What Is ISO 14001?
Ledge can help you implement or improve your EMS to meet the requirements of ISO 14001. What Is the ISO 14001 Standard? ISO 14001 is a voluntary standard that establishes requirements for an...
What Is ISO 14001?
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What is a Quality Manual and Do You Really Need One?
What is a Quality Manual and Do You Really Need One?
Maintaining ISO quality standards is critical for businesses looking to meet customer requirements and for competitive advantages with sales and quality. Many companies choose to implement a quality...
Threatening Storms of Export Compliance Program Violations for ITAR and EAR
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 International...
Preventive Maintenance Program Pitfalls
Preventive Maintenance Program Pitfalls
Preventive Maintenance Programs, or PMPs are initiatives meant to find problems before they occur, thus furthering efficiency and profits within the company. However, when not designed or managed...
How Companies Can Make Their Nonconformance Data Useful
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...
Engineering Change Order Risks
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,...
Why a Food Safety Management System Is Important
Why a Food Safety Management System Is Important
A foodborne illness is a disease transmitted by food to people. An illness is considered an outbreak when two or more people report the same symptoms after eating the same food, an investigation is...
Deming’s 14 Points In Small Manufacturing – Part 7: Focus on Continual Improvement and Leadership
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 finishes his last two points with...
Deming’s 14 Points in Small Manufacturing – Part 4: A Team Approach To Productivity
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 driving out...
Deming’s 14 Points in Small Manufacturing – Part 3: Continual Improvement & Employees
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 improvement that is in place...
Deming’s 14 Points in Small Manufacturing – Part 2: Inspection and Process Improvement
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, continual improvement and...
Deming’s 14 Points in Small Manufacturing – Part 1
Deming’s 14 Points in Small Manufacturing – Part 1
Author of Out of Crisis, W. Edwards Deming is famous for developing 14 points of Management and Quality to push American Manufacturing during the initial exodus of business to Japan and China. Often...
Becoming Organic Certified: 5 Things You Should Know
Becoming Organic Certified: 5 Things You Should Know
The demand for organic products continues to increase as more people take advantage of their benefits. Governments around the world have struggled with ensuring that products labeled as organic...
Calibration Is All About Risk
Calibration Is All About Risk
When working with a new client we like to start with their calibration program because it is a good way to define what ISO really is asking of your company. Many companies have no calibration system...
Understanding the Principles of Lean Manufacturing
Understanding the Principles of Lean Manufacturing
Overview Lean manufacturing is the systematic process for cutting things that don’t provide significant value out of the manufacturing process. This waste elimination method applies not only to...
Why ISO 9001 Certification Makes Good Business Sense
Why ISO 9001 Certification Makes Good Business Sense
Benefits of ISO Certifications for Manufacturers Manufacturers that expect to survive in today’s competitive world will do so only by producing high-quality products that are delivered to the...
ISO Updates – Has Your Company Been Re-Certified?
ISO Updates – Has Your Company Been Re-Certified?
As the new ISO updates find their way into the business world, many companies have not yet become re-certified. Is your company among the many? Ledge Inc. is comprised of trusted quality management...
ISO Is About Quality Management Not Manufacturing
ISO Is About Quality Management Not Manufacturing
Many of our clients were initially cautious in beginning the implementation of a Quality Management System because they thought we were there to change everything. We have found that companies...
Why is the PPAP (Production Part Approval Process) So Complicated?
Why is the PPAP (Production Part Approval Process) So Complicated?
Local OEM’s are taking a cue from the automotive industry and requiring a set of documents called PPAPs (Production Part Approval Process) from their suppliers during the introduction of a new part....