A CAPA Success Story
CAPA consists of two separate elements: Corrective actions and preventative actions. It is a myth that preventative actions are merely the follow-up steps to corrective actions. Both aspects are distinct and key to identifying and mitigating nonconformances. Without sound CAPA, your company would not be able to pinpoint quality issues as early as possible during […]
Conducting Internal Audits in Manufacturing
Conducting internal audits is arguably one of the most critical facets of a sound quality management system. The sheer range of non-conformance issues that you can avoid by automating your own auditing procedures is innumerable; often quality management issues stem from age-old human error. I understand that perfecting your internal auditing procedures is a lofty […]
How to Create a Strong Culture of Quality
By one account, more than one in five consumers post complaints online about poor quality goods, even while market demands to maintain or improve product quality escalate. In many companies, lax or inefficient quality production metrics are often the consequence of equally lax or even non-existent quality standards throughout corporate culture. In this post, we’ll examine what […]
ISO 9001 vs AS 9100 for The Aerospace and Defense Industry
Quality management standards evolve over time, making your task as a quality management professional an ongoing challenge. Periodic changes to hallmark standards, such as ISO 9001 and AS 9100, provide a critical opportunity to reexamine your quality management system and raise total quality to the next level. Knowing how quality standards differ and change with […]
COVID-19: What I Learned About the Value of EHSQ at the Doctor’s Office
Just over a month ago, I attended a medical appointment at my family physician’s office. I arrived early, but when I got off the elevator and proceeded down the hallway toward the office, I noticed a table set up immediately adjacent to the door. On the table sat a bottle of hand sanitizer and a […]
When Parker Hannifin Met Cority
If you are an industrial engineering guru, you may be quite familiar with Parker Hannifin, a global manufacturer of motion-control components and industrial systems. However, you may not know that Parker Hannifin is also a shining case study of how implementing a sound quality system, deployed many years ago in the company’s hydraulic and pneumatic […]
CDP Reporting 2020 – Frequently Asked Questions
This week, the disclosure platform for CDP 2020 officially opened for companies. Many organisations across all sectors worldwide will be invited to report their environmental data through CDP, some for the first time. Below are the answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about CDP reporting in 2020. It’s our first time responding […]
Top five issues facing aerospace and defense
If you take a step back and look at the aerospace and defense industry as a whole, it is easy to say that manufacturers have weathered the storm of the Great Recession. A deep dive, however, reveals much more complexity and several industry trends you may not know about. To clear the air, this blog […]
How to Address Quality Management Issues in the Manufacturing Industry
The most common quality management issues facing the manufacturing industry today are likely a reflection of those experienced in your company. With ad hoc processes and cultural barriers, improving quality issues in production and operations management can be a company-wide challenge. In today’s competitive global environment, quality has never mattered more. So, how can your […]
What is the Cost of Good Quality?
To enable integrated quality management principles throughout your organization, you should keep the cost of good quality in focus. Manufacturing enterprises today spend a great deal of time and effort aligning quality management data with the right enterprise software and infrastructure. Not surprisingly, the high-profile costs of poor quality have influenced the deployment of IT […]