E. Earl Burch, Ph.D.


E. Earl BurchEarl Burch, is Professor Emeritus of Business Administration and Mathematical Sciences at Clemson University and President of Quality Associates, Inc. a Quality Management/SPC consulting firm with numerous clients nationally and internationally. Earl has been involved in all phases of quality management from the development of a corporate quality philosophy and the implementation of SPC, to training operators in basic statistics, SPC problem-solving and team building. He is heavily involved in all aspects of Six Sigma training and implementation. Earl's combination of practical experience, education, and energetic presentation style is guaranteed to hold your attention.

Earl has taught at Clemson for the last thirty years. His courses have included: Design and Analysis of Experiments, Production Planning and Scheduling, Advanced Statistical Process Control, and Management Science. Professor Burch as published extensively in such journals as: The Academy of Management Journal, the Journal of Quality Technology, Decision Sciences, Interfaces, The Journal of Business, Production and Inventory Management, etc.

Earl received his Ph.D. from Clemson as well as his B.S. and M.S. He is a member of the Institute of Management Sciences, ASQC and APICS.



Other Consultants


Other consultants and experts regularly assist Quality Associates, Inc. in such areas as ISO 9000 assessment and preparation, quality systems documentation, statistical software, quality management in support areas and service industries, and team building and facilitator training.

All associates are highly qualified academically and professionally and are experienced in their respective fields.