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These are articles on issues that are important to business quality professionals like you. This section features the latest developments in standards, implementation tips and techniques for integrating the methodologies you use.

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Statistical Process Control (SPC) for Everyday Work Processes - by Greg Gruska, Senior Consultant, Omnex and Chad Kymal, Chief Technical Officer & Founder, Omnex

Theoretically, statistical process control (SPC) is viewed as useful for economically producing consistently acceptable products and services. In practice, however, SPC isn't being used for continually improving unique industrial processes. The right tools, such as advanced charts, can make SPC effective in these situations. Click here to download this 5 MB PDF file.

Managing the next phase of growth - Lean Six sigma in the Pharmaceutical Industry by Arun Kumar, Vice President of Omnex Asia Operations

How many times during our day to day work have we faced problems where we have to grapple with products delivery issues, high rejections, high machine downtimes, inventory turns are not as per target and of course, my personal favorite- "If the procedure has two signatures and a red stamp that says "Approved", I thought I just had to do it. So if it's bad, ask quality department!" More...

Latest update on ISO/TS 16949:2002 by Chad Kymal, Chief Technical Officer & Founder, Omnex

ISO/TS 16949:2002 gets redefined often as the standard evolves over time. Though the technical specification does not change, the definition, interpretation, and audit requirements have changed and/or evolved over time through Sanctioned Interpretations and FAQs. Most of the time the changes are focused on improvements based on required industry change. More....

Proof by example - Yes, Statistical Process Control (SPC) Does Work - by Greg Gruska, Senior Consultant-Omnex

Why must SPC be periodically revitalized? If it is all that people say it was, wouldn't it be self sustaining? The problem is that SPC is viewed as an approach for the "Economic Control of Quality". This is the way Dr. Shewhart initially described this approach. But if times are good, management does not focus on economic control but volume control. More....

Lessons e-learned - Reduce Costs, Improve Effectiveness - by Robert Halsey, President, Omnex

With tight budgets and volumes of rapidly changing information that has to be absorbed by mobile workforces, companies are looking for additional ways to create and sustain organizational knowledge. With the rapid increase in corporate and personal access to high-speed internet connections and a younger workforce that has grown up using computers and playing video games, e-Learning has become a very cost effective and efficient training method. More....

Reflections on the future of quality by David K. Watkins, Executive VP and Director of International Operations, Omnex

"(This article is a condensed version of an article first published in the January 2006 edition of Quality Progress magazine © 2007, American Society for Quality.)"

This article from Quality Progress discusses how quality management systems lag behind evolving concepts of organizational excellence. The focus must move from 'quality' to 'excellence' and from products & services to the enterprise. All the while, the intent of quality systems has been evolving from conformance to specifications to enhancing customer satisfaction by meeting customer requirements (ISO 9001:2000) to improving overall organizational performance and capabilities (ISO 9004:2000)... More....

Juggling Multiple Standards: Save Time and Money by Integrating Your Various Management Systems - By Chad Kymal, Chief Technical Officer & Founder, Omnex

This article appeared in the June 2005 Quality Digest magazine Organizations often embrace standards simply to show that certain functional areas - for example, quality, environment or financial reporting - are in compliance with regulatory bodies. In many cases the customer or government drives compliance. Just as frequently, top management seeks compliance as an indicator of a company's sound management system... (More...)

Semiconductor Quality Initiatives: How to Maintain Quality in this Fast-Changing Industry - Chad Kymal, Chief Technical Officer & Founder, Omnex

(This article appeared in the April 2006 issue of Quality Digest magazine © 2007, QCI International.) It is shown here by permission.

In an industry where standards are high and innovations are rapid, Zero Defects are the goal. However, changes to TS 16949 have left many semiconductors searching for new standards. These trends in addition to the move from traditional markets to Asia have left some wondering what is going to happen to quality. More...

ISO/TS 16949 Audits - How Effective Are They? - Chad Kymal, Chief Technical Officer & Founder, Omnex

(This article appeared in the February 2006 issue of Quality magazine © 2007, BNP Media). It is shown here by permission.

This article from Quality magazine discusses how the need for better auditors in the automotive industry led to ISO/TS 16949:2002 and the latest auditor competency criteria from the IATF. More...

Reflections on the Future of Quality – Dave Watkins, Executive VP and Director of International Operations, Omnex

(This article appeared in the January 2006 issue of Quality Progress © 2007, ASQ). It is shown here by permission.

This article from Quality Progress discusses how quality management systems lag behind evolving concepts of organizational excellence. The focus must move from ‘quality’ to ‘excellence’ and from products & services to the enterprise. More...

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