Somewhere, somewhen, it’s year 2022 A.D.
After some decades spent patronizing customers – and consumers, to some extent – ISO Committees have finally realized what’s really going on in their management system markets and decided to bow before the real market laws.
So they’ve decided that the new ISO 9001 version – replacing the obsolete 2015 edition – will put supplying processes up front. Continue reading
It is generally accepted that modern industry and society is sufficiently well equipped to fight environmental risks, and that the practices in use are also sufficiently effective.
Nevertheless, tremendous mistakes have been – and will certainly be – made that led – and will lead – to the destruction of whole forests and of many animal species.
It may sound a bitter joke or a science fiction script that one day someone may come up with the idea that to save the Environment, population reduction would be the best solution. Continue reading
It is generally accepted that modern industry and society is sufficiently well equipped to fight environmental risks, and that the practices in use are also sufficiently effective.
Nevertheless, tremendous mistakes have been – and will certainly be – made that led – and will lead – to the destruction of whole forests and of many animal species.
It may sound a bitter joke or a science fiction script that one day someone may come up with the idea that to save the Environment, human genocides would be the best solution. Continue reading
Let’s face it developing a clear, satisfactory organization chart is no easy job, especially when the organization is family owned and small to medium sized.
Compared to a large sized tier 1 automotive supplier, the small to medium sized organization would have the same basic processes, that is top management, sales / order handling, APQP, personnel management, logistics, production, quality control, metrology, audit and quality system management, documentation and information control. Continue reading
We’ve brought to believe that standardization is a great achievement, and certainly it is, especially in more and more global markets where many, many factors of difference determine their effectiveness.
But let’s look more closely at standardization’s facts, rather than at standards.
DAILY EXAMPLES
I’m thinking of the following practically daily examples:
Computer and mobile phones keyboards and touch screens: you are used to one, you go to another and you’re lost, or take much time to understand how it works. Continue reading