{"id":724,"date":"2013-09-26T13:51:38","date_gmt":"2013-09-26T13:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/proqc.com\/blog\/?p=724"},"modified":"2023-09-19T09:24:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T09:24:38","slug":"global-state-of-quality-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proqc.com\/blog\/global-state-of-quality-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Global State of Quality 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ASQ issued the 2013 Global State of Quality report not long ago, in addition to the summary below that was posted to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asq.org\/blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow noindex\">their blog<\/a> earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>We have reviewed the report and do feel it is representative of our experience as an industry provider. \u00a0While there are certainly issues of concern, such as the unfavorable continuous improvement findings, we remain optimistic in the long-term when we see figures representing 96% of respondents providing quality training. 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