The organizations listed below are a sample of resources available.  For a complete list of consulting organizations, please visit the Quality Digest website: www.qualitydigest.com

www.karaandassociates.com

About KARA & Associates
KARA & Associates, Inc. is the first in the industry to offer a unique fixed price business model and an innovative performance guarantee. Our consultants are seasoned specialists who are familiar with both US and European regulations, and help clients obtain 510(k) clearances with the FDA, crisis intervention related to 483 warning letters and assistance in CE marking under all applicable European Directives such as MDD, IVDD, PPE, PV, EMC, LVD, and others.

www.cms-rohs.com

About Contract Manufacturing Services
CMS, located in Mt. Laurel, NJ, is the world leader in implementation services for QC 080000. IECQ QC 080000 certification as a demonstration of RoHS compliance becomes even more important now that the European Union has published its RoHS Enforcement Guidance Document in May of 2006. For information on CMS, IECQ QC 080000 and the RoHS Enforcement Guidance Document, please visit www.cms-rohs.com

www.cseast.com

About Cavendish Scott
Cavendish Scott provides business- focused quality management system consulting and training services for all types of organizations. Industry sectors include aerospace, medical, automotive and manufacturing. Our client list is extensive, over 600, ranging from a 4 person machine shop to a fortune 500 company.

www.mcdcg.com

About McDonald Consulting Group
The McDonald Consulting Group provides consulting and training services to a wide variety of clients - non-profits, service, high tech and low tech manufacturing, and engineering, to name a few.

Results International, an ISO 9001:2000 registered firm specializing in:

• Business process design and development
• Procedures documentation and Process Mapping
• Guidance and implementation support for quality and environmental management systems
• Internal audit and supplier assessment services

Consulting and training services for following Standards:

• ISO 9001:2000 - Quality Management System - Requirements
• ISO/TS 16949 - Quality Management Systems - Automotive Requirements
• AS 9100 - Quality Management Systems - Aerospace Requirements
• TL 9000 - Quality Management System - Telecommunications Requirements
• ISO 14000 - Environmental Management Systems - Requirements
• ISO 17025 - General Requirements-Competence of Testing & Calibration Labs

Executive management and workforce training services for

• Root cause analysis
• Corrective measures
• Preventive action

www.resultsinternational.net

www.pinnacleeg.com

Pinnacle Enterprise Group (Pinnacle)
Pinnacle Enterprise Group (Pinnacle) is a process engineering, management system implementation, and organizational development firm. Pinnacle is a pioneer of the customized accelerated management system implementation and registration approach. While the industry norm for implementation of ISO 9000 and ISO 14001 based management systems is still 12 months, Pinnacle assists organizations through the process in an average of 3-6 months, with better overall management system performance.

www.mcrallc.com

Musculoskeletal Clinical Regulatory Advisers, LLC.
(MCRA) are leading strategists commited to executing regulatory, clinical, intellectual property and reimbursement strategies to move your company to successful value creation. Musculoskeletal Clinical Regulatory Advisers is a highly specialized, fully independent consulting firm serving the worldwide orthopedic industry.