What is an audit program? According to the international standards for management systems, an audit program is an overall plan to list and organize the audits to be performed, define the schedule, assign the auditors (depending on the audit type Read more…
What is an audit? An audit is simply a comparison or a verification or can even be considered an assessment or a “measurement”. In the automotive industry audits are made to compare the “required condition” to the “real situation” or, Read more…
MSA as per AIAG or VDA volume 5? As a matter of fact, both the AIAG and VDA have the very same set of tools when it comes to the measurement system analysis. The main difference in some of the Read more…
How reliable is a quality control by attributes? And as you might have guessed, I cannot make a statement for all possible cases. However, I can recommend to use variables and measurements instead of relying on the perception of a Read more…
GR&R – variables Hi, i’m glad you’re here. This is the right place to get some hints on the GR&R, see how it works, how to improve results, calculation options and of course, you can get a free excel sheet Read more…
Useful or just paper? Personally I do not create or write documents only to pass the certification audit or to please the auditor but to help the company can take advantage of the adequate use of the quality tools. Even Read more…
Prevention is the best way Risk management is the process of identifying, evaluating, prioritizing and treating risks in order to minimize the negative impacts. Some experts define a risk as an uncertain situation, condition or event that involves exposure to Read more…
What is the repeatability analysis? In the measurement system analysis MSA, the repeatability is the ability of a measurement system to provide similar (or very close) results when the same part is measured several times with the same gage and Read more…
What is the resolution of a gage? A measuring device has the purpose to provide a value to a characteristic of an object, process or phenomenon. In order to provide that value, the gage has a display or scale where Read more…
As part of my job I have always supported manufacturing facilities to establish a quality management system and get certified. In the planning and implementation process, I consider training as one of the most important elements and of course, it Read more…
