The quality policy definition is the quality that reckons in your company. Quality elements which are crucial to your business should be defined in your quality police included in any approach you take. These are elements that can be measured and monitored to follow the progress of your company and drive continuous improvement. These [...]
The check sheet is the effective, efficient, and simple way to depict data and information. A check sheet is a structure table, metrics table, or form for gathering data to analyze it. When the information or data are gathered in both quantitative and qualitative data, then the check sheet remains check sheet, but it [...]
We all heard about hot tools and topics in internal audits, heat maps, data analytics, data visualization, big data and many more to mention. However, not many practitioners execute and implement these tools to develop a graphical or visual representation of information and data. We are here to show you how to make a [...]
Selecting a supplier is a critical process within a business. It depends upon a number of factors such as reliability, reputation, cost, service and value for money. However, thinking strategically really helps in choosing a right supplier for your business. Most suitable suppliers are the ones that supply products or any service according to [...]
Cost of poor quality (COPQ) is described as the cost of flaws in ongoing operation or product. It is the primary economic research that is done for Six Sigma or lean manufacturing. It is utilized to validate inception of a new project. Cost of poor quality includes the cost of junk, revised and restored [...]
Quality tools are helpful in monitoring and management of quality system in an organization. Karou Ishikawa, a Japanese quality guru, was the first one to emphasize on seven basic quality tools and stated 90% of all quality related issues can be solved only by using these basic tools. The seven basic tools of quality [...]
Before comparing the two types of certificates, let's start with a brief look at each of them. Certificate of Conformance (COC) A document certified by a competent authority verifying the fact that the provided goods or service fulfills the essential requirements but does not usually include particular test conditions, test specifications, test parameters, and [...]
Visual inspection can also be called as 100% inspection. It is usually adopted to prevent shipping of a non-compliant product. Visual inspection is a method in which the unit or product is inspected with unaided eye either alone or with any aid, on the basis of which specific unit or product is evaluated. After [...]
Firstly, let me explain to you what measurement system analysis (MSA) is. In short then measurement system analysis (MSA) is a mathematical and experimental process which determines how much variation the measurement system contribute to the overall process variability. Measurement System Analysis Terminology There are a few terminologies that are used in the measurement [...]
Well, to say it simply, a bottleneck in operation management is a point in production where a process meets or even exceeds the ability to manufacture. To make things easier, it is when a department or a factory can’t produce the required units fast enough to maintain the remaining production schedule or to let [...]
