Falsified Quality data puts nuclear parts supplier in the hot seat
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Quality
Customers are always on the lookout for the latest and greatest products and services. Anything less and they could move on to something else. This section contains the info you need to take your company’s quality system to an even higher level, while avoiding the nightmare of a product recall.
Popular Quality Articles
Grossest recall of the year? Sewer-bacteria found in chocolate cakes
If you thought Europe’s horse meat nightmare was destined to be the grossest food recall of the year, think again.
See-through yoga pants? 6 extremely embarrassing product recalls
Most product recalls are issued to save customers from being injured in some sort of grisly way or from contracting a horrible illness. But not this one.
Productivity and quality incentives: How to make them effective
It seems simple. Give workers more when they produce more and better. Then why do so many incentive plans fail?
Tools you can use: The run chart
As part of an ongoing series, “Tools you can use,” we provide forms, ideas and methods to improve your manufacturing operation. Today’s tool: the run chart, which helps you identify when your quality is good and bad — and how …
Ready to go lean? Start in this unexpected place first
Thinking about starting the journey to lean manufacturing at your facility? You’ll never guess which area you might want to focus on first.
