Affiliations

The QFD Institute is an independent non-profit organization incorporated in Michigan USA. It is the only organization in the world that is dedicated to the state-of-the-art QFD education and research.

We works in cooperation with domestic quality organization as well as overseas QFD groups:

For example, QFD Institute's Symposium on QFD is sponsored by the Automotive Division of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) and Michigan Quality Council; the QFD Institute is the American representative to the International Council for QFD (ICQFD), an alliance of countries participating in international QFD research activities and conferences.

Additionally, the QFD Institute hosts or sponsors the ICQFD's annual International Symposium on QFD that is held at various cities around the world.

We are also the administrator of Akao Prize, Akao Scholarship for QFD, and the world's only QFD certificate program approved by Dr. Yoji Akao. The International QFD Belt Certificates can be issued only by the QFD Institute and its instructors.

Except for collaboration through ICQFD, as an independent organization the QFD Institute is not directly affiliated with foreign QFD institutions and groups that might have chosen to use a similar name. QFD diploma issued by such organizations do not qualify for the international QFD Belt Certificate as they do not meet many of the criteria for the current best practices.

For upcoming QFD Institute sponsored events around the world, please see Events. For questions, please contact us.