ASQ is celebrating its 65th birthday.Our Society has been at the forefront of the quality movement for many years. Headquartered in Milwaukee, WI,ASQ traces its beginnings to the end of World War II as quality experts and manufacturers sought ways to sustain the many quality-improvement techniques used during wartime. ASQ has played a crucial role in upholding these standards from the past while, at the same time, championing continued innovation in the field of quality. y the end of the 1970s, the principles of quality had influenced manufacturing and other industrial processes greatly by focusing attention on how products and services could define and meet technical specifications. Businesses typically established a quality-control department to ensure specifications were met. In the 1980s, ASQ members began to see how they could apply quality beyond the world of manufacturing. They realized quality could make a difference in any organization and touch every person in it. Quality began to blossom into a much broader discipline aimed at leading, inspiring, and managing a broad range of businesses and activities — always with a focus on excellence.
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