The role of a quality engineer is to ensure that products and services meet customer expectations by identifying problems before they occur, developing solutions, implementing those solutions, and monitoring the results. This includes ensuring that a...
Pre-control charts are used to monitor process performance by comparing actual results against specifications. They provide a visual representation of whether processes are within specification limits. They use specification limits instead of stati...
Force field analysis helps you make decisions by looking at the forces for and against change. You can use this information to decide what actions will help you achieve your goals. History Kurt Lewin (1890-1947) developed a theory of social systems c...
A Material Review Board (MRB) team may be made up of several people from different departments within an organization. The Material Review Board (MRB) collectively makes decisions to disposition nonconforming material that has been referred to this b...
What is Segregation? “segregation” means separating or dividing into different groups, classes, or kinds. The word comes from the Latin sēgregāre, meaning to separate. In a business context, segregation refers to separating customers based on their...
The best way to manage variations is to understand them first. This means understanding what causes them, why they happen, and how to predict and control them. Once you understand the process well enough, you can take steps to prevent them from happe...
Design for X means Design for Excellence, where the X is a variable that can have one of many possible values. For example: Design for Manufacturing/Manufacturability (DFM) Design for Assembly Design for Maintainability Design for Cost Design for Log...
You've probably heard of the term "leading indicators." They're the early signs of future economic trends or events. In other words, they're important indicators for predicting what might happen in the future. But what exactly are leading indicator...
