Links

 General
  • ASQ National- ASQ is a global community of experts and the leading authority on quality in all fields, organizations, and industries.
  • ISO- International Organization for Standardization
  • Affilate Societies Council- Provide the forum and means for professional organizations and independent professionals in science, technology, engineering and math/medical (STEM) and related fields to pursue common educational, professional and community goals by collaboration through sharing information and resources.
  • Elsmar Cove Quality Forums: Quality related general forums on a number of different topics.
Regional Quality Sections:

FDA/Medical Devices
  • GMP Institute - The Global Leader for Good Manufacturing Practice
  • Food and Drug Administration- Protecting and Promoting your Health
  • Emergo Group - International Medical Device and IVD Consulting; Regulatory Compliance, Quality System Compliance, In Country Representation, Distribution Management, Learning Library
  • Health Canada - Health Canada is the Federal department responsible for helping Canadians maintain and improve their health, while respecting individual choices and circumstances. 
  • European Commission on Enterprise and Industry - Medical Devices - This website is developed and managed by the European Commission's Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry. It aims to disseminate information on all EU policies, actions and initiatives promoting economic growth and development, with a view to strengthening the competitiveness of EU enterprises.
  • Global Harmonization Task Force (GHTF) - The Global Harmonization Task Force was conceived in 1992 in an effort to achieve greater uniformity between national medical device regulatory systems. This is being done with two aims in mind: enhancing patient safety and increasing access to safe, effective and clinically beneficial medical technologies around the world. A partnership between regulatory authorities and regulated industry, the GHTF is comprised of five Founding Members: European Union, United States, Canada, Australia and Japan. The chairmanship is rotated among the Founding Members and presently resides with Canada.
  • Sterilization Training Webinars - Sterigenics - Training webinars in Microbiology/Testing, Radiation and ETO sterilization.
  • Validation Knowledge Base: By U.S. Validation Services presenting a knowledge base of information about Validation: Validation Approach, Installation Qualification, Facility Qualification, Utility Systems, and Equipment. (10-28-11) 
Quality Tools and Resources
  • FreeQuality.Org - A free resource for the quality-minded professional This site is maintained by graduate students for use by business professionals, worldwide. FreeQuality provides a wide variety of quality-improvement information and tools. 
  • Online Statistics: An Interactive Multimedia Course of Study:  An introductory-level statistics book. The material is presented both as a standard textbook and as a multimedia presentation. The book features interactive demonstrations and simulations, case studies, and an analysis lab.
  • StatSoft Electronic Statistics Textbook - offers training in the understanding and application of statistics. The material was developed at the StatSoft R&D department based on many years of teaching undergraduate and graduate statistics courses and covers a wide variety of applications, including laboratory research (biomedical, agricultural, etc.), business statistics and forecasting, social science statistics and survey research, data mining, engineering and quality control applications, and many others.
  • Stat Trek: Teach Yourself Statistics: Statistics, Probability, and Survey Sampling: This web site provides training and tools to help you solve statistics problems quickly, easily, and accurately - without having to ask anyone for help.
  • ISO 9001 Auditing Practices Group: This website has been established as an on-line source of papers and presentations on auditing QMSs.  The ideas, examples and explanations given reflect the process-based approach that is essential for auditing the requirements of ISO 9001:2000 Quality management systems - Requirements. The website is primarily aimed at QMS auditors, consultants and quality practitioners.
  • iTunesU: iTunes U, part of the iTunes Store, is possibly the world’s greatest collection of free educational media available to students, teachers, and lifelong learners. With over 200,000 educational audio and video files available, iTunes U* has quickly become the engine for the mobile learning movement. It puts the power of the iTunes Store in the hands of qualifying universities so they can distribute their educational media to their students or to the world.
  • Cpk Info: The website is dedicated to providing free, powerful Excel templates for those individuals practicing the quality sciences. Areas covered include: Design of Experiments, Product Reliability, Process Capability, SPC, Hypothesis Testing, Regression Analysis, Gage R&R, Training Aids: Quincunx Simulator, Virtual Factory, Virtual Machine, Links to ASQ hosted Spreadsheet Tools for use in the Quality Sciences. (Added 10/25/10)

Presentation Materials from Meetings and Workshops

September 22, 2010: ASQ Joint Societies Meeting: Presentation: Cloud Computing 

October 26, 2010: Membership Meeting Presentation:CHALLENGES AND PATHWAYS FOR BOOSTING LEAN SIX SIGMA ROI 

February 28, 2011: Membership Meeting Materials: Design for Quality using Advanced Product Quality Planning

January 26, 2012: Membership Meeting ISO Materials: TC 176 2010 Survey: Better Understand user needs, identify opportunities for improvement and guide the long term strategic direction for quality management
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