An interview with Grace Duffy, Public health expert for the American Society for Quality and coauthor of The Public Health Quality Improvement Handbook, along with Ron Bialek and John Moran.
Duffy discusses how quality improvement tools were used as part of the H1N1 vaccination program.
This interview was recorded at the 2009 Quality Expo, prior to passage of the latest federal health care legislation.
Micklewright suggests applying lean principles to your quality management system.
Downsize Documentation
• Companies tend to overdocument their QMS
• Sort your documents
• Check the revision record of documents
• Check documents from old standards
• Check contents of documents
• Create two-page quality manual
Using quick changeover to modify documents
This Optical Gaging Products video outlines the considerations choosing the appropriate measuring technology for your application.
* The size of your part
* 2-D or 3-D measurement
* Accuracy
* Throughput
* Single sensor or multisensor
For more information visit www.ogpnet.com
The basics of measurement tools and techniques never goes out of style. Quality Digest's Technorazzi series of online instructional videos, hosted by editor in chief Dirk Dusharme and presented by Craig Howell of CPM Labs, is today's best resource for tips and training on the proper use of everything from dial calipers to vision systems.
Scott Paton, Quality Digest's editor at large interviews Denise Robitaille, co-author of "The Insider's Guide to ISO 9001:2008." Robitaille is also a technical expert and member of U.S. TAG 176.
In this episode, Robitaille discusses corrective action.
Scott Paton, Quality Digest's editor at large interviews Denise Robitaille, co-author of "The Insider's Guide to ISO 9001:2008." Robitaille is also a technical expert and member of U.S. TAG 176.
In this episode, Robitaille discusses why a revision was needed to ISO 9001.
Overview of Minitab's Quality Trainer.
Learn the statistics you need to improve quality and how to use Minitab Statistical Software to analyze your data any time you are online.
Visit www.minitab.com/training/elearning/?WT.mc_id=WA09I0139.
In this episode of Whiteboard, Mike Micklewright compares the value of Six Sigma to Kaoru Ishikawa's Seven Basic Quality Tools.
1) Scatter Plots
2) Histograms
3) Pareto Charts
4) Flow Charts
5) Check Sheets
6) Cause & Effect Diagrams (aka Fishbone or Ishikawa diagrams)
7) Run and Control Charts
SmartGD&T
An Advanced Beginner's Course
Presented by Bill Tandler, founder and president of Multi Metrics Inc.
Produced by Quality Digest and Musselman Pictures at the 2008 CMSC in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Episode 9 Content:
* A Datum Reference Frame Establishment Exercise
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