Reliable Asset Team, Samarco Mining, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
The project goal was to design an asset's performance measurement process that would enable easy identification of low-performance assets and reduce time waste. Using the DMADV methodology the team applied SIPOC, QFD matrix, gemba walking, attribute agreement analysis, Pugh's matrix, CAP model, and risk diagram. The improvement provided a 29% potential reduction in the time waste and enabled the low performance asset failure mode's identification easy.
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Align Objectives for Great Results
2016 International Team Excellence Award Finalist, “Complaint Busters” team, was awarded bronze-level... [more]
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ITEA Green Foam Team
At the 2015 ASQ World Conference on Quality and Improvement, several ASQ International Team Excellence... [more]
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Minera Saucito, Fresnillo plc, Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Me...
The objective of this project was to improve silver recovery without affecting gold recovery or the... [more]
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Northrop Grumman Team Saves Money
A positive work culture helped a team from Northrop Grumman with a process improvement project.
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Alcoa, Six Sigma, and Teams
A team from Alcoa Power and Propulsion explains a project and the results.
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ITEA Sime Darby
Corporate responsibility was also a significant factor in another presentation at this year's World... [more]
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Social Responsibility Case Study
Author Sonny Maher targeted the study at quality professionals, who he believes are the individuals best... [more]
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Shanghai Yanfeng Johnson Controls Team and Corporate Re...
This 2015 ITEA finalist shares details about the project that aligns with the company's corporate... [more]
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Sime Darby Team and Corporate Responsibility
The 2015 ASQ International Team Excellence Award (ITEA) finalist from Sime Darby discusses the cost... [more]
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Corporate Sustainability
Many organizations have earned a reputation for over-consumption, unnecessary waste, and actions that... [more]
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Enhanced Six Sigma With Uncertainty Quantification
Mark Andrews discusses how Six Sigma professionals can enhance their current methods by adding an... [more]
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2018 Year-End Message: Elmer Corbin, ASQ Chair
In his year-end video message, ASQ Board of Directors Chair Elmer Corbin highlights significant... [more]
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The Cause and Effect Diagram
In this episode of ASQTV, we take a closer look at one of the most essential quality tools everyone... [more]
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ABCs of Implementing Risk-Based Thinking
Richard Harpster, Owner, Harpco Systems, Inc, discusses the fundamentals of risk-based thinking and some... [more]
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ISO 22000: A Recipe for Safe Food and Customer Satisfac...
Nancy Nouaimeh, Assistant VP, Quality, Safety and Performance Excellence, Abela & Co, discusses the... [more]
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Quality Tools for Children (Part Two)
Quality professionals use quality tools at work, but they can also use them successfully at home. In... [more]
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The Lean & Six Sigma Review Magazine, Now Available
Introducing the refreshed, reimagined Lean & Six Sigma Review magazine, with new columns (5 Whys,... [more]
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Risk Identification and Reporting
In this episode, Sanjeev Koshe, Tata Housing Development Company, explains how to identify risk and how... [more]
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Big Data
Big data, data analytics, and predictive modeling, and how organizations and quality professionals can... [more]
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Episode 18: Six Sigma
Six Sigma is a well-known quality method. But like most quality techniques, its use changes and evolves... [more]
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The How and Why of Auditing
Auditing expert and ASQ fellow Dennis Arter shares tips and advice for auditors and auditees.
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ASQ TV Episode 1: The Customer Experience
Quality and the customer experience go hand-in-hand. Hear from electronics giant Siemens Industry on how... [more]
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ASQ TV Episode 2: Culture of Quality
This episode of ASQ TV explores the culture of quality. Brien Palmer, author of Making Change Work,... [more]
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Standards and Auditing
Learn why ISO 9001:2008, one of the world's best known standards, is being revised. Then hear about the... [more]
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Culture of Quality
Culture is the driving force of quality. Creating and sustaining a quality culture are much-discussed... [more]
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ASQ TV Episode 3: Recalls and Quality
Recalls can be one of the most challenging aspects of the quality professional's job. In this episode,... [more]
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Risk Management and Quality
Organizations perceive risk management in three general ways. Carol Fox, Director, Strategic and... [more]
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Episode 17: Voice of the Customer
Voice of the customer, or V-O-C, is the ongoing collection of customer needs and expectations-both... [more]
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ASQ TV Episode 8: Lean
In this episode, learn why less is more! We cover all things lean: What it is and what makes lean... [more]
