Manufacturers must ask a lot of their quality data collection systems. Ideally, these systems should not only capture quality data while a product or service is manufactured, assembled and installed, but they should also aid in pre-production preparation. 

In order to remain competitive in today’s global economy, manufacturing companies are working to improve efficiency, productivity and quality. To do so, they must proactively prevent defects instead of corrective action. 

Finding old records, organizing years of data, and working on short timelines contribute to stressful audits. But it doesn’t have to be that way. With the right preparation, you can have simple, worry-free audits.  

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.

The L.S. Starrett Co. announced the introduction of DataSure® 4.0, an advanced wireless data collection system for acquiring precision measurement data. With unprecedented range and data security, multiple gateways, compact size and high speed, Starrett, a forerunner in the development of data collection solutions for quality control manufacturing applications, claims the system has taken data acquisition to a new level.

Visibility across all operations is essential to enable the flexibility and agility manufacturers need to be resilient to market disruptions.

Inspection reports are an invaluable part of the manufacturing process in many industries, and first article inspections are especially common in aerospace, defense, automotive and medical devices. In other words, if high quality is essential, these reports often are too.

I’m a Type-A personality with a sense of urgency to explain everything. Give me a little data, and I will use every statistical tool I can wrap around these rationalizations to help explain an observation. But here is something that I cannot explain: why do we tolerate such poor gages?

The stakes are high for manufacturers competing in increasingly dynamic and competitive global markets. To stay ahead of disruptions—and protect your brand when they occur—it’s essential to transform your quality operations now.

Today’s manufacturers are quickly learning the value of having their quality data centralized in a single, standardized repository. The move presents numerous benefits—and virtually no drawbacks. Learn what you can gain.