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Make Time for Manufacturing Optimization

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Michelle Bangert
July 1, 2020
8 Comments

How well do you think you’re optimizing your manufacturing process? Obviously suboptimal processes are not ideal, and most manufacturers are working on getting the most out of their current workflow. But what exactly is optimization?


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Face of Quality

Process Improvement

Most problems result from management systems.
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Jim L. Smith
June 30, 2020
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Almost all organizations set performance targets for departments and/or individuals to conduct their operations and to deliver products and services to their customers. Although managers attempt to ensure their processes can handle all the issues that may arise in their business, in today’s complex world, these processes often fall short.


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Repeatability Chart

An R&R Study

In most situations, you're likely to be surprised by the amount of R&R error detected.
Paul Keller
June 30, 2020
15 Comments

For most processes, we have a choice of measurement options that vary with cost. Ideally, we seek the most accurate measurement at the lowest cost with the expectation that the result will be satisfactory. When measurements are critical to operations, we should validate these assumptions.


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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
19 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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Post-Process Monitoring, Part 2

Robotic automation and post-process monitoring
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Darryl Seland
December 6, 2019
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The fundamental goal of automation is to reduce reliance on manpower. Whether for traditional manufacturing or additive manufacturing, it is important to understand the capabilities of supporting post-process manufacturing and metrology for validating that process.


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Infinity QS SPC software
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Inspired Quality Improvement: Operator Adoption Is Key to Successful SPC Implementation

Learn how a company used an SPC software pilot to expand adoption—and improve quality management across a whole plant.
November 21, 2019
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Successfully launching an SPC-based quality management solution requires more than just setting up the software. Learn how one company helped operators embrace the change and transform quality.


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Lean manufacturing

It’s Time for Lean Manufacturing

Get better every day.
Qm0520 clmn editnoteguest author michellebangert 0520
Michelle Bangert
October 15, 2019
5 Comments

Sometimes adopting lean manufacturing means adding more people to a process. Eric Ethington, a lean product and process development coach, previously worked in the auto supply business. In a pump assembly product line, the typical cell had six operators.


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Rational Subgrouping in Sampling for a Better Understanding of Process Behavior
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Rational Subgrouping in Sampling for a Better Understanding of Process Behavior

When it comes to sampling subgroups, more is not always better.
October 10, 2019
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Learn seven key considerations for designing a sampling plan that incorporates proper sampling frequency and rational subgrouping.


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NDT

Continuously Monitoring Progress in Zeta Potential

Vinod Radhakrishnan
October 1, 2019
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Zeta potential (ζ) is a key indicator of the stability of colloidal dispersions. The higher the magnitude of the zeta potential (that is, highly positive OR highly negative), the more stable the colloid.


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Speaking of Quality

Stay Out of the “PoliciesAndProcedures” Trap

Both policies and procedures must be understood.
August 15, 2019
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As Dennis Arter (ASQ Fellow member and 2014 Distinguished Service Medalist) stated in a 2014 interview, “Many organizations make the mistake of lumping policies and procedures together as ‘policiesandprocedures.’” The five years since Arter’s proclamation haven’t changed organizations’ view of the two terms.


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