SimpleQuE Celebrates 17 Years of Quality Excellence!

In April our simpleQuE team celebrates 17 years of ISO consulting, auditing and training!  SimpleQuE was founded in 2005 with the mission of providing simple, effective solutions that are customized to a company’s culture and business complexity.  And since that time, we’ve assisted more than 1,000 organizations in implementing and maintaining their quality, safety and environmental management systems across a range of industries.

SimpleQuE’s President and Founder, Jim Lee, takes us through his journey of becoming a leader in quality management consulting. Learn about his background, what motivated him to found simpleQuE, and the driving factors, and passions, that fueled the growth of one of the top ISO consulting firms in the U.S.

“We help our clients implement simple, maintainable systems – which is in our name and stands for ‘Quality Excellence Made Simple’. We also practice what we preach being ISO 9001 certified, putting into practice our simple, practical approach.” – Deanne Sparr, simpleQuE Executive V.P. and COO

All of our consultants utilize this simple, customized approach that has been successful with simpleQuE’s clients across the U.S. who represent:

• 6% of all IATF 16949 certified companies
• 1.5% of all AS9100 certified companies
• 2.4% of all AS9110 certified companies, and
• 1.6% of all AS9120 certified companies as clients.

Over the years we’ve been proud to serve a range of organizations from small 1-2 person shops, to multi-site corporations including:

• 22 of the top 100 Tier 1 Automotive suppliers
• 20 of the top 100 Aerospace and DoD suppliers
• 7 of the top 100 NASA suppliers

At simpleQuE it’s not just our name that represents quality excellence, it’s our unique combination of dedicated staff, consultants, knowledge and expertise.  We believe in serving our clients before, during and after the certification process by sharing our knowledge. This value-added service consists of an ongoing education process on the quality standards through our website, newsletters social media, and blogs. Each month, we provide updates on what we’re seeing in the industry and the latest news from the ISO, IAQG®, ASA, AIAG® and IATF® standards organizations.