Paper-whipped pass/fail checklists are no longer providing the necessary support for quality, compliance and safety or for report efficiency in lean manufacturing environments, construction, mining and process-orientated industries. Manufacturing machinery, food and beverage service and customer demands in many industries are all moving faster with higher output in shorter timelines, so why are we hanging…
Statistical Process Control (SPC) Software is providing manufacturers ease in monitoring and correcting non-conformance from anywhere in the world which is especially important for managing supplier quality. Real-time data is helping quality engineers, supervisors and managers on the shop floor reduce waste and even prevent scrap by receiving actionable quality insight. Supplier quality is vital…
Layered Process Audit Programs: Reducing the Cost of Quality with Structured Process Auditing Pro tip: Manage the complexity of unique audits with LPA software and Data-driven decision making. In manufacturing, quality costs reduction is like trying to drain a leaking basement. You can keep running dehumidifiers or pumping water out but until you seal the…
What You Need to Know About the 5S Audit The 5S audit check or 5S Organization Checklists is the system that is used to make sure that workers follow all the standard housekeeping procedures that apply the five main principles: Sort (seiri), Set in order (seiton), Shine (seiso), Standardize (seiketsu), and Sustain (shitsuke). This system…
Be Prepared for a Product Recall Facing a Product Recall is already challenging enough for companies and then managing it is a completely different struggle. To consider the least, customers can be troubled by the disruption and later that can result in further aggravation while the company tries to fix the problem. If the national…
The working methodology of Cloud-Based Security Cloud security is a formulation of different policies and strategies which enables the protection of data applications and cloud system apps. Many organizations have moved their business information from the traditional method of data access on in-house servers to cloud services. However, some security concerns also come with the…
Moving Quality Management Systems to the Cloud will take you to the Cloud of Success Purchasing Departments, Quality Teams, Floor Managers and our customers are leading the drive to move their Quality Management Systems into the cloud for many reasons: It is an easy way to finance, where expenses can be spread out over…
The manufacturing industry has changed a lot over the past few decades and, in the process, it has created an acronym mess that still leaves a lot of software manufacturers and users confused. Software developers started to throw around acronyms that were eventually twisted to meet the needs of the developers and not their customers.…
Your business operations are a huge investment in time and financial resources. In order to maximize the return you get from your operations, you need to utilize a quality management system (QMS) to identify issues and recommend corrections. In order to maintain a profitable organization, you should always monitor and update all of your processes…
In the perfect manufacturing environment, product quality would be effortless; there would be zero defects, no re-work and non-conforming products simply would not exist. Unfortunately, in the real world of manufacturing, product quality is an ongoing process that requires checks, verification and documentation of materials and processes, as well as training and communication, up and…