Firms that perform audits, reviews, or compilations have a little more than four months to implement the new risk-based quality management (QM) standards. The task may feel daunting, but Joe Lynch, ...
Over the last few decades, Lean Six Sigma has become an integral part of the world of business. It is one of the most ...
Good managers seek to contain costs in the manufacturing environment. There is no better cost to eliminate than the cost of poor quality. Scrap material and lost labor hours add no value to the ...
Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...
Editor’s note: This article is the first in a series to help practitioners learn about the AICPA’s new quality management standards and prepare to implement them. In June 2022, the AICPA’s Auditing ...
Quality. We all have a few ideas that come to mind when we look for quality. More than likely, you’re envisioning your favorite brand of jeans, one restaurant where the food always tastes just right, ...
Japanese manufacturers adopted quality-control theories developed by American experts to rebuild the Japanese industrial base after the Second World War. Japanese experts such as Dr. Kaoru Ishikawa ...