Productivity Newsletters

 We publish an occasional newsletter on matters of interest to managers and staff
who are striving to improve the effectiveness of their business.

 

"There's more than one way to skin ISO"


Many businesses have been encouraged to set up formal Quality Assurance systems in order to achieve certification to ISO 9000. Currently available advice and guidance is often based on the rigorous Quality systems of the defence and aerospace industries.

Unfortunately, many of these systems require far more paperwork,............

 

Failure Mode & Effect Analysis: Updated


FMEA improves the efficiency of both the design and production phase for manufactured products......Three current FMEA practitioners, Colin Gare, Marshall Sutherland and Lee Dawson have compiled the second edition of the manual  - FMEA In Design Manufacture and Service.

 

Making Improvement Continuous


Have you ever been involved in a major innovation? It can be a time of great excitement and energy as team members work toward a shared goal. A major innovation can generate a clearly differentiable product and provide the innovator with a market edge – until competitors catch up! We should not, however, overlook innovation’s less flamboyant, but at least equally important cousin, Continuous Improvement. Continuous Improvement.................

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