The ISO 9000:2000 An Implementation Guide provides an excellent road map for installing and sustaining a value-added quality management system. The book includes a comprehensive checklist and guidelines for self-assessment of the quality management system. The table of contents includes Introduction, Implementing an Effective Quality System, ISO 9001:2000, TS-16949. and QS-9000, ISO 9001:2000 Getting Ready, The ISO 9001:2000 Checklist, Conducting Good Internal Audits, Beyond Quality: Implementing ISO 14001, and Cost/Benefits of Implementing ISO 9001:2000. Key Phrases used in the book are: Management’s Misunderstanding, Consultant’s counseling, Literal Auditors, Blind-Sided Auditors, Intent-Oriented, Auditors, Flaws in Implementation, Management Anatomy, Scoring Guidelines, ISO 9001:2000 Checklist, Cost/ Benefit of Implementing ISO 9001:2000.
Praveen Gupta, an ASQ Fellow, has authored several books including Business Innovation in the 21st Century, The Innovation Solution, Six Sigma Performance Handbook and Six Sigma Business Scorecard. Praveen is the founding Editor of International Journal of Innovation Science, and has written columns on Manufacturing Excellence, and Innovation. He has published articles in Quality Progress, Quality Engineering, Quality Digest, Quality World, Quality System Update, Quality, Journal of Private Equity and more magazines. Praveen keynotes frequently on business innovation for profitable growth and creating jobs, Six Sigma, process excellence and performance measures.
Praveen has worked at Motorola, and AT&T Bell Laboratories, and consulted with about 100 small to large size companies. Praveen has taught Operations Management at DePaul University's MBA program. He teaches Innovation courses at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), and University of Illinois, Chicago. Praveen is Director of Center for Innovation Science and Applications at IIT, Chicago.
Praveen Gupta, President, Accelper Consulting, works with organizations in teaching innovation for developing in-house innovation competency.
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Praveen's present passion is to bring out the intellectual best in you, the people through innovation. This is a mandatory competency to possess in knowledge age, and a competitive weapon in a global economy.
Praveen was born in Buland Shahar, UP, India and moved to United States in 1980. He came from a family of 6 brothers and 6 sisters. He has two children who are entrepreneurial in their own ways. Praveen graduated from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, and earned his MS degree from Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago.
Praveen enjoys music, photography and meeting people.
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