Edward P. Link

Edward P. Link has more than 40 years of industrial experience as Engineer, Manager and Consultant. Nearly all of his corporate career assignments were devoted to Quality Engineering and Quality Management assignments at large companies manufacturing copiers, medical products and photographic products. He has extensive experience as a Lead Assessor. As a Quality consultant with more than ten years experience in that role he has assisted both large and small companies and corporations through training, development and implementation of quality systems and SPC.

His published manuals, QP for ISO 9000:1994, QP for ISO 9001:2000, QP for AS9100B, and QP for QS-9000, have found wide acceptance throughout industry and particularly with quality professionals dedicated to continuous process improvement and seeking to abbreviate the lengthy documentation efforts required for quality management system certification. Mr. Link’s emphasis on the reduction of variation in these manuals is rooted in his exposure to the teachings of both Dr. W Edwards Deming and Dr. Genichi Taguchi. The pocket guide series written by Mr. Link, An Audit of the System, not of the People , has rapidly become the most sought after for AS9100C, AS9110, ISO 9001:2008 , ISO 13485:2003, ISO 14001:2004 , ISO 22000:2005, ISO/TS 16949:2009, and OHSAS 18001:2007. The popularity of these guides can be traced back to the original guide written for ISO 9000:1994. It was also true for any of the predecessors written for the above mentioned guides. For example, ISO9001:2000 and AS9100B

Mr. Link was listed by the American Society for Quality as a Certified Quality Engineer. He was appointed by the United States Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology to serve in the capacity of Examiner on the 1991 Board of Examiners of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.