In the past I have written about the global Supply Chain and the risks involved in streamlining and controlling various types of risks. I thought I would take a breather from that format and write about something else which has been on my mind for a long time.
Can and or will United States manufacturing recover and bring along with it the US economy? Continue reading
Let us continue the Salmonella discussion and other stupid things that people do that puts us at RISK.
I recall a news report that said State Patrols are purchasing FORD CROWN VICTORIA’S and having an extra gas tank added. Only one problem: in rear end collisions the new gas tanks could explode. And, FORD had the exploding gas tank issue with the FORD PINTO years ago. So what happened to lessons learned and why do problems repeat themselves? Continue reading
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
In Maxims for Revolutionists (1903) – by George Bernard Shaw Continue reading
A couple of blog posts ago I wrote about a warning I had once received to carefully distinguish between fads and fashion versus legitimate innovations and quality tools that stand the test of time. Risk Assessment is certainly not new but it seems to currently be the popular kid in the class. The idea of risk analysis as part of Design and Process FMEAs have been the standard within the Auto Industry for many years. Likewise, Risk Assessment is and has been an important element of Environmental Risk Management. Continue reading
We all know what the acronym CAPA means in the quality and risk management business. And if there’s a word of the day, CAPA is probably it.
To the point that it seems we’ve become almost obsessed with CAPA’s. While looking at them objectively, they’re the outputs of very simple, logical, natural processes.
We’re all bound to make mistakes. They say that perfection does not belong to this world and they’re probably right. Continue reading