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 2, 2017 | Quality Management |
The Juran Trilogy Dr. Joseph Juran left us with many important fundamental methods and tools during his years as one of the leading experts on Quality Management. He emphasized that we must balance the attention we give to the importance of the tools we use, in order...
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 Feb 23, 2017 | ISO Standard |
The ISO Standards & the Benefits of Using Them The ISO standards provide organizations with a set of requirements, guidelines, and specifications to make sure that materials, processes, products and services are fit for their purpose. The International...
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...
Last updated Feb 24, 2017 | Improvement |
Reducing Variability: A Different Approach to Quality In many organizations, Quality is defined as “Zero Defects” or “Meeting Specifications”. This definition has nothing at all to do with quality, and worse, it will effectively prevent ongoing improvement. Quality...
Last updated Feb 24, 2017 | News |
Ledge Welcomes Tim Dietz To the Team! Ledge Inc. is proud to announce and welcome Tim Dietz as the company’s newest Quality Consultant. Tim comes with a wealth of experience within Project Management. Prior to becoming a consultant with Ledge Inc., he was a Project...
Last updated Nov 10, 2021 | Quality Management, ISO Standard |
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 generally have manufacturing and their core processes down to a ‘T’. That’s...
Last updated Feb 24, 2017 | ISO Standard, Quality Management |
ISO 9001:2015 Changes ISO 9001:2015 is a new standard that has been launched to replace the previous ISO 9001:2008 standard. These levels of standards need to be revised every 5 years to deal with marketplace changes. One of the main changes that has been addressed in...