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What Manufacturing KPIs Show if a QMS is Performing Effectively?

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Many factories are proud of their ISO 9001/ISO 13485 certificate, but a look at their quality management system (QMS) and manufacturing KPIs reveals serious issues. I wrote before about how some companies get certified with a very poorly implemented QMSĀ and how easily an auditor or a customer can spot them. And quality managers (and salespeople, and CEOs) can get pretty delusional. They look at activity metrics such as the number of inspections done, the audits they passed, the nice way … [Read more...]

New Product Launch Tips For Entrepreneurs (Q&A with Liz Long of ‘Learn to Make a Product’)

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Liz Long, founder of Learn to Make a Product a platform that supports customers to launch products, shares some of her new product launch tips and thoughts about what it takes for entrepreneurs to go through the development process and get their new products to market. Liz herself is a successful entrepreneur who bought a range of reusable bags to the market in the USA which sold for many years. She's also helped hundreds of people realize their products over the years, so let's draw on her … [Read more...]

Fail Safe Design Principles & Examples | Product Risk Reduction

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Some products may, if they fail in a certain way, endanger people's safety or lead to enormous economic losses. That puts much more responsibility on the designers' shoulders and is why using fail safe design principles is so critical. Let's take a closer look at these principles and some fail safe examples you can see in today's products... … [Read more...]

Using the Limiting Quality Level (ISO 2859-2:2020) Instead of AQL

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A reader asked me how he should do an inspection of a lot produced in isolation. In theory, he should work with the Limiting Quality Level (LQ), not the AQL, which is designed for inspections of a continuous stream of production. I shot a video to contrast the 2 approaches, explain when each makes sense, and show how each works. … [Read more...]

How To Successfully Implement a dFMEA?

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The Sofeast Group's head of New Product Development, Andrew Amirnovin, explains what a dFMEA (Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) is, when it's used and why, and the 8 secrets you need to bear in mind to successfully implement yours. This is a tool we use for de-risking product designs at an early stage, reducing the chances of defective products being manufactured and making their way into the hands of consumers.   Listen to the post here: šŸŽ§Ā 8 Secrets for Successfully … [Read more...]

What To Do If Your Products Fail An Inspection? [Step-By-Step Process]

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Sofeast's CEO Renaud Anjoran and Adrian from the team are back and talking about something else you don't want to experience but may if you're unfortunate. A failed product inspection! Renaud will explain to you why the type of inspection matters, a step-by-step process to follow to fix problems highlighted by a product inspection report now, and how to put corrective and preventive actions in place to stop the problem from reoccurring in future production runs.     Listen … [Read more...]

What’s The Investment Required To Bring My New Product To Market?

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A lot of entrepreneurs and SMEs struggle to calculate their investment for launching a new product. This can lead to unexpected costs mounting up and, eventually, needing to sell at a loss or even bankruptcy in extreme cases. So you need to know which costs to calculate, what elements are built into the costs, and how to launch a new product in a less financially risky way. Let's get into those topics here. … [Read more...]

Best-In-Class Investigations on Product Failures: Learn from Air Crashes

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I found theĀ Air Crash InvestigationsĀ program on National Geographic and I admit I spent hours watching it over the past weekend. It is riveting! Here is the way they present it: Featuring captivating reenactments and state-of-the-art CGI, Air Crash Investigation uncovers the truth behind legendary aviation disasters. ThoseĀ investigations are essentially failure analyses after a pretty disastrous and sometimes spectacular accident. TheyĀ sometimes take years but they often result in … [Read more...]