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this month's issue of Quality eLine, a newsletter from PQ Systems,
Inc. that provides industry news, case studies, quality tips,
and information about software products and training services.
In
this issue you will find:
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Finding signals in the haystack of data: Quality Analytics
does the sifting
More data is flowing into databases each day. Business data, process
data, and various quality related measures create ever larger
data sets. Finding a quality improvement signal in this noise
can be difficult and time consuming. Charting packages such as
CHARTrunner have made it easy to chart hundreds or even thousands
of measures, but finding the resources to review these charts
and make good decisions about them can be challenging. To make
it easier, see this article by software development manager Steve
Daum. http://www.pqsystems.com/eline/2004/02/quality.htm
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Data
in everyday life: Pay for Presidents, from Washington to Bush
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for the country’s top office is set by Congress. These six
bills, passed into law, have established and adjusted salaries
of presidents over the past two centuries. Go to http://www.pqsystems.com/eline/2004/02/chartsyoucanuse.htm
to see this DATAjogger chart, with data provided by Workforce
Information and Planning Group, United States Office of Personnel
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Six
Sigma and More: David Schwinn reflects on Martin Luther King,
Jr. and his inspiration to leadership
As we reflect on the meaning of our celebration of King’s
life, David points to King’s model of freedom, vision
and courage. Go to http://www.pqsystems.com/eline/2004/02/sixsigmaandmore.htm
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Bytes
and pieces: Information you can use:
- Faster
reports: A maintenance release of SQCpack 4.6.89 dramatically reduces
the time it takes to create and execute reports. This release is
free to all SQCpack customers with current maintenance plans. For
more about this latest release, or to download it, go to http://www.sqcpack.com/maintenance46.htm
- European
Quality Award winners announced: Organizations representing Greece,
Turkey and the United Kingdom have received Europe’s top prize
in organizational excellence: the 2003 European Quality Award. Each
year, recognition is given to businesses that display exceptional
levels of excellence in eight criteria. To learn more: http://www.qualitydigest.com/currentmag/news.shtml#2
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2004 by PQ Systems, Inc., P.O. Box 750010, Dayton, OH 45475-0010
All rights reserved.
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