About Us

Assessment Tools & Guidelines

Steudel & Schultz, LLC, is a management tools firm based in McFarland, WI. Led by Dr. Steudel, all the products of Steudel & Schultz, LLC, are authored by him. He has over four decades of consulting and management experience and developed numerous assessment tools, guidelines, and other quality systems elements.

Our products help employees make improvements in their company's quality program by understanding the purpose, principles, and employee's roles and expectations for improvement. Non-technical terms are used to assure understanding of the Standards and explain how implementation to ISO 9001:2015 or any other quality standards will affect employees and their roles in the company.

Steudel & Schultz LLC

Academics

Dr. Steudel has a Ph.D. in Mechanical/Production Engineering with a minor in Statistics and experience in implementing leading-edge techniques for quality and productivity improvement.

Content References

We have sold our pocket guides worldwide to many leading companies.

  • All the requirements are explained in clear terms that every employee can understand.
  • Content references with excerpts from the standards.
An Active Researcher

Dr. Steudel held the position of Emerson Electric Professor in Total Quality in the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he was active in research and teaching, and served as the convener for the Quality Engineering Program. He now holds the position of Professor Emeritus.

A Certified Quality Systems Lead Auditor

Dr. Steudel has developed numerous assessment tools, guidelines, and other quality systems elements for Malcolm Baldrige and ISO 9000. He is a certified quality systems lead auditor under the Registrar Accreditation Board (RAB). He has authored "Manufacturing in the Nineties: How to Become a Mean, Lean, World-Class Competitor."

Our Core Business Values
  • Quality
  • Experience
  • Knowledge

Why Choose Us?

Our products help employees make improvements in their company's quality program by understanding the purpose, principles, and employee's roles and expectations for improvement. Non-technical terms are used to assure understanding of the standards and explain how implementation to ISO 9001:2008 or any other quality standards will affect employees and their roles in the company.