Quality Improvement Committee
The forerunner to the Quality Improvement Committee (QIC) was the Quality and Productivity Committee established by the Board of Directors in 1983. This group planned SAE activities to help engineers increase their quality and productivity of their organizations' products and services. This was SAE's initial effort in total quality management.
In 1991, two major milestones related to quality occurred. First, at the recommendation of the Quality and Productivity Committee, quality became an integral part of SAE's Strategic Plan. At the same time, the Board of Directors agreed to restructure the Quality and Productivity Committee into the current Quality Improvement Committee. The committee's charge is to provide leadership in establishing and implementing total quality management throughout SAE.
- QIC Vision
For total quality to be SAE's way of doing business in improving excellence in customer satisfaction.
- QIC Job Products
Support and promote SAE's TQM Process and SAE's Quality Plan
- QIC Strategies
- Increase awareness of customer-focused continuous quality improvement.
- Increase skill levels in quality improvement processes.
- Increase application in quality improvement processes.
- Set goals and measure progress in increasing the awareness and application of quality concepts by SAE and its members.
We invite those who are interested to consider participating and contributing your knowledge and experience to the Quality Improvement Committee's activities. The committee meets three times a year in the Detroit area (late February, late May/Early June, late September/early October). The QIC welcomes any interested party who has expertise in total quality management.
Click here to go to the Quality Improvement Committe discussion forum
- For More Information
For details about SAE, the committee, and its activities, contact David Porreca.
For more information on quality, visit the website of the American Society for Quality.
