Our Mission and Vision

CQPI’s Mission

The mission of the Center is to create, integrate, and transfer knowledge to improve the quality, safety, and performance of industrial, service, governmental, health care, educational, social, and other organizations.

Buckminster Fuller's Sixty Strut Tensegrity Sphere' (in atrium of Engineering Centers Building, UW-Madison) Photo: Jeff Miller
Buckminster Fuller’s Sixty Strut Tensegrity Sphere’ (in atrium of Engineering Centers Building, UW-Madison)
Photo: Jeff Miller

CQPI’s Vision

The vision of the Center is to excel in the advancement and integration of knowledge through research on theories, concepts, and methodologies of human factors engineering, quality and productivity measurement, management and improvement, innovation, and organizational change.

In turn, we work with diverse organizations by applying the knowledge gained in these areas to their operations and management.