Compliance with ISO standards is a critical issue in today's global marketplace. ISO compliance assures that customers and suppliers are speaking the same "language," managing expectations, and agreeing on standards of performance.
For those responsible for product development, compliance with the new ISO 16355 is highly critical. This standard includes today's state-of-art QFD best practices, which have long evolved from the familiar House of Quality made popular in the 1970s.
The impact of this standard is huge, and providers of goods and services who comply will have a tremendous advantage in the marketplace.
Quality professionals including Six Sigma, Lean Sigma, DfSS, and DfLS are uniquely qualified to implement this standard. Many of the methods and tools you use to improve your internal operations can now be re-purposed to improve your customer's operations and products. This shifts the financial impact from cost reduction to revenue creation, an almost unlimited opportunity.
ISO 16355-1:2015 was released in December 2015. Parts 2, 4, 5, and 8 are in pre-publication phase and expected by the end of 2016 or early 2017. The remaining parts should follow soon after.
Now is the time to get ahead of your competitors on ISO 16355 compliance.
Two public courses are coming up, taught by the convener of the ISO 16355 Working Group. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity.
- September 7-8, 2016
QFD Green Belt® training
Hampton Inn Boise Downtown in Boise, Idaho USA
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Internationally acclaimed introductory workshop for ISO 16355 and Modern Blitz QFD®. This course has no prerequisites. Includes modern QFD templates, ISO 13655 bibliography materials with case studies, plus the 2-day International Symposium on QFD (Sept 9-10).
- September 12-16, 2016
QFD Black Belt® training
Hampton Inn Boise Downtown in Boise, Idaho USA
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Advanced training for the current and future project leaders, DFLS/DFSS champions, corporate trainers, and anyone who seek to develop advanced NPD and CRM skills. This course may be attended without prerequisites by selecting the "Facilitator's Package." Otherwise, prerequisites apply.
Registration of this course also includes the International Symposium on QFD (Sept 9-10) at the same venue, modern QFD templates, ISO 13655 bibliography materials with case studies, and the entire set of the symposium transactions from 1989 to 2016.
