Ascend Webinars
Engage and Advance
Ascend Webinars offer exclusive learning opportunities for Members. Led by quality subject matter experts from ASQ’s Technical Communities, each session explores key topics and challenges within the quality profession—using relevant data and proven methodologies to deepen understanding and spark practical solutions. These webinars are free to attend, with invitations sent directly to active member contacts. Schedule and details subject to change.
What to Expect:
- Expert-led presentations on timely quality topics
- Insights backed by data and real-world application
- Access to curated resources, including webinar recordings and Quality Body of Knowledge materials
2026 Ascend Webinar Schedule
Once your organization has proven the value of a Cost of Quality (CoQ) pilot, the next challenge is turning that success into a sustainable, enterprise-wide capability. This Ascend Webinar will explore how to scale your CoQ program beyond a single department or site to deliver consistent insights, actionable data, and measurable business impact across the organization.
Join Douglas C. Wood and W. Frazier Pruitt as they discuss how to integrate CoQ results into strategic decision-making, link metrics to corporate goals, and maintain momentum as your quality economics initiative grows in scope and influence.
Quality issues and supplier challenges often don’t originate within your organization—but they still demand a strategic, disciplined response. In today’s complex and fast-moving supply chains, disruptions are inevitable. The true differentiator is not avoiding them, but how effectively you respond and what you build from them.
In this session, Shawn Armstrong and Pamela Carvell explore how to move beyond reactive problem-solving and turn disruption into a catalyst for stronger quality outcomes, deeper supplier alignment, and greater operational resilience. Join us as they share practical, real-world approaches for navigating uncertainty and regaining control when issues arise outside your direct influence.
These subject matter experts will focus on stabilizing situations quickly, protecting customers, and transforming firefighting into structured, proactive improvement. Attendees will learn how to:
- Respond decisively to quality escapes, supplier failures, and material variability
- Apply risk-based thinking and containment strategies to minimize impact
- Strengthen communication across internal teams, suppliers, and customers
- Leverage data, root cause analysis, and CAPA to drive sustainable solutions
- Identify opportunities within disruption to improve systems, relationships, and long-term performance
Register by June 22
Details coming soon.
Ascend Webinar Benefits
Each Ascend Webinar is designed to connect organizational best practices with real-world benchmarking results, providing thought leadership for our Members.
