Best Practices Resources

QuEST Forum offers a wide variety of articles, publications, presentations and references to help companies and individuals in their pursuit of business excellence.

Articles & Documents
Business Excellence Models
Case Studies & Testimonials
Knowledge Library
Sample Presentations
Supplier Diversity Links
Archive of Past Best Practices Conferences

Articles & Documents

• TL 9000: a telecom industry success story Bob Clancy (ISO Focus, This article first appeared in March 2008 and is reproduced with the kind permission of ISO Central Secretariat. www.iso.org/isofocus)
• Evaluating the Success of TL 9000 and QuEST Forum Bob Clancy (Quality Digest, December 2007)
• Best Practices Offerings (BPO) Brochure
• Resource Handbook for Business Improvement
• Quality-Performance Spectrum Chart

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Business Excellence Models

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Case Studies and Testimonials

• Nortel: The TL 9000 Value Proposition
• SBC: Achieving Supply Chain Excellence through TL 9000
• Verizon: Corporate Sourcing and TL 9000
• Canoga Perkins Testimonial
• Increditek Testimonial
• Dynis Testimonial

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Knowledge Library

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Presentations

• A Best Practice for Providing Field Performance Data to Suppliers, Archie McCain, BellSouth (PDF, 909KB)
• Leveraging Employee Suggestions for Process Excellence, Cherry Hudson, Corning Cable Systems (PDF, 3.1MB)
• A Measurement System that Drives Performance Excellence, Kay Hunn, Lockheed Martin (PDF, 4.1MB)

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Supplier Diversity Resources

• Telecom Supplier Diversity Task Force Report, Executive Summary (PDF, 288KB)
• Telecom Supplier Diversity Task Force Report (PDF, 5.8MB)
• Winning Quality Strategies, Sue Clancy (PDF, 70KB)

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Archive of Past Best Practices Conferences

• 2007 Best Practice Agenda and Session Summaries
• 2006 Best Practice Agenda and Session Summaries
• 2005 Best Practice Agenda and Session Summaries
• 2004 Best Practice Agenda and Session Summaries

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