Is Incoming Inspection a Necessary Evil?
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Tim and Fred discussing the issues involved with incoming inspection.
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SOR 105 Is Incoming Inspection a Necessary Evil?
Why Should a Supplier Work Harder For You?
A recent LinkedIn discussion addressed the question of the best strategy for dealing with poor supplier performance.
A lot of the respondents seemed to advocate a punitive approach, either threatening the loss of future business if performance doesn’t improve, or combing through the terms & conditions of the contract for enforcement language.
I’ve always thought that there’s a lot of similarity between managing suppliers and managing subordinates, and I wonder if some of these same people threaten their teams with punitive actions when individual performance doesn’t meet expectations. [Read more…]
SOR 104 What Happens When You Receive Defective Parts?
What Happens When You Receive Defective Parts?
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Tim and Fred discussing receiving defective parts and the reliance on suppliers for quality.
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The Battle Over Discrepant Material
Quality issues have been on my mind a lot lately, specifically some of the more frustrating things that I’ve had to deal with during my career as a quality manager.
In my last job, my team was responsible for managing the discrepant material review (DMR) process for our US-based factory.
SOR 099 Matching Skills Across Your Supply Chain
SOR 098 3D Printing Impact on Supply Chain and Reliability
DTK Greg Hutchins | Author | CERM Academy
Greg Hutchins, Author, CERM Academy
Fred Schenkelberg interviews Greg about the emergence of risk across the quality field. Along with the changing nature of work we’re experiencing in nearly every field.
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SOR 094 What to look for in Supplier Audit
SOR 093 What Does a Procurement Engineer Really Do?
DTK Pantelis Vassiliou Business Leader
Pantelis Vassiliou, Business Leader, Vassiliou Ventures
Fred Schenkelberg interviews Pantelis about his career and future.
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DTK Perry Parendo Consultant
Perry Parendo, Perry’s Solutions, Inc. Consultant
Tim Rodgers interviews Perry Parendo concerning Perry’s work with clients working to bring new products to market.
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DTK Jon Elerath Consultant
Jon Elerath, Consultant, Elerath Reliability Consulting
Fred Schenkelberg interview Jon about his career and consulting.
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DTK Jay Muns Business Leader
Jay Muns, Business Leader, Ops A La Carte
Fred Schenkelberg interviews Jay about his past work and current ownership and general manager role at Ops A La Carte.
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DTK Diganta Das Scholar
Diganta Das, University of Maryland CALCE
Tim Rodgers interviews Diganta Das concerning Diganta’s work at CALCE on physics of failure modeling.
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DTK Caroline Lubert Scholar
Caroline Lubert, Scholar, James Madison University
Fred Schenkelberg and Andre Kleyner interviews Caroline Lubert about her work as a profession, and mostly about her work as the RAMS Tutorial Chair.
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