risk Management

Software Quality

• Cases on Software Testing and Software Law
• Elsmar Software Quality Fourms -
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• Software Quality / Testing - Blog
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Risk Management

Quality in Education Resources

• No Child Left Behind: Teacher Quality Regulations - Maryland State Department of Education
• Reliability Engineering - University of Maryland • Department of Mechanical Engineering
• ASQ Training - Baltimore
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Education - Quality Resources

ASQ Sections - Local to the Maryland Area

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• ASQ Delaware Section -
• ASQ Delmarva Section -
• ASQ Philadelphia Section -
• ASQ Pennsylvania Sections -
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ASQ Sections - Local to the Maryland Area

ASQ Community

• Blogs
• Careers in Quality
• Code of Ethics
• Conferences
• Discussion Boards
• Forums & Divisions (Industry Groups)
• Learn About Quality
• Global Community
• Membership
• Members - Find a Member (Members Only)
• Networks (Open to the Public)
• Sections (Geographic Groups)
• Tools
• Training and Certification

ASQ Divisions

Industry Groups / Government Programs / Consortiums / Initiatives

There have been a number of updates to the website in the last month. Here are a short description of the changes:

• Agile Manufacturing Benchmarking Consortium -
• Baldrige National Quality Program - recognize U.S. organizations for their achievements in quality and performance
• Maryland Department of Agriculture. - Maryland's BEST
• Maryland Performance Excellence Awards - Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (MTECH)
• MdQI - Maryland Quality Initiative - Initiatives in Action, Partnerships for Quality
• MSU Global - Michigan State University
• National Quality Forum (NQF) -
• Office of Naval Research's BMP Program - Best Manufacturing Practices
• Quality Indicator Project - It's not the data... It's what you do with it
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Industry Groups / Government Programs / Consortiums / Initiatives

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