About the American Society for Quality

The American Society for Quality (ASQ) is a professional quality society founded in 1946 to promote quality in manufacturing and service organizations. Today, the ASQ has section organizations in USA, Canada and Internationally. The membership of the ASQ consists of quality professionals and everyone with keen interest in quality, continual improvement and excellence.

ASQ Corporate Mission

By working to make quality a global priority, an organizational imperative, and a personal ethic, ASQ is the community for everyone who seeks quality technology, concepts, or tools to improve themselves and their world.

ASQ Corporate Roles and Long-Term Objectives

• To be stewards of the quality profession by providing member (customer) value.
• To be stewards of the quality movement by providing increased society value from ASQ activities.

ASQ Corporate Strategic Themes

• Support quality professionals and practitioners in their efforts to grow in value in the workplace and community.
• Prove and communicate the economic case for quality.
• Assure that a vital, growing Body of Knowledge is accessible to everyone.
• Become the community of choice for quality.
• Grow the use and impact of quality in every segment of the economy.