Quality inspections can make or break your manufacturing success. In this episode, we guide you through the complete inspection process, from first article inspections to final random sampling. Learn how to spot potential issues early, … [Read more...]
The Transformative Power of Embedding Quality into every Production Phase
What separates a good quality product from one that falls short? We explore the wisdom of W. Edwards Deming and his famous principle: "You can't inspect quality into a product; it must be built in from the start." By diving into lessons … [Read more...]
Why Quality Fade Is A Danger We May Not See Coming
Quality Fade is an insidious practice where the supplier reduces your product quality over time almost imperceptibly in order to cut costs and make more profit. We can all agree that being supplied with products that don't reach our quality … [Read more...]
Improving Product Quality, Reliability, and Compliance with a QA Program
What would a QA program that you put in place to improve the quality, reliability, and compliance of new electro-mechanical products ideally include? Find out here! Prefer listening to reading? Listen to the audio … [Read more...]
Product Quality Strategies: 13 You Need To Use
We've outlined 13 product quality strategies you need to use to achieve consistent product quality, divided into pre and post-production categories, and provide a brief introduction to each here. Prefer listening to … [Read more...]
Evaluating And Validating A Supplier’s Quality The Right Way
Let's look at how a supplier's quality can be evaluated and validated so you know that they will supply you with parts and products that meet your expectations. … [Read more...]
Why the AQL Inspection System Is Still So Widespread
In the 1930s, some smart statisticians at Bell Labs worked on an amazing amount of manual calculations to suggest sampling plans for product quality inspections. Over time, it became the topic of MIL STD standards and one of those plans … [Read more...]
6 Tips To Combat Common Recurring Quality Issues From Your Supplier
What happens if your supplier keeps manufacturing products with various defects, even though you have a quality standard that outlines your expectations? This tends to happen for the same reasons, so here are 6 tips to help you avoid … [Read more...]
What Drives Product Inspection Costs?
It's important to inspect product quality, but if the inspections you get done aren't optimized you could end up spending too much on high product inspection costs which is a problem when that money could be used for other activities. … [Read more...]
The Concept of Quality: Little q VS Big Q.
Take a deep dive into the concept of quality. A lot of importers focus narrowly on if the products they're getting from their manufacturers/suppliers are within tolerance (little q). But without a wider view that looks at the entire … [Read more...]
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