Quality Progress - February 2008

Quality Progress - February 2008

Sharpen Your Auditing Skills

Effective audits require effective audit planning. One of the best tools tohelp guide both the planning and execution of an audit is the audit checklist....

Efficiency Gets a New Identity

This article demonstrates the impact RFID will have on existing supply chain processes and the improvements RFID implementation will bring by comparing the benefits of RFID with those of barcode for various supply chain entities. The increases in data cap..

Educating Engineers

Statistics is an indispensable tool for solving engineering problems. But many engineers are not exposed to problems that require the use of statistical methods until they start their professional careers....

Good Vibrations

Modern quality management principles define quality as customer satisfaction with product and service. SCGC has a web page where guitar owners can have questions about their guitars answered by Hoover or Roberts. With employee empowerment accompanying goo...

Launch to Quality

After using different quality methods with limited success, the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division, implemented lean Six Sigma in 2004. Through all of this, leadership demonstrated a steadfast commitment to fully implementing lean Six Sigm...

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