The idea of disruptive technologies has been around since Schumpeter. What surprises me is the companion idea of disruptive practices, which is the flip side of disruptive technologies. They go hand in hand. Continue reading
I wrote a blog recently on how the quality profession is disappearing or is morphing to risk management.
Well, mechanical engineering is also morphing.
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME.org) is the professional society for mechanical engineers. It’s tag line is now:
“ASME (founded as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers) promotes the art, science, and practice of multidisciplinary engineering and allied sciences around the globe.” Continue reading
Many years ago, I wrote 4 books on ISO 9001. Books sold well. Eight languages. Best selling books on ISO 9000. We really liked the international management standard.
Now, more than 1,000,000 companies worldwide are registered to the standard. Unbelievable. When we worked with the first registrars in North America, there were less than 400 companies registered. Continue reading
My PDCA – 4P’s™ or Proactive – Preventive – Predictive – Preemptive™.
Dr. Edwards Deming, the renouned quality expert, distilled the essence of his management philosophy into his PDCA cycle acronym, which stands for Plan – Do – Check – Act. Just brilliant. Simple. Memorable. Usable. Continue reading
About a year ago, I wrote a piece for China Sourcing called “Where Have All the CQO’s Gone?” CQO is an acronyn for Chief Quality Officer? Twenty or even 10 years ago, most companies had a head of quality who was a VP or even higher level company officer. I wrote: Continue reading