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Integrating Lean and Six Sigma for Breakthrough Process Improvement - By Ron Mitchell, Omnex's Director of Lean/Six Sigma Black Belt, published in Inside Six Sigma

ISO 9001:2000 and ISO/TS 16949:2002 differ from previous quality system standards in their strong emphasis on documenting and continually improving the organization's product realization, management and supporting processes, which together make-up all of a company's business processes. ISO 9001:2000 and ISO/TS 16949:2002 requires organizations to define and document their business processes; and, to adopt a data driven management process for achieving continual improvement of those business processes... (More...)

The Business Management System Approach - By David Watkins, Executive VP and Director of International Operations, Omnex

Any time an organization changes how it does even one thing, it has the opportunity to examine everything it does and to take advantage of that period of change. After all, once change of any size is undertaken,... (More...)

Update on ISO/TS 16949:2002 & the Auditing Approach - By Chad Kymal, Chief Technical Officer & Founder, Omnex

On Thursday, February 20, 2003 Chad Kymal, International Consultant, Auditor and Author, made a presentation on the latest news about ISO/TS 16949:2002 and the newly release customer-specific requirements from the Big Three. More...

Enterprise Quality Management Systems - The Future of QMS Software - By Chad Kymal, Chief Technical Officer & Founder, Omnex

On Thursday, February 27, 2003 Chad Kymal, International Consultant, Auditor and Author, made a presentation on enterprise quality management system software. This presentation reiterated and embellished the points made in his magazine article for Quality Digest in October, 2002 (See 'One Stop Shop'). He covered the fragmented world of quality software and what to look for in an enterprise system. Download this PowerPoint presentation here.

Customers, Customer Expectations, Processes and Audits - By Chad Kymal, Chief Technical Officer & Founder, Omnex

ISO/TS 16949:2002's three elements of 5.2 Customer Focus, 7.0 Product Realization and 8.2.2 Internal Audits (customer focused process audits) are significant departures from QS-9000. In fact, 5.2 Customer Focus is not an explicit part of QS-9000. (More...)

This article appeared in a special edition of Action line, published in December 2002

Integrating Lean and Six Sigma for Supplier Development

Many companies are outsourcing processes and even moving entire operations to capitalize on the lower labor costs available in places. More...

How Can You Move From QS-9000 to TS 16949:2002? What QS-9000 Registered Suppliers Need to Prepare For? - By Chad Kymal, Chief Technical Officer & Founder, Omnex and Dave Watkins, Executive VP and Director of International Operations, Omnex

The date by which QS-9000-registered automotive suppliers will need to transition their quality management systems (QMSs) to the ISO 9001. More...

Transitioning from QS-9000 to ISO/TS 16949:2002 - The Process Approach - By Chad Kymal, Chief Technical Officer & Founder, Omnex and Dave Watkins, Executive VP and Director of International Operations, Omnex

Two things will become clear to you as you become familiar with ISO/TS 16949:2002. Not only does a QMS in conformance with the TS. More...

One Stop Shop - Enterprise-wide Quality Software can boost improvements and save you money

Enterprisewide quality software systems represent the next generation of business management software tools. Why? Because they're designed to make companies run efficiently in a highly competitive global marketplace. Enterprisewide software will revolutionize business and lead to enormous savings by reducing redundant data entry while improving information management companywide - without costly application software and hardware infrastructures at every site and office... More...

Formal publication of ISO/TS 16949:2002!!!

ISO (the International Standards Organization) has published the ISO/TS 16949:2002 (Second Edition), which specifies quality system requirements for suppliers in automotive. After several years of being aligned to ISO 9001:1994, the standard took a big step this year by aligning to ISO 9001:2000. The step means that the Technical Specification is now more focused on continuous improvement and customer satisfaction... (More...)

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