Happy Friday! I hope you’ve had a great week. Today, I will leave you with a short tip on how to keep product costs and defects low. “Whenever a faulty product/service reaches a customer, the costs associated with the error increase. Integrating preventative plans to detect and correct the nonconformity before the product/service is preparedContinue reading “E.O.W (End of the Week) Notable Tip: Reducing defects in a product”
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Lean Wednesday Tip: Quality Costs
“Internal departments in a firm that are far-removed from daily operations can affect the quality of a product or service. Every department within a company should identify, collect and monitor quality costs within its control.”
E.O.W(End of the Week) Notable Tip: Quality Costs
Happy Friday! I hope you’ve had a great week. Today, I want to discuss quality costs and how they affect your bottom line. “Quality costs can be found in prevention costs; detection costs (auditing), rework, scrap, downtime and material costs. “ Effective organizations know and pay close attention to their quality costs. They invest inContinue reading “E.O.W(End of the Week) Notable Tip: Quality Costs”
E.O.W (End of the Week) Notable Tip: Quality Improvements
Happy Friday! I hope you had a fabulous week! Today, I was thinking about quality. As you have learned, Quality is what the customer says it is, not what you think it is. When does quality begin and how do you ensure your efforts bear fruit in a quality improvement engagement? “Quality begins with educationContinue reading “E.O.W (End of the Week) Notable Tip: Quality Improvements”