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#223 – ‘MUST KNOW’ CAREER TIPS & TRICKS (V. DONE) – JOSEPH PARIS

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image001-2-300x300-250x250I have been an entrepreneur and in business – nonstop – since 1985.  And over the course of those 30-plus years, I have gained a lot of experience.  But as the saying goes; “Experience is the most difficult teacher, she gives the test first and teaches the lesson after.”  So I can say, with some degree of certainty, that I have made every mistake a business person could make.  Sometimes, I would repeat the mistake just to be certain. Continue reading →

#223 – MY RELIABILITY ENGINEERING PASSION – FRED SCHENKELBERG

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ABC-Fred-150x150Welcome to Accendo Reliability – join us and learn the art and craft of reliability engineering.

As I started my career, I focused on mastering the tools. My first accelerated test plan and results used a Wiener diffusion model and non-linear regression techniques. Presenting the methods and results, my boss asked, “What does it mean to our business and customers?” Continue reading →

#223 – DEMONSTRATING CONFORMITY TO YOUR ISO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM BY MAKING A ‘SELF DETERMINATION’ AND ‘SELF DECLARATION’ – BOB POJASEK

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AAIAAQDGAAwAAQAAAAAAAAuRAAAAJGJmZGQ0Njg0LWFlNDUtNDcyZC04MTVhLWJkNmM1Zjg1MGZmOQ-150x150In my previous blog (Issue 222), it was noted that ISO clearly states – “There is no requirement to certify an ISO management system standard.[i]”  This statement by ISO is unqualified.  It means any ISO management system standard.  ISO also states in the management system standards with the high-level structure – “This International Standard[ii] contains the requirements used to assess conformity. Continue reading →

#222 – ARE YOU READY TO ‘SELF DECLARE’ YOUR ISO 9001:2015 MANAGEMENT SYSTEM – BOB POJASEK

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AAIAAQDGAAwAAQAAAAAAAAuRAAAAJGJmZGQ0Njg0LWFlNDUtNDcyZC04MTVhLWJkNmM1Zjg1MGZmOQ-150x150Why did your company decide not to certify to ISO 9001:2015?

Many companies decided not to seek certification for a transition to ISO 9001:2015.  On September 15, 2018, their certification to ISO 9001:2008 was no longer valid unless they entered into an agreement with a certification company. No one has yet conducted a thorough post-mortem on this situation.  However, there are some clear deficiencies in how ISO 9001:2015 was written and how it was presented to the companies that were already certified to ISO 9001:2008. Continue reading →

#222 – SUPPLY CHAIN PROCESS CONTROL AND CAPABILITY – FRED SCHENKELBERG

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ABC-Fred-150x150If you buy more than one of an item used in your product, you will have to deal with variability. In general, the variability from part to part is minimal and expected. Occasionally, the variability is large and causes reliability problems.

According to O’Connor and Kleyner, “The main cause of production-induced unreliability, as well as rework and scrap, is the variability inherent in production processes.” O’Connor, Patrick D. T. and Andre Kleyner. 2012. Practical Reliability Engineering. Chicester: John Wiley and Sons. Web. Continue reading →