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Best
Quality & Best Practice Resources
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Links
to world best quality resources & top best practice
management web sites.
International
Standardization Organization
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ISO Member Bodies
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- a member body is the single national body "most
representative of standardization in its country".
American
Society for Quality - GO
- certification is formal recognition by ASQ that
individuals have demonstrated a proficiency within a specified
body of knowledge.
National
Standards System Network - GO
- US National Resource for Global Standards serves
as a central point to search for standards information.
Internet
Resources for Best Practice Information
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- best practice resources & links compiled by
the University of South Australia.
NASA
Quality Pages
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- quality technologies for competitive advantage.
A range of informative articles on techniques & models
of quality enhancement.
Quality
Function Deployment - GO
- NASA quality management.
Best
Practices in Deploying Enterprise Portals
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- Gartner Research Group criteria for best practices
in developing enterprise portals.
International
Quality Systems Directory - GO
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Quality
Assurance in Health Care - GO
- measuring the quality of America's health care.
Quality
Best Practices - GO
- international conference on quality technologies
for business processes.
Best Practices
- E-Business - GO
- best practice analyses & worst e-commerce practices
from ZDnet.
Australian
Quality Certification - GO
- Quality Assurance Standards, providing worldwide
certification to Australian & International Standards.
Located in Australia, with branches in Asia, QAS is a
member of the International Certification Network.
American
National Standards Institute - GO
- ANSI is a private, nonprofit organization, administrating
the US private sector voluntary standardization system.
Standards
Australia - GO
- 1,200 ISO quality standards online.
Registrar
Accreditation Program - GO
- providing accreditation services for providers of
ISO 9000 AND ISO 14000 Quality Management Systems Registrars.
In conjunction with ANSI, has established the National
Accreditation Program.
W. Edwards
Deming Institute - GO
- founded to promote the principles proposed by W.
Edwards Deming, regarded as the founder of the 'quality
movement' in modern industrial life. Site promotes the
philosophical underpinnings of Deming's work, in particular
his focus on 'The System of Profound Knowledge'.
World Standard
Services Network - GO
- network of providers of standards organizations
around the world.
National
Members of ISO & IEC - GO
- World Standards Services Network page providing
links to 80 national standards organizations.
Standards
Resources on the Net - GO
- University of California, Santa Barbara Library
web site supporting educational & research needs of
university community, specifically in the area of Quality
Accreditation & Standards.
Information
Quality - GO
- list of quality related redources.
Human Resources
Learning Center - GO
- information on human resources & employee services,
addressing issues such as benchmarking & best practices.
Best Practices
in Education - GO
- US non-profit organization helping American teachers
find innovative & effective educational practices
from many countries to adapt for application in US schools.
Best Practice
Network - GO
- Australian National Training Authority - best practices
in vocational education & training.
Best Practices
in Health Care & Nursing - GO
- Best Practice Network is a non-profit body established
by thirteen nursing organizations in the United States
to provide mechanisms for sharing innovative solutions
& best practices among nurses & other healthcare
practitioners.
The Benchmarking
Exchange - GO
- site provides an information system for individuals
& organizations involved in benchmarking & process
improvement.
Human Settlements
- Best Practice Database - GO
- database containing information about social, economic
& environmental problems, with an emphasis on developing
practical solutions. Explores ways in which communities,
governments & the private sector can collaborate to
address issues of poverty, shelter & the environment.
European
Business Best Practice Network -
GO
- part of the European Business Best Practice Network
- designed to introduce small to medium sized enterprises
to the concepts of "Business Best Practice".
Best Practice
Benchmarking - GO
- site of Best Practices, LLC which is a research
& advisory service that provides members with on-going
access to benchmarking studies & research about best
business practices.
Best Practices
in US States - GO
- links to best practices in each state of the US.
Standard format with very basic information focusing on
information technology.
Quality
Management Products - GO
- Canadian based company providing a range of software
products for companies contemplating a quality system
such as ISO 9000, ISO 14000, QS 9000 or TQM.
Quality
Online - GO
-a service of Quality Magazine, serving engineers
& managers responsible for test, inspection, measurement,
evaluation, & documentation in manufacturing companies.
Quality
Today - GO
- source of information, news, & reference materials
for the quality industry. Provides an event calendar &
a section on U.S. jobs in the quality industry.
Quality
in South Africa - GO
- site focusing on latest developments in the quality
field in South Africa & other countries.
Swiss Quality
Club - GO
- promoting a range of Swiss quality products, including
watches, jewellery, food, technology & art. Well recognized
companies such as Roche, Leica, Raymond Weil, Swatch are
listed as providers of products or services.
Quality
Assurance Links - GO
- quality assurance links from Automated Testing Specialists.
The
Quality Portal - GO
- lots of quality resources & tools.
World Best Websites - GO
- World Best Web Site Awards are granted to exemplary
websites pursuing "best practices" in website
design & Internet communications.