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Home » Authors » Louis Columbus

Louis Columbus

Louis Columbus, enterprise software strategist, is currently serving as principal of DELMIAWorks. He teaches MBA courses in international business, global competitive strategies, international market research, and capstone courses in strategic planning and market research. Columbus has taught at California State University, Fullerton: University of California, Irvine; Marymount University, and Webster University. You can reach him on Twitter at @LouisColumbus.

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01 QM 0522 Software & Analysis
Software & Analysis

Manufacturers’ Top Demands For Quality Software in 2022

The bottom line is that manufacturers know they need to improve how integrated quality data is across the company.
Louis Columbus
May 8, 2022
26 Comments

Competing on product quality has never been more urgent as rising raw material and component costs continue to squeeze manufacturers’ margins. At the same time, unpredictable supply chains make it increasingly difficult to maintain consistent product quality and cost visibility.


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Performing recall and analysis.

ERP is Key to Business Continuity and Quality in 2021

Louis Columbus
April 7, 2021
8 Comments

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. 


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Defining the cost of quality
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Getting Started With Quality Cost Management

Louis Columbus
August 28, 2020
9 Comments

Consistent product quality is the most proven predictor of any manufacturer’s success. Competitors may imitate each other’s marketing, but superior quality stands alone as the truest statement of company’s values. That is why forward-thinking manufacturers are making quality cost management part of their DNA.


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quality management

Demystifying the Digital in Quality Management

Initial efforts at digital transformation uncover just how dependent many manufacturers are on manual updates to reports, spreadsheets, and schedules.
Louis Columbus
March 15, 2020
59 Comments

Increasingly, manufacturers are looking at the potential of digital transformation to improve their competitiveness. The benefits in quality management are particularly compelling—offering the ability to optimize product quality and customers’ experiences by streamlining audits and reporting, improving batch and process manufacturing workflows, and synchronizing production centers to improve perfect order performance.


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robotics

Taking a Data-Driven Approach to Commercial Automotive Quality

This approach gives manufacturers the data and insights to maximize their quality and efficiency.
Jim Hunsberger Paul Morrisson Louis Columbus
November 8, 2019
2 Comments

The heavy trucking industry is defined by the many industry and regulatory standards it relies on to ensure safety, quality and reliability. Among the most notable is International Standards Organization (ISO) Technical Standard 16949 for quality management, which as adopted by the International Automotive Task Force (IATF) is known as IATF 16949.


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ERP Software

Defining the Future of ERP in a Quality-Driven World

Manufacturers require ERP systems that can “learn” what excellent quality looks like.
Louis Columbus
September 1, 2019
2 Comments

The cornerstone of every manufacturer’s success is the ability to shift gears from one product generation and business model to the next while finding new ways to excel at quality.


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Real-time monitoring

How High-Performing Medical Manufacturers Turn Quality into Growth

Some manufacturers excel at reducing the latency between capturing data and turning it into valuable insights.
Louis Columbus
February 8, 2019
3 Comments

Medical product manufacturers—including producers of medical devices and plastic medical components—are in the some of the most competitive segments of manufacturing. And many of them are growing 10% a year or faster than their peers, according to a recent survey of 151 North American manufacturers conducted by research firm Decision Analyst on behalf of IQMS.


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aerospace manufacturing

How Quality Helps Customers Soar Applying Real-World Best Practices in Aerospace Quality

In the aerospace industry, lives are at risk if a product doesn’t adhere to the processes and procedures we have in place.
Stephanie Inners Louis Columbus
November 15, 2018
One Comment

Increasingly complex customer and regulatory compliance requirements, tighter time-to-market schedules from customers who want greater product customization, and the constant pressure on costs and pricing make aerospace manufacturing one of the most challenging businesses in the world to compete in.


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Seven Ways Gage Management Improves Product Quality and Enables Growth

Seven Ways Gage Management Improves Product Quality and Enables Growth

Manufacturers can significantly improve their visibility into operations through gage repeatability and reproducibility (GR&R) studies.
Louis Columbus
June 8, 2018
2 Comments

Discovering the underlying factors that influence compliance, product quality, production efficiency and your performance as a supplier requires greater accuracy and precision than many manufacturing metrics provide.


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