One of the most powerful images from nature has also become a powerful metaphor—the wave.

There have been two sea changes since the widespread introduction of QMS solutions in manufacturing environment—and a third change is on its way.

In today’s increasingly connected and intelligent production environment, manufacturers are inundated with data. It can be challenging to see quality data throughout an entire enterprise, which makes it more difficult to lower costs, advance product quality, decrease waste, maintain compliance and boost profitability.

Cloud software is common in almost every area of our lives. But manufacturers have been slow to move their quality management systems to the cloud—until recently. Learn the strategic advantages your manufacturing organization can gain from the switch.

COVID-19 has forced manufacturers to adapt quickly to support remote and distanced workers. Cloud-based solutions are enabling key personnel to access, analyze, and use essential quality and operational data from anywhere. 

For many manufacturers, moving to a cloud-based quality management software solution sounds expensive—until you add up all the costs of the on-premises solution you already “own.” Learn what you need to know to truly compare the costs of on-premises and cloud software. 

Even in today’s connected manufacturing plants, a majority of data collection still happens manually. Automating more data collection tasks enables quicker access to operational data for both onsite and offsite workers.

Manufacturers get large amounts of data from different systems. Selecting the most critical data to collect and integrating it into a single data source makes it useable. 

Manufacturers employ a variety of tools and systems to help improve visibility into data. But word of warning: Not every solution is delivering meaningful ROI. 

For quality professionals and engineers, the benefits of making statistical process control (SPC) easier are obvious. But how to you sell the idea to other stakeholders in your organization?