[1] The content is divided between quality control, metrology,[2] compliance, Six Sigma,[3][4] and ISO standards and certifications.

[6] During the same year that Dewar started QCI, he started touring the United States teaching the principles of quality circles and participative management while promoting the newly launched magazine to American businesses.

[1][7] By 1989, the total circulation for Quality Digest magazine reached seventy thousand.

[8] Pete Robustelli, John Guaspari, H. James Harrington, and Donald J. Wheeler[9] are among those whose work appeared in the publication.

When ISO 9000-based standards became a focus for American businesses during the 1990s, Quality Digest was criticized for containing an abundance of ads for services offered by organizations engaged in the business of the ISO certification process.