Dear SME Chapter Chair.

Please forward this email to your chapter membership. 

I earnestly seek their participation in my online survey.  A survey link is currently available in the SME.ORG member-only homepage, under the heading “Your Input is Needed” (Access: Log in, click “Members” at the top of the page, scroll down to “Your Input is Needed”).  The survey was approved and published on the homepage through the Certification Division of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.

The survey has been developed and approved by the human subject testing boards of both the University of Central Missouri (Warrensburg) and Indiana State University (Terre Haute).  The survey information I am posting in our forums include the following:

Survey News Flash!

Please help identify the most important continuous improvement practices and certifications in relation to quality costs in United States manufacturing companies today by taking the survey located at:

http://www.ucmo.edu/surveys/?formID=1969

This brief survey is part of a dissertation effort by a fellow SME member who will share accumulated data with SME leadership to help better serve our membership.  The survey is confidential and does not require you to type in your name, email address, or your company name.  The survey will be available from now to October 11, 2007.

The survey supports a dissertation titled: "A Study of ASQ and SME Members on the Effects of Continuous Improvement Practices and Certifications on Quality Cost for Small-to-Midsized United States Manufacturing Companies."

Please take the survey to help SME identify what is important to its membership. 

Thank you!

Jeff Ulmer

SME Senior Member 10837509

E: jeff.ulmer@...