Articles on Quality

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Zero Defects in Manufacturing and Design

The Zero Defects movement of today is very different from the "zero defects" movement in the 1980s, where it was just a buzzword to motivate top management. Today, the requirements of business and customers are more demanding. What was accepted earlier as good quality is increasingly unacceptable today. More...

Keys to the Quality Tool Box - Don Cherry

In this article from Fall 2005, find out how an Enterprise-wide Quality Management System® can direct your company's quality function in all the right directions. More...

‘Leaning' the Organization

By using a combination of techniques borrowed from the Toyota Production Systems and a unique American twist, US companies gave birth to the five day Kaizen, PICOS, or the Lean Workshop. In this article find out how this kind of workshop helped organizations make double digit improvements in floor space, productivity, lead time, and inventory. More...

How can you move from QS-9000 to ISO/TS 16949:2002?

• Part 7: Control, Measure and Analyze are last 3 QS to TS Challenges

• Part 6: TS 16949:2002 Requirements Make Suppliers Look Inward

• Part 5: Three More Key Challenges of Transition to TS 16949:2002

• Part 4: More Challenges of QS-9000 to TS 16949:2002 Transition

• Part 3: Key Challenges of the QS-9000 to TS 16949:2002 Transition

• Part 2: A Plan for the Transition from QS-9000 to TS 16949:2000

• Part 1: The Impact of ISO 9001:2000 on QS-9000 and ISO/TS 16949

Key Changes in ISO 14001:2004 - By Chad Kymal

ISO 14001:1996 registered companies will be audited to ISO 14001:2004 starting May 15, 2005, and ISO 14001:1996 will expire on May 15, 2006. Omnex is on top of the latest changes in ISO 14001, and in this article Mr. Kymal highlights all the major changes and impacts in 18 clauses of the new standard. The next EMS audit could be an eye-opener unless you are prepared. Read more by clicking here...

Case Study for External Failure Analysis - By James Mourafetis

In this article, find out what Omnex did to reduce a process lead time from 105 days to 6 days. Find out how Omnex eliminated a $7,802/month overtime cost in Company X's Failure Analysis Lab. Through a three step plan and new Product Line Teams, Company X realized big savings and renewed faith from its customers. Read more by clicking here...

Layered Process Audits Take Center Stage (From the Omnex Navigator Newsletter, Spring 2005)

Now a prerequisite for DaimlerChrysler's PSO approval and GM's QSB requirement, suppliers are taking notice of this new technique. The Omnex process focuses on the plant floor where cross functional teams of specialists, operators, supervisors and others work together to find the problems and implement the solutions. Omnex teaches this technique using a performance-packed workshop approach. Read more by clicking here...

Sourcing in Asia Operational Due Diligence to Ensure Success - Article by Dave Watkins

One can hardly pick up a business journal or turn to a business-oriented cable news channel without being confronted with the fact of business globalization. Whether the objective. Read more by clicking here... 

IAF Guidance Document for ISO 14001:2004 Transition Released

The IAF published a document to aid in the transition from ISO 14001:1996 to ISO 14001:2004. Click here to download a copy of the PDF.

APQP Software: Not Just for Document Creation - By Greg Gruska, ASQ Fellow

Historically, Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) software has been purchased by quality managers to reduce the time spent creating APQP related documentation. More...

Beyond Six Sigma - By Arun Kumar, Vice President of Omnex Asia

Six Sigma is now acknowledged as a business prerogative, and not just a technique "to improve quality in manufacturing". More...

IATF’s ISO/TS 16949:2002 Rules Update - By Chad Kymal
(as printed in the December 2004 edition of Quality Digest)

The International Automotive Task Force’s second edition rules were recently updated in response to a number of factors having to do with the IATF audit scheme, registrar office and witness audits, and IATF training feedback. More...

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