Most everyone agrees that improving a product or process reliability is a good thing. It’s good for customers, factories, and our business. And sometimes it’s difficult to answer the question,
‘What is the value of that reliability activity?’ Continue reading
The European Union, the United States, and Canada all have strong regulations and directives for managing substance control. China, Japan, and Korea each have their own similar governing frameworks that address these concerns. Developing nations are following suit and leveraging these frameworks to build their own regulations. The following interview Jim Kandler of GE illustrates these key points: Continue reading
Fight is a very interesting if not a great film. It has a first class director, lead actor and cast provide for its high quality.
There are however some points I feel the need to emphasize about the film.
First a little background from Wikipedia:
“The film stars Denzel Washington as Whip Whitaker, an airline pilot who miraculously crash lands his plane after it suffers an in-flight mechanical failure, saving nearly everyone on board. Immediately following the crash, he’s hailed a hero, but an investigation soon leads to questions that puts the captain in a different light.” Continue reading
This is what I think of the changes in ISO 9001:2015.
The key differences in ISO 9001:2015 is the requirement to use risk-based tools (e.g., Reference standard ISO 31000-2009 [Risk Management-Principles & Guidelines] to pre-determine any hazards & their associated mitigation, reduction and/or mitigation for each of the 2015 ten clause requirements.
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In 1987, when the ISO 9000 family was originally released, the ISO 9000 (the document) was fairly clear about the intended use of the standards. Despite this, organizations got the idea that THEY were the end users of ISO 9001. This mindset was so prevalent that it influenced later revisions of the standard, as its authors try to be responsive to customer feedback. This mindset is still prevalent today; a change in mindset would make many organizations’ experience with ISO 9001 much better. Continue reading