Automated risk management tools can help manufacturers incorporate risk-based thinking into their processes. Organizations should adopt risk-based thinking to make better decisions, particularly when they must contend with challenging, fast-paced or otherwise uncertain environments.
For those of us in the manufacturing world, measurements on products and processes are all important to ensure the products will meet customer requirements, perform correctly, safely, and for a reasonable lifespan. We place our faith in the measurements to accept or reject product—or to adjust the manufacturing process. But are the measurements correct—and how would we know?
When the pandemic hit, manufacturers were already behind in terms of embracing new forms of learning. Training people, recruiting new people, troubleshooting problems in training and education is a must for manufacturers and now is the time to do it.
Here we'll cover the specifics of a capability analysis and several sticking points in interpreting and taking action on information from the analysis.
In their day to day work activities, both quality and manufacturing professionals are involved in conducting audits; collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data; plus preparing a variety of reports and summaries of the data to document product quality.