Articles Tagged with ''process control''

About ten years ago, I worked with a mid-sized metal fabrication shop whose business had outgrown its physical facility.

Standardized work is one of the foundational practices in Lean and quality management precisely because it creates stability, visibility, and a baseline from which improvement becomes possible. 

Automation doesn't fix unstable processes—it scales them. This white paper explains how closed-loop process control, real-time SPC, and root-cause discipline create a zero-defect process state that enables reliable, lights-out manufacturing.

Have you ever heard the expression “that is not the way we do things here!” Paradigm paralysis is one of the most prevalent—and least recognized—barriers to innovation in modern industry.

Manufacturing operations have always relied on continuous improvement as their fundamental operational excellence framework.

For much of my career, I’ve watched quality departments inherit a role they never asked for: the group that shows up when something goes wrong.

AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton said the quiet part out loud in a December interview with Fortune Magazine – that “companies investing trillions in artificial intelligence can only make their money back by eliminating human jobs.”

Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) teams are expected to keep audits moving, close corrective actions, manage supplier issues, maintain training records, meet customer requirements, and stay ready for whatever regulators expect next.

The concept of heroes with extraordinary abilities is far older than the comic books—which then became movies, which became television or streaming shows—that we know today. 

When you are presented with serious challenges, how do you respond?