Total Quality Management: Guiding Principles for Application

Committee F16 on Fasteners is very concerned with the Fastener Quality Assurance Act (FQA) of 1990, which is expected to be implemented in 1995. F16 is comprised of fastener manufacturers, users, and distributors, all of whom have a large stake in this law. As a consequence, F16 requested and sponsored me to write a manual that would show our members how to comply with the law and remain co…