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Summary : Should incoming and process inspections be full inspections or sampling inspections? Should AQL be set at 0.65 or 1.0? S…
Summary : S&OP (Sales and Operations Planning) and IBP (Integrated Business Planning) are high level rhythms that connect demand, …
Summary : The annual training schedule is packed, and the sign in sheets are complete, but the same mistakes are still being repea…
Summary : Addressing out of control conditions only after a control chart signals often results in an entire batch of nonconformin…
Summary : Warranty costs and customer claims are one of the most honest feedbacks on market quality , yet they are often treated a…
Summary : Insufficient production line capacity is not always due to a lack of equipment, but rather the accumulation of work in p…
Summary : The second party audit (customer audit of suppliers) is a crucial tool for quality management extension by the original …
1. An Unsolvable Equation At an electronics factory, the AOI post inspection defect rate is 0.8% , which seems good. However, the …
Summary : VOC (Voice of Customer, customer voice) is not just about filling out a satisfaction survey. Truly valuable VOC comes fr…
Summary : Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA) is a core tool in IATF 16949 and APQP, but many companies still treat …
Summary : Many factories focus only on the final pass rate, but they fail to see the proportion of First Pass Yield (FPY) and how …
Abstract : During an audit, the question is about Ppk, but the report only mentions Cpk; a Cpk of 1.67 is followed by frequent dev…