Lou Ann Lathrop

Lou Ann Lathrop worked for General Motors Corp. (GM) for more than 26 years in quality engineering, manufacturing engineering, manufacturing and product engineering. Lathrop, a senior member, is past chair for the American Society for Quality - Automotive Division and is a current member of ASQ’s board of directors. She can be contacted at louannlathrop@live.com.

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Improve Your Quality Records

Computer technology has done amazing things since the first APQP document was published.
March 1, 2013

Delegating and nodding in agreement is not the way to get things done.


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Quality Software & Analysis: APQP Revisited

January 29, 2010
When is the last time you thought about APQP/PPAP? Advanced Product Quality Planning and Control Plan (APQP) was originally printed in 1994 with the second edition in 2008.
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A Practical Field Guide for ISO 9001:2008

The purpose of this field guide is to assist organizations, step by step, in implementing a quality management system (QMS) in conformance with ISO 9001:2008, whether from scratch or by transitioning from ISO 9001:2000. It examines each sub-clause of Sections 4–8 of ISO 9001:2008, which contain the requirements, and gives a list of the documentation/documents required, internal audit questions, a summary of management’s responsibilities, and a flowchart of the steps that need to be undertaken to satisfy the requirements.

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