The United States was a leading player in the world of manufacturing during the 1950 and 1960s. The main competition existed only between the businesses in US. For the reason that there was not much competition, US manufacturing backed down from statistical quality control and management standards for certification were not considered compulsory. In [...]
The ABC inventory control system is an approach based on the categorization of items or products depending upon their usage rate. It uses Pareto principles in its application. It is applicable to those organizations that have multiple types of inventories. However, it is not always a good idea to keep the same level of [...]
An effective and efficient Quality Management System (QMS) using the requirements of the ISO 9001 standard requires writing a Quality Policy for your company. However, it is surely not a simple task as it requires several steps to move forward. Generally, the top managers are responsible for devising and implementing a quality policy for [...]
Introduction and scope Different researchers have different views regarding the effectiveness of visual quality inspection. Since the 20th century, most researchers term the visual inspection as defective and prefer new inspection tools. Visual inspection became popular in the 1950s and it kept on developing till now. 1990s computer-aided visual inspection came to the scene [...]
The practice of prequalification of suppliers, in fact, shortens the process of procurement by obtaining, and evaluation of bids from those suppliers only, which have the skills, capacity, and experience to produce and supply goods and services matching the required standards. Whenever a vendor or supplier has been prequalified, the firm is just required [...]
What a Bottleneck Is Before understanding how to identify bottlenecks in a process you must have a clear understanding about what is actually meant by a bottleneck. Basically, bottlenecks are obstacles or hurdles on account of which a process slows down or gets delayed. Just as the neck of a physical bottle will restrict [...]
Problem solving in the workplace is a special universal skill that any person or job position could use. When you are a leader at the workplace like a manager or someone in charge, then you must have some skills in problem solving. Employees at the workplace look up to their manager for sorting out [...]
Basically, an audit of a manufacturing process is a broad analysis of the process to authenticate that it is performing according to plan. Results are produced by processes, and process audits define if the results are correct and being created by means of managed processes in an effective approach. Manufacturing process audits must make [...]
A strong and dynamic document control process is a must have component of a quality management system (QMS). Nearly all auditing and compliance verification phases are identified by means of the inspection of documented proof. The document control procedure should define the range, purpose, technique and responsibilities in a clear way. The procedures for [...]
There is no denying in the fact that it is very valuable to possess a system to harmonize various organizational parts and keep them on the right track. ‘Hoshin Kanri’ is one such system which was developed by the Japanese in the 1960s and '70s. Hoshin Kanri which is also known as Hoshin Process [...]
