Title: Quality insights: guidance and guardrails for quality advancement in a systems world

Authors: Adedeji B. Badiru

Addresses: Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, USA

Abstract: In a systems-based world, it is essential to maintain a systems-thinking approach to managing and advancing quality. This issue's column on quality insight presents a systems narrative for guidance and guardrails for quality advancement. The column cites case examples of products that have flourished under the concept of systems thinking in product development, introduction to the market, and sustainment of the customer base. Several factors can impinge on the performance of a product in the market. For this reason, this column presents an inexhaustive list of some of the factors. Readers are given the assignment of expanding the list to match the specific profiles of the organisation of interest.

Keywords: systems thinking; quality control; quality management; quality measurement; DEJI systems model; product development; AI.

DOI: 10.1504/IJQET.2026.154322

International Journal of Quality Engineering and Technology, 2026 Vol.11 No.2, pp.109 - 116

Received: 03 Oct 2025
Accepted: 04 Dec 2025
Published online: 22 Jun 2026 *

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