Process capability indices (PCI) have long been popular with many quality professionals. But they’ve also been controversial and a number of reputable experts have advocated that they be abandoned....
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15Dec
Fight boredom with an improvement project
There is a saying that the biggest room of all is the room for improvement. No matter what your job is, there is room to do it better. Figuring...
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07Dec
Industry Week Asks: What is the Continuum of Quality Management? (Part 1)
Article Revised: March 28, 2019 Recently, manufacturing publication Industry Week presented a two part series that asked the question: What is the Continuum of Quality Management? Part one of the...
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05Dec
Manufacturing Plants: Are Your Scrap Metrics Lying About What Happens on the Shop Floor?
Article Revised: March 28, 2019 What is the most important thing about every metric used in a manufacturing plant? According to Larry Fast, in an article published in Industry Week,...
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22Nov
Internal Learning Systems: Allowing Staff to Lead Quality Improvement Efforts
Article Revised: March 28, 2019 Embarking upon improving quality within large companies is an overwhelming task. While turning to consultants, implementing support software programs, or looking to management may be...
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08Nov
Communication and Documentation as a way to improve outpatient care when quality falls short
Article Revised: March 28, 2019 In recent years there has been a rise in outpatient malpractice lawsuits and awards. According to the American Medical Association from June the 15th study,...
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03Nov
Cyclical Action Learning: the Key to Developing an Effective Continuous Improvement Culture
Article Revised: March 28, 2019 Even the best intentions and methods for continuous improvement culture can easily fail if you fail to consider and understand how adults in your organization...
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31Oct
Making the Case for Reshoring
Article Revised: March 28, 2019 Reshoring is the term relating to bringing manufacturing jobs that have gone overseas back to the United States. In essence, the opposite of offshoring. The...
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27Oct
Are You Sitting in the Right Seat?
Article Revised: March 28, 2019 When it comes to your employees, it is important to hire selectively, but equally important to ensure that each employee is in the right position....
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24Oct
Advancement Against All Odds
Article Revised: March 28, 2019 According to the Harvard Business Review, “Over the last 50 years, the average lifespan of S&P 500 companies has shrunk from around 60 years to...
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