The gage repeatability and reproducibility (Gage R&R) analysis is an essential part of a Quality Management System (QMS) in any organization. This study states that whether the measurement system is adequate for its destined use or not. It also tells which part of the measurement system is reinforcing the most to the deviations of [...]
Different organizations can gain from internal audit, but the choice to make is to use of an in-house team or external consultants. Internal audit staff or a combination of both can impact how much value internal audit can give. Let’s review the two scenarios of internal audit in house vs outsourcing. Choosing the right [...]
For every task whether simple or complex, a detailed action plan is necessary for the best outcome and accomplishment of goals. Although simpler tasks look easy but skipping one step can ruin all your efforts. Therefore you need to create an action plan having all the key tasks, their sequence, all the minor detailing [...]
Risk is referred to as any situation that involves vulnerability to danger or any sort of harm. For any organization, being able to take steps to carry out a risk assessment is an important part of business. It is the evaluation and analysis of any task or process that might be dangerous or hazardous [...]
If you are not well informed about it then is is not analysis is also a problem solving tool used to solve issues in similar way as FMEA, Correlation, 5 Whys, Brainstorming, Affinity Diagram, Tolerance Analysis, PDCA, and several other techniques. Basically, it is a tool for solving the problems by explaining the sensible [...]
There are always defective products, virtually in every batch of production. Manufacturers check each batch and repair the defected pieces, but visual inspection is not always 100% reliable. This is where the role of AQL table comes into play particularly when you want to know how to set the limit between acceptability and refusal [...]
In this ever-changing, highly complex and competitive global business environment, the organizations and the managers are facing enormous challenges and paying much more attention on strategic planning and analysis. Strategic planning tools and analysis help organizations to identify key elements affecting the environment as well as performance and growth of the organization. PESTLE analysis [...]
Before talking about supplier audits in ISO 9001, we must know the basic concept of supplier audits in ISO 9001. So, it is a procedure of following the process and operations that are consent on from a selection of audit process. It recognizes nonconformity in the engineering change process, manufacturing process, quality process, invoicing [...]
Have you ever dealt with stubborn and recurrent problems that refuse to go away? No matter what you do to solve it, sooner or later, it arises in another form. If yes, then get ready; these are the symptoms of some deeper issues in your operational environment. In such cases quick fixes are convenient, [...]
The histogram looks very similar to bar graphs, but there is one outstanding feature that differentiates them. In bar graphs, the bars are separated by continuous intervals, but the bars of the histogram are not separated and always touching. Further features of histograms are that the x-axis is measured in ranges to define various [...]
