In the middle of the most chaotic, uncertain months of 2020, manufacturers discovered that the perfect antidote was to double down on quality and reliable delivery—turning to their enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems for the timely insights needed to navigate rapid changes in market demand and resources across their supply chains. 

Workarounds might keep your production line running today, but they’re hiding costly waste in your manufacturing processes.

Cpk and Ppk metrics only tell part of the story. Learn how stream grading can fill in the gaps to help improve performance in a manufacturing environment.

Imagine this: Company A is an internationally respected, world-class company that manufactures high-end kitchen appliances. Their products are coveted by homeowners across the globe. 

How do the world’s best manufacturer’s maintain continuous improvements across all their processes? Learn how to join their ranks.

People who work in manufacturing or quality control roles must ensure that produced goods meet a client’s exact specifications. One of the ways to do that is through a first article inspection (FAI).

Whether we realize it or not everyone’s job, including the quality professional, comes down to one thing; helping our companies, at least those in business to be profitable, make money! 

If continuous improvement is your goal, mastering quality may seem like a daunting task. As with many big projects, it helps to break it down into smaller areas of focus.

Many problems in manufacturing arise from dysfunctional data that are either incomplete, inconsistent, isolated, or inefficient. But manufacturers who embrace the power of modern Quality Intelligence software can enable a dramatic transformation in not only the value of their data, but how they use it.

Thinking big in terms of quality is the goal. Rather than the days of old where quality just meant inspection, not in real time and not easily accessible, today the concept of quality has moved beyond this concept.