What are the characteristics of a quality leader? For many, leadership comes down to each of us identifying and searching for the characteristics that are most appealing to us. For instance, I spent a career with a company that was mostly Juran-centered but also had a significant Deming slant.
Quality and job satisfaction seem to go hand in hand. Only 7% of respondents were not at all satisfied with their job, according to our 18th Annual State of the Profession Survey.
Garbage in, garbage out. It’s a term born in the early days of the computer and computer programming. The phrase, and its popular acronym, GIGO, are said to have been taken from the business strategies of LIFO and FIFO—last in, first out and first in, first out—as it pertains to inventory management.
Leboucher is based in the Livonia, MI office and is responsible for overseeing sales, marketing and operations for all three ATEQ divisions: leak testing, TPMS, and aviation. He will work with managers from all ATEQ North America locations (U.S., Canada and Mexico).
The fee-based program will certify an applying organization’s occupational safety and health products and services based on recognized voluntary national and international consensus standards.
Last year, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) introduced the Better Practice and Better Project awards to honor exceptional energy-efficiency solutions.
IEC Electronics Analysis and Testing Laboratory once again received ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accreditation.
April 30, 2018
The scope of the ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accreditation includes several SAE AS6171 test methods for suspect/counterfeit electrical, electronic and electromechanical (EEE) parts.
Machining metal has its challenges, but machining glass is another matter—one that Dan Bukaty Jr., president of Precision Glass & Optics (PG&O) is well schooled in.