Walston & Associates

Walston and Associates is a quality consulting and recruiting firm. The site says it has served clients since 2001. It is an affiliate of The Walston Corporation. Ken D. Walston, Jr. is president of The Walston Corporation and executive director for quality services and consulting at the firm. The site does not state a head office location.

The firm offers quality management consulting. It can redesign a quality management system and revise the quality manual, procedures, and work instructions. It also sets up quality awareness programs, corrective and preventive action processes, and quality metrics. The site says the firm can identify the cost of poor quality and reduce rework and scrap.

The site says the firm works on design and development processes to DO-178 and DO-254. It also does software quality engineering and third party source inspection. The firm offers business assessment and evaluation. It says it can help a company move from a small shop to a larger enterprise model.

The firm also offers recruiting. The site says it provides direct hire and contract recruiting in IT and technology, manufacturing and operations quality, and banking and financial roles. The recruiting contact is listed separately from the quality consulting contact.

The site describes the founder's background. It says Ken D. Walston, Jr. has 35 years in quality management within the aerospace, defense, and aviation industries. The site says the Quality Coalition, which he created, holds an annual conference. The book Quality is Everything is sold on the site for 19.95 US dollars plus shipping and handling.