Why Meeting Customers’ Expectations Isn’t Enough
Whether you work for a startup or a large company, there have never been so many metrics to help you understand how your business is doing.
Whether you work for a startup or a large company, there have never been so many metrics to help you understand how your business is doing.
‘In God we trust; all others bring data.” “Follow the data.” “Let the data talk.” Nice clichés, but there’s one problem... data can’t talk. In fact, data don’t say a darn thing. Data are bits of raw information.
There’s new technology that can improve drug quality, address shortages of medicines, lower drug costs, and bring pharmaceutical manufacturing back to the United States. At the U.S.
‘Effective communication is more a journey than a destination,” says Gary Mills, co-founder and chief operations officer at Pinnacle Performance, a communications-skills training company in Chicago.
Your everyday permanent markers, glue sticks, and packing tape may offer a surprisingly low-tech solution to a long-standing nuisance in the manufacturing industry: Making soft and ductile, or so-called “gummy” metals easier to cut.
In our Aug. 3, 2018, episode of QDL, we FDA's "Case for Quality" program, technology in supply chain management and, talk to the incoming and outgoing chairs of the CMSC.
Data mining is the foundation for the current fad of “big data.” Today’s software makes it possible to look for all kinds of relationships among the variables contained in a database.
Factory and industrial inspections are the backbones of robust quality assurance programs. Inspection is also an integral part of machine system installation and maintenance, as well as in-situ repairs and retrofits.
Legislative and regulatory changes can cause massive upheaval for your strategic plan. Elections happen all the time. New rules and regulations are proposed, implemented, or repealed on a daily basis. Court cases can change an entire industry landscape.
Story links for August 3, 2018
Trends in Global Supply Chain Management
Plus: An interview with Tom Gosselin, director of supply chain services, DNV GL
Webinar: Trends in Global Supply Chain Management
CMS Corner: Interview with Gary Confalone and Scott Sandwith at CMSC 2018
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