Articles Tagged with ''process control''

As many manufacturers realize, a forecast is always a gamble. At best, it is an educated guess.

Different examples of internal corporate dynamics that an internal quality leader must successfully navigate.

This column continues the discussion on delivering the best effort to break through roadblocks as we journey through life. If you haven’t had the chance to read my previous column, I would encourage you to do so.

Few things are as frustrating as knowing someone has more to give in their job, to their family, or to society, but he or she routinely withholds their best efforts. How do you contend with this condition?

Not long ago, I had a conversation with a senior quality manager at a large manufacturing operation about the future of the quality profession.

Manufacturers and quality teams stand to benefit from Automated Machine Learning (AutoML). The technology can streamline their processes, boosting quality improvement, maintenance and analytical insights.

Careful implementation of optimal tools and techniques is a focus of Optikos Corp. (Wakefield, MA), an optical engineering and manufacturing company working to eliminate waste in product movement, downtime, and product defects.

We all know that quality is important. Assuring quality delivers an array of benefits – from utilizing less resources, promoting customer loyalty and brand satisfaction, and of course, overall savings when things get done right the first time. According to Gartner’s 2022 Market Guide for Quality Management Systems, "The often-repeated but seldom-followed notion that 'quality is everyone’s job’ is now being realized at an unprecedented scale."

For many successful men and women in all walks of life, the key to success was that they were motivated more, at least in the beginning, by what was needed, or by what they felt they had to do, than thought of financial gain.

Recently I had a discussion with a quality manager concerning the focus of quality and what skills are important to success. It centered on the degree of focus which should be placed on the quality tools versus people and teams.