General Motors Joins ASQ as Enterprise Member

MILWAUKEE--February 15, 2011: General Motors employees charged with making the automaker a quality leader in every segment and market where it competes can now tap the resources of ASQ, the world's largest network of quality resources and experts.

"We see great value in our ASQ membership, especially the opportunity to share best practices across industries"

GM became an ASQ Enterprise Quality Roundtable member Tuesday, joining 42 other global companies, many from the Fortune 500 list. The official signing ceremony was part of the GM global quality all-employee meeting.

"We see great value in our ASQ membership, especially the opportunity to share best practices across industries," said Dan Nicholson, vice president of GM global quality. "These collaborative efforts will support our customer focus and foster a stronger quality culture at GM." Nicholson will serve as an expert and participate in ASQ's 2011 Future of Quality Study.

All GM employees benefit from the corporation's Enterprise membership, as they receive full ASQ membership benefits, including access to ASQ's Knowledge Center, consisting of thousands of articles, case studies and best practices; as well as access to ASQ's networking opportunities and certification programs. Additional membership benefits include access to quality tools that allow an organization to realize greater productivity and performance; apply process improvement techniques more widely; and use quality as a business management tool.

"We are proud to serve as a resource to one of the worlds leading automakers,"says Paul Borawski, ASQ CEO. “General Motors and ASQ are committed to quality, and we will work to support GM's goal of achieving quality leadership in all of its markets.�??