IDQ Conference 2006

So Many Data, So Little Time: Exploring, Understanding and Presenting Data with a Bias for Action

Blanton GodfreyDr. A. Blanton Godfrey
Dean of the College of Textiles
North Carolina State University & CEO Juran Institute, Inc.


Wednesday 8:30am - 9:45am
Keynote Presentation

Far too often we rush into collecting data without taking time to stop and ask why. Why are we collecting these data? Who will use them? How will they be changed into information? What action will we be able to take with this new information? How critical is the quality of these data to the decision we will make? In this presentation we'll explore these questions and discuss recent efforts to answer some of these. One area we'll explore is how Six Sigma and data quality are intricately related. Another is the intent of the new Institute for Advanced Analytics. A third area is how new interactive databases are creating new challenges for their designers and for the business analysts who use them.
Speaker Bio
Dr. A. Blanton Godfrey (Blan) is Dean and Joseph D. Moore Professor of Textile & Apparel Technology & Management, College of Textiles, North Carolina State University. The College is the leading institution of its type in the world and produces over half the doctorates in its field in the United States. Prior to joining NC State in 2000, Blan was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Juran Institute, Inc., the leading international management consulting, research, and training organization focused on quality management and business excellence, a position he held for thirteen years. Prior to Juran Institute, Blan was Head of the Quality Theory and Technology Department of AT&T Bell Laboratories. For nineteen years Blan was also an Adjunct Professor in Columbia University's School of Engineering and Applied Science where he taught graduate courses in quality management and control. He has also been a guest lecturer in clinical quality management at Harvard University. Blan is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association, the American Society for Quality, the World Academy of Productivity Sciences, and the Royal Society for the encouragement of Art, Manufacturers, and Commerce.
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