Last updated Nov 15, 2021 | Manufacturing, Business Management |
Threatening Storms of Export Compliance Program Violations for ITAR and EAR An ITAR/Export Compliance Program is a set of procedures that help an organization operate their export activities in accordance with the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and...
Last updated Jan 18, 2018 | Quality Management, Business Management, Manufacturing |
How Companies Can Make Their Nonconformance Data Useful Nonconformance is an unexpected event that occurs in the manufacturing process that deviates from the set standards or requirements. In most cases, these are problems that we unanticipated to arise along the way,...
Last updated Jun 8, 2017 | ISO Standard, Business Management, Improvement, Manufacturing, PPAP, Quality Management |
Engineering Change Order Risks So you’ve got a new customer and they are sending some work your direction from the previous vendor. You make the parts to print, do the first article inspection or PPAP and its perfect. However, the customer rejects that parts because...
May 31, 2017 | Business Management, Improvement, Quality Management |
Going Beyond the ISO Certification While an ISO certification is important for your business, implementing the strategies that you need to take your company to the next level can be quite difficult. Just like any business venture, the planning process is not as hard...
Apr 27, 2017 | Business Management, Improvement |
From Fred’s Desk: Make a Good First Impression Parents always tried to teach their kids the importance of making a good first impression. As we got older and began dating and then went on job interviews, making a good first impression became very important....
Last updated Nov 10, 2021 | Improvement, Business Management |
Deming’s 14 Points In Small Manufacturing – Part 6: Internal Improvement of Employees Throughout the first 10 points Dr. Deming’s focus is on reducing variability with continual improvement processes and how to drive improvement with leadership. He looked...
Last updated Nov 10, 2021 | Quality Management, Business Management, Improvement |
Quality Management Systems: Discover Why Customer Complaints Aren’t Always a Bad Thing During implementation of a new quality management system we often ask the question, “Do you have any customer complaints?” The same answer is generally given, but almost always with...
Last updated Feb 23, 2017 | ISO Standard, Business Management |
The Process of Obtaining an ISO Certification ISO certification is the next thing business owners and managers think about once they have built the required quality systems and conducted the audit. However, not all business owners know the proper steps for obtaining...
Last updated Feb 23, 2017 | Quality Management, Business Management, Improvement |
Quality Standards: How They Impact Employee Performance Organizations share the same goals: providing quality products, services, and experiences to their customers while still maintaining margins. Establishing quality policies and procedures, and measuring employee...
