Quality Management System (QMS)

How a Quality Management System Reduces Cost

Quality management systems help companies better understand how to structure their organization in order to operate more cohesively. They provide a means of measuring how effectively a company produc…

Driving Transparency – How Quality Management Systems Prevent Catastrophe

We have all heard about public disasters around potential systematic disregard for quality problems in companies – from the automotive industry (think emissions tests, brake failures) to the oil &amp…

Quality Management – A Holistic Approach

Strategic quality management professionals envision a holistic solution across the entire product life cycle and supply chain that is able to

Support compliance
Detect risks and failures
Mit…

Using Quality Systems to Gain Efficiency – Is that even possible?

Cost and Quality. They are often thought of as two sides in a game of “tug of war.” When one side gains traction the other loses. However, that is a very non-strategic view of how well-architected ma…

Key criteria for getting faster ROI from your QMS implementation

Hopefully you are not thinking about how to get ROI on the Quality Management System you have already decided to invest in. If you’ve made the decision to invest funds, you’ve probably already made t…

Optimizing Product Quality across the Entire Lifecycle

As we move from a regulatory focus on compliance to one of proactively addressing product quality, some manufacturers are already ahead of the curve. They have focused their culture from the top down…

Key requirements for seamless quality processing – ERP to PLM to the shop floor

Seamless quality processing… So where are your seams? When you look at non-computer-aided quality processes, the seams are everywhere. Not only across systems and the functions they support – for exa…

How does quality management relate to LEAN?

Often companies have separate teams driving LEAN initiatives and Quality initiatives. These teams are often at odds, debating what the higher priorities are among what can seem like competing goals –…