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For 40 years Quality Digest has been the go-to source for all things quality. Our newsletter, Quality Digest, shares expert commentary and relevant industry resources to assist our readers in their quest for continuous improvement. Our website includes every column and article from the newsletter since May 2009 as well as back issues of Quality Digest magazine to August 1995. We are committed to promoting a view wherein quality is not a niche, but an integral part of every phase of manufacturing and services.

Mon, 12/08/2025 - 12:03
2017 Shingijutsu Super Kaizen Workshop Learn the genba kaizen method by which all other kaizen is compared
Tue, 02/07/2017 - 17:20
(Quality Digest: Chico, CA) -- Here is your chance to listen to and learn from someone who helped develop, improve, and expand Toyota’s production system! This is a rare opportunity to learn genba kaizen from Chihiro Nakao at the 2017 Shingijutsu…
Ford Announces U.S. Plant Expansion to Make EVs and Autonomous Cars Automaker’s decision marks reversal on plans to build new plant in Mexico
Wed, 01/04/2017 - 13:46
(Quality Digest: Chico, CA) – On Jan. 3, 2017, Ford Motor Co. announced plans to invest $700 million to expand its Flat Rock Assembly Plant in Michigan into a factory that will build high-tech autonomous and electric vehicles. The expansion will…
Ola Rollén Resumes Role as Hexagon CEO Norwegian authorities release Rollén during investigation for insider trading
Tue, 11/08/2016 - 11:13
(Quality Digest: Chico, CA) -- Upon release from detainment following allegations involving personal investments in a Norwegian company, Ola Rollén has resumed his duties as Hexagon president and CEO as of Nov. 7, 2016. The Norwegian Economic Crime…
Hexagon CEO Detained, Investigated for Insider Trading The charge is based on ‘misinterpretation of the factual and legal issues in the matter,’ say attorneys
Tue, 11/01/2016 - 07:46
(Quality Digest: Chico, CA) -- Hexagon CEO, Ola Rollén, was detained in Norway on Oct. 29, 2016, on suspicion of insider trading stemming from personal investments unrelated to Hexagon. According to the company, the Norwegian economic crime…
Three Special Episodes of Quality Digest Live From IMTS in Chicago, Sept. 13–15, 2016 Available now on demand
Fri, 09/16/2016 - 12:35

Three special shows were broadcast LIVE from booths of our marketing partners at IMTS in Chicago. Each episode covered events of the show and demonstrations of our partners' latest products. • Tues., Sept. 13: 3D Systems' Geomagic 3D…
Ford’s Smartphone App Interface to Become OEM Standard First wave of automakers and industry suppliers adopt SmartDeviceLink (SDL) software
Wed, 01/06/2016 - 11:33
(Quality Digest: Chico, CA) -- The IoT just took a giant leap forward. Ford Motor Co. has announced that the first wave of automakers and industry suppliers will adopt SmartDeviceLink (SDL), Ford’s open-source smartphone app interface software that…
Hidden Holiday
Thu, 12/24/2015 - 09:59

Find the 13 hidden objects in this yule scene. Happy holidays!
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Three Questions A holiday game
Wed, 12/23/2015 - 12:56
Below are three questions that might require some hunting on the Quality Digest website. Your mission, should you choose to waste time over this, is to answer each of them. Send your answers to us at qdcontest1@qualitydigest.com. Of those…
Answers to the Quality Digest Daily Holiday Games
Tue, 12/22/2015 - 10:01
Game No. 1: A Scramble for Quality
1. MROHE NOASSARH = Homer Sarasohn
2. IRFKEECRD NOWLISW ATORLY = Frederick Winslow Taylor
3. LCOMAML BEGARIDL = Malcolm Baldrige
4. LRWAET HWASHRET = Water Shewhart
5. OGIESH NHOSIG…
A Scramble for Quality A holiday game
Thu, 12/17/2015 - 09:24
Below are the scrambled names of 10 notable figures in the history of the quality profession. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to decode each of these names. Send your answers to us at qdcontest1@qualitydigest.com. Of those…