In last month’s column, I postulated that the hazardous-substance-free movement represents a major paradigm shift and creates demanding requirements for industry, creating a much higher bar of performance for business. QC 080000 IECQ HSPM can be a help.

While the increasing demand for business efficiency represents a significant challenge, industry’s history suggests that we can meet the new demands. This next step will mirror what happened when the business world embraced the now familiar new approaches to quality control through process management and continuous process improvement. What will be different is how much more companies will have to become interconnected.Increasing environmental accountability will force a fierce examination of every component, supplier, delivery method, and process for design, manufacturing, marketing, and disposal required to bring a product to market.

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