Prioritize a QMS Process Automation or Risk Failure
Logically, if a process is ineffective, manual, or redundant, automate it.
Logically, if a process is ineffective, manual, or redundant, automate it.
The episode of QDL from this past Fri., May 19, 2017, offered a wonderful example of Dirk geeking out about NIST and innovation in metrology, not to mention a great interview and a delicious take on the power of chefs as leaders.
(Georgia Tech News Center: Atlanta) -- A team of researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology and two other institutions has developed a new 3D printing method to create objects that can permanently transform into a range of different shapes in response to heat.
During times of excessive work and crisis, something has to give. Sometimes brutal prioritization is the only way to make it through challenging times with your sanity intact.
“Customer satisfaction has never appeared to be a goal for airlines” says Claes Fornell, ACSI Chairman and founder.
Story links for May 19, 2017
Wasting Time Is the Biggest Risk of All
Plus: An interview with Violet Masoud of DNV
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Credit: Geoff Livingston
Make sure that you know what you stand for—and be prepared to act
It’s usually a prescient sign that it’s not going to be a great meeting when two women walk into your office and one is trembling while the other is on the verge of tears.
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