![All about the Die Casting Process, Ingots, and Aluminum Casting [Videos]](https://qualityinspection.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/AllabouttheDieCastingProcessIngotsandAluminumCastingVideos.jpg)
Many everyday products are created using the die casting process, but few people are aware of what the process actually involves. Here are a few examples: Your car engine, axles, paddles, cooling fan... The metal … [Read more...]
All about Plastic Injection Molding and Thermoplastics [Videos]
![All about Plastic Injection Molding and Thermoplastics [Videos]](https://qualityinspection.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/AllaboutPlasticInjectionMoldingandThermoplasticsVideos.jpg)
Do some of your products include plastic parts? If you purchase hard goods, that's probably the case. When writing a guide about plastics manufacturing last month, and I made a list of products that are made in China and incorporate … [Read more...]
Continuous Auditing to Keep Pressure on a China Factory: How it Works
One of the questions our clients ask most often is "how to keep the pressure on our supplier's factory so they improve and they don't make the same mistakes again". Continuous auditing is an answer to this, but how does it work? … [Read more...]
The Problem With Visual Management Boards in Factories
Visual management boards of some kind are now basically the norm in all factories belonging to a multinational group, so they must be effective, right? I'm not so sure. Not that they cannot be useful (they CAN be VERY useful), but, in … [Read more...]
How To Keep A Clean Factory And Stop Dust On A Budget
In many industries, one of the most common reasons for defective goods is dust contamination, and they have adopted different cleanliness standards (see the Wikipedia page on cleanrooms and factory cleanliness). If you have visited … [Read more...]
What Are the Process Inputs & Parameters to Keep under Control?
In our daily jobs, we are in contact with hundreds of different manufacturing processes. We don't always have time to observe the process and use tools such as flow charts, FMEAs, and so on. If that's the case, how do we keep control … [Read more...]
Benefits of ISO 9001 for a Chinese manufacturing organization
I wrote recently about ISO 9001: What are the standard and the certification process 10 ways it can get poorly implemented in a factory To summarize my view on this topic: It is a good standard, keeping in mind that it was … [Read more...]
Factory Audit Tips: 10 Signs of a Bad ISO 9001 Implementation
A few days ago, I wrote about the basics of ISO 9001 -- both the standard and the certification/registration process. I got some comments on Linkedin about how useless ISO 9001 is. It is useless indeed in many manufacturing facilities I … [Read more...]
How a Factory Can (and Should) Go Beyond ISO 9001
I wrote a few articles about ISO 9001 recently: The standard itself pushes companies in the right direction, but the auditing & certification process has many flaws: Basics about ISO 9001: The Standard and the Certification … [Read more...]
Basics about ISO 9001: The Standard and the Certification Process
How many of your suppliers claim to be ISO 9001 certified? Is it true? And, to start with, what does it mean? I want to shed some light on this topic. The purpose of the ISO 9001 standard is to "help businesses and organizations to be … [Read more...]
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