"That new product or service your organization offers might be fantastic. But unless you can bring it to market efficiently, it really won't matter. In Quality Assurance, D.H. Stamatis distills his decades of experience in management and quality training to tackle the timing, quality, and cost of delivering such goods. Stamatis discusses the importance of quality systems failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), statistical process control, and audits."
-Industrial Engineer, November 2015
"Dr. Stamatis takes a complex and critical subject and breaks it down into logical and easily understandable components. Launching of new products is something that most companies recognize needs a great amount of
improvement. Continuous Improvement dictates that we constantly reexamine our processes and not only simplify, but standardize as our markets become seamlessly global."
-Robert Horner, Director - Global Quality, Dana Holding Corporation
"Incremental improvements come in many shapes and forms, this book is a home run for any organization needing clarity and definition around and end to end improvement map. Dean simplifies the process with deep thought provoking proven practices aligned sequentially around a complete success model based on his years of experience."
-Kreg Kukor, 25 + year Global Quality Management Professional, Johnson City, Tennessee
"I have had the pleasure of working together with Dr. Stamatis in very challenging cultural change projects. During these, I have been able to see the concepts that are explained in this book fully linked and in practice. Dean is not only a writer or an academic, he is a seasoned guru with real world experience and knows exactly what are they key points to successful launch of new products. This book addresses them all. ... This is a must-read for seasoned continuous improvement leaders and novice practitioners in the quest of guidance through their lean journey."
-Carlos A Sanchez Osorio, Federal-Mogul Powertrain
Dean has creativity captured the spirit of quality assurance and important methods to achieve excellence in product development. The book has dissected quality in a way that allows the reader to understand the elements and dimensions of quality. Dean challenges us to apply proven methodologies, like internal audits, to apply the method in a way that will add value for our organizations."
-Anthony Roark, President, Roark & Associates LLC. LEARN2SEE
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