Website www.dgq.de Founded 1952 | Headquarters Frankfurt | |
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Type A registered association Key people Udo Hansen (President)
Norbert M. Gorny (Deputy President)
Herbert Schnauber (Business Executive Director) | ||
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DGQ (in German: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Qualität e. V.; in English: German Association for Quality) is a membership organization, which was founded in 1952 by Technical Statistics Committee under Committee for Economical Production. Since 1972, DGQ is legally independent under its present name.
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The statutory purpose of the DGQ is to develop the expertise and methods in the field of quality management, to learn about the latest findings and promote their practical implementation. To this end, DGQ develops, communicates and promotes continuously in order to improve integrative management systems. With its 62 regional circles and four regional offices, DGQ provides a network of committed quality experts from companies and other organisations covering training sessions and seminars on quality, environmental and health & safety management.
The monthly journal Qualität und Zuverlässigkeit (in English; Quality and Reliability) is an important means of communication with its members.
DGQ e.V. is certified by DQS according to DIN EN ISO 9001: 2008 (Registration No. 3024-01).
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Founded in 1989, DQS Research serves annually about 15 national and international research projects - from idea to implementation. In collaboration with more than 20 research institutions in Germany, the association carries out projects under the industrial research on the Federation of Industrial Research Associations, AiF (in German: Arbeitsgemeinschaft industrieller Forschungsvereinigungen) with financial support of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. FQS e.V. focus on new approaches to improve quality, support research in the field of quality assurance, quality management and in neighbouring topics. They initiate research and development activities and promote the transfer of results into operational practice - for example, with the FQS workshops.
The Personnel Certification division (in German: DGQ Personenzertifizierungsstelle) of DGQ is certified by the DAkkS according to DIN EN ISO 17024 / IEC (Registration No. D-ZP-19768-01-00). It meets internationally agreed requirements and issues certificates that certify the people skills.
Aa part of the restructuring in 2007, DGQ Weiterbildung GmbH was established as a training division for non-profit and charity purpose. Today, more than 12,000 professionals and managers adopt each year the diverse educational offer, which includes about 800 courses, seminars, compact training, exams, study programs and e-learning.