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....
Apr 11, 2017 | Improvement, Quality Management |
Common Mistakes Companies Make When Using the Kaizen Approach It is in the best interest of every operating business to make profits at the end of each business day. As a result, these institutions take advantage of the methodologies and techniques that optimize their...
Last updated Nov 10, 2021 | Manufacturing, Improvement, Quality Management |
Deming’s 14 Points In Small Manufacturing – Part 7: Focus on Continual Improvement and Leadership Deming has provided a framework for intuitional training and leadership to develop teams that are focused on continual improvement and reducing variability. He...
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 | Manufacturing, Improvement |
Deming’s 14 Points in Small Manufacturing – Part 4: A Team Approach To Productivity Our previous article (Part 3) of our series regarding two of W. Edwards Deming’s famous 14 Points of Management and Quality was directed at creating pride in workmanship standards and...
Last updated Nov 10, 2021 | Improvement, Manufacturing |
Deming’s 14 Points in Small Manufacturing – Part 3: Continual Improvement & Employees Our previous post regarding the second two of W. Edwards Deming’s famous 14 points of Management and Quality was directed at eliminating mass inspection with continual...
Last updated Nov 10, 2021 | Improvement, Manufacturing |
Deming’s 14 Points in Small Manufacturing – Part 2: Inspection and Process Improvement Our previous post regarding the first two of W. Edwards Deming’s famous 14 points of Management and Quality was directed at management maintaining a consistency of purpose,...