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6 Keys to Improvement (Part 2)

11 Sep 2019 /in

In Part I we introduced the importance of Continual Improvement as one of the management principles and a fundamental component of any management system. In Part 2 we’ve got 3 more suggestions to share…

Cost of Quality

11 Sep 2019 /in

My question for you is on our CPQ Sheet, it asks if the parts can be salvaged and then asks for an estimated cost to fix or estimated cost to scrap. Can I take that off the sheet completely?

The ISO Glossary

10 Sep 2019 /in

A light-hearted reference for not-so-real ISO terminology…

Quality Failure – The Global Financial Crisis

29 Aug 2019 /in

Human history is rife with examples of organizations that ignored key principles of quality management. This series presents some of the most significant quality failures of recent times, starting with what may be the biggest of all…

Quality Review – Issue #180

29 Aug 2019 /in

ISO 9001:2015 – Tools and Suggestions to Begin the Move (Part 2)

27 Aug 2019 /in

Part 2 of the article series by Michael Haycock.- I was not a very good student in high school. (That was back when the earth was still cooling.) Anyway, I did enjoy history and literature. One of my favorite authors – Jack London – told a “cold” and tragic short story “To Build a Fire.”…

Quality Review – Issue #179

23 Mar 2017 /in

ISO 9001:2015 – Tools and Suggestions to Begin the Move (Part 1)

23 Mar 2017 /in

The “gnomes” in Switzerland have been busy again. Actually, these are real people just like you and I (I think) who are identifying what are considered to be global “best practices” – and to have their approval – we have to carry out their expectations. Here’s a start…

Process Not Meeting Performance Target

22 Mar 2017 /in

Hoping you can settle a difference in opinion. When completing an audit, we identified that we were not meeting our performance target in a particular process.
My co-worker’s stance is that it warrants an NCR, as it is a self-imposed requirement. My stance is that it is a target, not a requirement, and that not meeting it does not warrant an NCR.
Can you provide some guidance?

6 Keys to Improvement (Part 1)

22 Mar 2017 /in

Do you recall the “Leaping Frog” problem from grade school math? A frog starts in the centre of a pond and tries to hop out, but each leap covers just half the remaining distance to the edge of the pond. Will the frog ever reach land? The answer, of course, is “no”. Although in time he will come frustratingly close, he will always leap just half the distance and will never reach his goal.

In the quality business, we work on a similar principle, but with a strikingly more optimistic outlook…

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