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March 3, 2025

If you're not meeting your NPS goals, try Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to identify and address the reasons behind it. Fixing recurring issues can significantly improve customer satisfaction.


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Digging Deeper with Root Causes

It is helpful to extend your root cause analysis by looking at the problem from several different angles.
Michael Mills
May 24, 2024

Real-world problems often have multiple causes, so it's beneficial to extend your root cause analysis by considering the problem from various perspectives.


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Finding Root Causes: How to Identify and Understand the Core Issues

Well, before you can find it, you have to know what it looks like.
Michael Mills
May 23, 2024

The most frustrating moment in problem-solving is fixing an error only to see it reappear the next day. Until the root cause is identified and addressed, the issue will persist.


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Shifting Left in Manufacturing Quality

The future of quality in manufacturing is predictive.
Greta Cutulenco
January 16, 2024
A new method to manage quality must not only improve quality, it must also address areas of waste. If we could detect defects even earlier in the process and given that increasing the number of quality gates is untenable, what else can we do?
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Consolidation: One-Stop-Shops and All-in-One Computers

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Darryl Seland
June 15, 2022

Consolidation is something we’ve all done. It’s efficient and can help save time and space and naturally leads to greater organization and productivity.


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Is it Possible to Measure Shaft, Form and Gear with an All-In-One Machine?

Do more with less — minimizing downtime for production workpiece measurements.
Patrick Nugent
May 30, 2022

Here’s a thought: what if you could also perform multiple measuring tasks at the same time, on the same part with one machine, right there on the factory floor?


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Sledgehammer vs. Nutcracker: Which is the Right Tool for the Job?

Tools for identifying a problem, its root cause and its impact.
Jim Steventon
May 30, 2022

As the adage says, when you only have a hammer in your toolbox, every problem looks like a nail. Until this time, QA pros only had hammers.


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A Paradigm Shift in Internal Audits

How the power of teamwork strengthens the internal audit process.
Marie Lawton
March 15, 2020

To drive change in any business process you must first assess your existing program. Is it inclusive? Is the program delivering results? How can it be improved and how can success be measured?


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Avoid the Blame Game

Root cause analysis can solve problems effectively.
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Jim L. Smith
April 30, 2018

This may sound familiar. Manufacturer’s efforts to do more for less have resulted in the purchasing department sourcing products to the cheapest provider. Such cost-cutting certainly makes purchasing groups look like heroes to management, but the effect on manufacturing and quality may be just the opposite.


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Lean’s Impact on Quality

Lean isn’t about speed—it’s about value.
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Paul W. Critchley
April 30, 2018

“Lean isn’t going to help you if your quality is bad. Why just make bad stuff faster?”


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