Innovation & Quality

Innovation and Quality is dedicated to the discussion of the best current practices to delver the best Customer Experience for businesses and organizations. REVENUE GROWTH ... from delighting your Customers CUSTOMER-VALUED INNOVATION ... to delight your Customers CUSTOMER-FOCUSED QUALITY ... to delight your Customers, and ENGAGING THE ENTIRE COMPANY... to delight your Customers

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Bill Robinson has more than thirty years of experience in business leadership and corporate performance improvement. For many years, Bill was Vice President of Innovation and Quality for Bell Labs. Other leadership positions Bill has held include Vice President of Quality and General Manager of EasyLink Services Corporation and President of Innovation and Quality Solutions. Bill is currently Distinguished Professor of Systems Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology where he was previously the Director of Systems Engineering. http://www.linkedin.com/in/iqsolutions

Thursday, June 02, 2005

ISO 9000 vs Six Sigma - Point 1

I belief that ISO 9000 will help bring a company to a standard level of performance, like a UL sticker on an electrical appliance.
The problem is, once it helps drive a company to a plateau level of performance, it will also help keep it at that level and, in fact, it will stifle improvement.