Quality Engineering

ASQ Quality Central
American Society for Quality, the primary trade organization for quality improvement.
http://www.asq.org/

Design Of Experiments, Quality Control And Taguchi Methods
A brief, college-level introduction to the Design of Experiments.
http://itri.loyola.edu/polymers/c7_s6.htm

Experimental Design and Optimization
Application Notes on Experimental Design and Optimization
http://www.multisimplex.com/applinotes.htm

FMEA Information Centre
An internet directory dedicated to Failure Mode and Effect Analysis.
http://www.fmeainfocentre.com/

iSixSigma Quality and Management Resources
Includes articles, tools and resources for implementing Six Sigma quality, total quality management, ISO9000, and process improvements programs.
http://www.isixsigma.com

ISO International Organization for Standardization
International Organization for Standardization, responsible for the ISO 9000, ISO 14000, ISO 27000, ISO 22000 and other international management standards.
http://www.iso.org

Lloyds Register Quality Assurance
ISO registrar site includes articles and links to quality-related organizations.
http://www.lrqa.com/

NIST National Quality Program -- Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award
Information about the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award from the (U.S.) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Criteria for earning the award. The history of the award and information on past awardees.
http://www.quality.nist.gov/

QA Six Sigma Partners Resources
Articles on six sigma, design of experiments and other quality engineering topics.
http://www.qualityamerica.com/six_sigma/resources.htm

Quality and Reliability Engineering Center
The Industry/University Cooperative Center for Quality and Reliability Engineering Research with Rutgers University, Arizona State University, and University of Arizona.
http://coewww.rutgers.edu/ie/qre

Quality Digest Magazine
Quality Digest Magazine, a major trade publication.
http://www.qualitydigest.com/

The Quality Portal
A portal site with Quality-related acronyms, a glossary, lists, links, educational programs, topical briefs, vendor lists and business links. Site also has Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) forms that can filled and saved online.
http://www.thequalityportal.com/

QuEST
A forum for cooperation and communication between telecommunication service providers and suppliers.
http://www.questforum.org

SAVE International- Value Engineering
SAVE International -the international society for the advancement and promotion of the value methodology (also called value engineering, value analysis or value management).
http://value-eng.org

Smarter Solutions
Articles meant to assist practitioners apply methods of Six Sigma statistical methods of Quality Engineering.
http://www.smartersolutions.com/articles.php

Standards Council of Canada
Federal Crown corporation with the mandate to promote efficient and effective standardization.
http://www.scc.ca/

Statistical Process Control (SPC) - Online Course
Online course in Statistical Process Control (SPC). Includes a free primer in statistics, variation, process capability, control charts for variables and control charts for attributes.
http://www.margaret.net/spc/

Taguchi's Loss Function
Taguchi's Loss Function is a method of measuring quality central to Taguchi's approach to design. It establishes a financial measure of the user dissatisfaction with a product's performance as it deviates from a target value. Thus, both average performance and variation are critical measures of quality.
http://www.dnh.mv.net/ipusers/rm/loss.htm

Tantara
Access to books about software process improvement, software quality assurance, software engineering, et. al.
http://www.tantara.ab.ca/st_books.htm