Praveen Gupta

Praveen Gupta is the director of quality at Stephen Gould and author of “Business Innovation in the 21st Century.” He was a columnist for Quality many years ago. He wrote about manufacturing excellence. He has been pursuing process excellence since 2006. He has tried through the US TAG for ISO 9001 standards, implementing excellence at many companies, in education, and in social scenarios. Praveen teaches a Management of Innovation course at SJSU.

Praveen is a Fellow of American Society of Quality (ASQ), received the Alumni Award from Illinois Institute of Technology, a pioneer of  implementing the Six Sigma methodology at Motorola, and the developer of the science of innovation, including his TEDOC (Target, Explore, Develop, Optimize and Commercialize) methodology. He has authored over a dozen books and published dozens of articles in trade and peer-reviewed journals or magazines.

He is the Quality Professional of the Year 2016, and an advisor to BrainPan, a firm founded by his students.

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Man is welding vintage Porsche car frame with sparks flying.
Column

Manufacturing in America Again

Attracting and retaining a quality workforce is the number one issue for the manufacturing sector.
Praveen Gupta
October 19, 2024

I looked into national voices for manufacturing and visited the NAM (National Association of Manufacturers), which has about 14,000 member companies employing around 13 million people. NAM advocates for manufacturers at the government level and has been focused on bringing manufacturing back to the U.S. since 2020.


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Making Made in USA Great Again!

In order to make Made in USA the best in the world again, we need to do something beyond Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA).
Praveen Gupta
June 10, 2024

Outsourcing began due to a lack of skills and the desire to handle tasks internally. To bring manufacturing back, we need to ensure top quality and manufacturing in America. Find out what we need to focus on.



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Trends in Management

Due to today’s shrinking product life cycles, quality management must focus on quality in research, product development and innovation
Praveen Gupta
August 5, 2015

In early stages of industrialization, products were simpler, factories were smaller, most processes were manual, and process flows were shorter. Contact with customers was direct between production and customer.


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Manufacturing Excellence: A Foundation for Improvement and Excellence

Praveen Gupta
June 2, 2010
Recently, I had the opportunity to attend the ASQ Automotive Division’s annual conference. There were excellent speakers throughout the day, but one who garnered a lot of attention was Ford Motor Co.’s Bennie Fowler, group vice president, global quality and new model launch. He gave an excellent presentation on the One Ford Program. One Ford is the mission set forth by Ford-One Team, One Plan, One Goal-to deliver profitable growth for all.
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