Transform Quality into
competitive Advantage
Unlock sustainable growth by mastering quality management, standards, and assurance – with proven methods from The Golden Cycle.
Recurring Quality Problems?
Let's Fix Them!
Over 30 years of top-level experience – now fully dedicated to your success.
After three decades of solving complex quality and production challenges for industry leaders like Volkswagen and Fraunhofer Society – the world’s largest applied research organization – I made a decision:
To share my passion and experience by helping companies like yours solve real shop-floor problems efficiently and sustainably.
Dr. Jorg Demmel
References:
Where Dr. Jorg Demmel Has Delivered Excellence
The Golden Cycle:
More Than a Method – A Mindset Shift
Real improvements don’t come from more control – they come from better understanding and prevention.
As Albert Einstein said, "You can never solve a problem on the same level on which it was created."
That’s why I developed The Golden Cycle, a proven, five-step methodology designed to empower your team, eliminate failure at its source, and establish a culture of continuous improvement.
The Golden Cycle's "OASIS" steps have proven their effectiveness several times.
Our quality management consulting is built on time-tested principles like TQM, Lean, PDCA, and DMAIC, and refined through hands-on leadership in real operations. The Golden Cycle brings clarity and momentum, whereas others only bring complexity.
Ask us for details and a free consultation.
More Consulting Services:
✅ Quality improvement services
✅ Interim Quality Assurance leadership
✅ ISO 9001 implementation
✅ APQP implementation
✅ Continuous improvement consulting
✅ Quality standards consultancy
✅ Shop-floor problem solving
Need strong quality assurance leadership, but not ready for a full-time hire?
Our expert consultants provide interim quality leadership that crafts effective strategies and delivers real results.
Our team offers solutions to production challenges, ensuring that your quality management systems are resilient and adaptable to any scenario.
Quality Assurance
leadership
Need strong quality assurance leadership, but not ready for a full-time hire?
We step in exactly where you need us – as a part-time, interim, or transitional QA lead.
Several leadership roles in automotive industry help me to serve you best.
QMS ISO 9001 implementation
Thinking about implemen-ting ISO 9001 – or finally making it work in real life?
We guide you step-by-step through the introduction, structuring, and rollout of a quality management system that doesn't just check boxes, but actually increases performance. Quality Management Consulting by operational excellence.
FMEA
moderation
Your product or process deserves more than generic checklists.
With expert FMEA moderation, we turn your sessions into focused, effective problem-solving workshops.
We ensure all stakeholders are aligned, all risks identified, and all actions meaningful.
APQP
introduction
John C. Maxwell said: "If you're proactive, you focus on preparing. if you're reactive, you end up focussing on repairing."
With my own eyes I've seen many companies investing more in QC than in QP. Let's start with some great and effective tools following the AIAG APQP approach.
Why Choose Us?
Most consulting approaches are either too generic or too abstract.
We do things differently. We provide you with knowledge from our experience in Design, Strategic and operational Planning, Operations, the Production shop floor, and Quality Assurance, from reactive Quality Control, and Quality Analysis, to preventive Quality Planning.
✅ No overcomplicated models
✅ No buzzwords without results
✅ A straightforward, practical approach built on experience
Our work aligns seamlessly with ISO 9001:2015, IATF 16949:2016, and the AIAG APQP approach, particularly regarding risk-based thinking and continuous improvement.
As Einstein put it:
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
Let us bring in that new perspective. One that finally makes quality work for you.
About The Golden Cycle Consulting
The Golden Cycle Methodology „OASIS“ exhausts all your Potentials - Organizational, Methodical & Technical.
This is different from other CI methodologies like Kaizen's PDCA or Six Sigma's DMAIC cycles.
The Portfolio shows The Golden Cycle Toolset of up to 25 recommended Methods and Tools.
It starts with Organize your Quality Project. It's all about having the right Plan, SMART Goals, Resources, and Risk Mitigation.
Second, Analyze the Problem: Questioning (5W2H), the Cause and Effect Diagram, or MSA are some recommended tools.
Next, Solve the Problem: Some independent and external technical advice might be the key. We deliver. Ask us.
Fourth, Implement the Solution: Shopfloor Tools are crucial, like a Target-Actual Chart, including Measure Effectiveness.
Fifth, Standardize the Solution: Training, SPC, and Audits are the Core Elements on your Way to Operational Excellence.
Introduction of "Quality Round Tables" at Volkswagen
At Volkswagen’s lead chassis and steering plant in Brunswick, I had the opportunity to develop a new shop-floor Quality methodology. Starting with an agreement between the production and Quality departments and the understanding that Quality is the key to success, we introduced so-called “Quality Tables.” Excellent teamwork and high effectiveness saved Volkswagen a lot. The photo shows my team's result: 47 % less waste in six months.
Initial Setup of the Quality Assurance at Indigo Technologies
It was an honor to work with Indigo's outstanding team in Boston, Massachusetts, and initiate Quality Assurance from scratch. After an initial Stakeholder Analysis, we followed the AIAG APQP approach and guidelines. As the QA Senior Director, my primary focus was giving Top Management the information needed and empowering the team with effective Quality methods and skills.
Deep Quality understanding enables Innovation for a new Generation of Fixtures
The Fraunhofer Society is the world's leading applied research organization. For me, it was an honor and a great opportunity to work with great teammates and give birth to a new generation of Fixtures for heat treatment.
Methods like QFD and FMEA, hard work, and inspiration from the best were essential for effective design and development, risk mitigation, and the successful market launch of a new class of Fixtures and Racks.
+ 70 %
Furnace Net Load
- 30 %
Cycle Time
> 500 %
Life Cycle Span
30 %
Savings
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Q. Edition Business LLC DBA The Golden Cycle
8388 Tamiami Trail #127, Sarasota, Florida 34238, United States