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One: Introduction: An "Unassailable" 8D Report Rejected on the First Page A quality engineer, Li, from an automotive par…
1. Introduction: Inspection is Just the Beginning, Disposition is the Closure Incoming quality control IQC intercepts a …
1. Introduction: Why Does Standard Work Always Fade Like a Passing Wind? Almost every manufacturing company has experien…
Document Description : This procedure corresponds to clause 6.1 "Actions to address risks and opportunities" of ISO 9001…
1. Introduction: Why Do the Same Issues Keep Reappearing Year After Year? A certain automotive parts company hereinafter…
1. Common Issues in Special Characteristics Management: Not Lack of Identification, but Chain Breakage Many companies ar…
1. Introduction: The Most Contradictory Scene A leading product of an automotive parts company is the engine hydraulic v…
Document Description : This procedure corresponds to clauses 4.1 "Understanding the organization and its context" and 4.…
1. Why Do Many Value Stream Maps Go to Waste? A company has over forty products. The lean promotion office selected key …
1. Introduction: A 24 Hour Race Against Time At 9:00 AM, a quality manager at an automotive parts company received a cal…
1. Why Quality is Often Overlooked in Value Stream Maps Many companies, when drawing value stream maps VSM , focus almos…
1. Introduction: A Project Stuck in the Measure Phase for Four Months A manufacturing company initiated a Six Sigma proj…