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Standards: Ensuring Quality, Safety & Spookiness on Halloween

Standards: Ensuring Quality, Safety & Spookiness on Halloween

News/Quality Control
Halloween is approaching and is celebrated by millions around the world each year on October 31st. At Pro QC, our teams across the globe often observe Halloween with good food, friends and festive decorations. The history of Halloween has evolved. “Traditional activities on Halloween include trick-or-treating, bonfires, costume parties, visiting “haunted houses” and carving jack-o-lanterns. […]
25 Quotes to Inspire Quality & Success

25 Quotes to Inspire Quality & Success

Quotes
Some of our more popular newsletter and blog posts include quality quotes.  We’re always looking to add to our collection. The 15 quotes below are our most recent inspiration: “Be passionate about solving the problem, not proving your solution.” ~Nathan Furr “The starting point of all achievement is desire.” ~Napoleon Hill “A bad workman blames […]
Why social responsibility at factories matters

Why social responsibility at factories matters

Quality Control
We continue to see an increase in requests for social responsibility audits and are pleased to see the growing commitment in this regard.  Aside from reducing quality risks and cost, ensuring social responsibility improves the quality of life and ultimately affects the quality of products being produced as well. Principles of social responsibility per the […]
Simplified 5S: What is it & why is it important?

Simplified 5S: What is it & why is it important?

Quality Control
What is 5S? 5S is a lean manufacturing approach to “A place for everything, and everything in its place” based on the Toyota Production System. Quality management has compiled definitions from a variety of sources worth referencing here: 1. 5S definition of Wikipedia.com Sort, straighten, shine, standardize, sustain: a workplace discipline used to ensure reliable work practices […]
Who cares about manufacturing?

Who cares about manufacturing?

Manufacturing
“Manufacturing is more than just putting parts together. It’s coming up with ideas, testing principles and perfecting the engineering, as well as final assembly.” ~James Dyson Manufacturing Day Manufacturing Day is a national event that takes place every year on October 3rd, with the aim of encouraging manufacturers to open their doors and share the […]
Who cares about noise?

Who cares about noise?

News
“One person’s data is another person’s noise.” ~K.C. Cole Did you know? The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that the single most common irreversible occupational hazard worldwide is noise-induced hearing impairment. Noise levels are commonly measured in decibels (dB). It is a logarithmic scale rather than a linear one, because the human ear can handle […]
Quality videos worth watching… Our favorites this week

Quality videos worth watching… Our favorites this week

Quality Control
We’ve selected a few of our favorite quality related videos and wanted to share. The Ingredients of Quality Management – You’ll be hungry after this one, but it’s a great introduction. ‘Modern Chairs’ – A Total Quality Management Training Video – “Made in the style of Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times, the intention is to teach […]
Coordinate measurement machines (CMM): What are they and who needs it?

Coordinate measurement machines (CMM): What are they and who needs it?

Quality Control
Within our testing laboratory in Ningbo, China, our engineers perform mechanical, electrical, environmental and other special testing as required by our clients. Experienced engineers use applicable and regionally specific standards, such as ASTM, IEC or ANSI specifications, to conduct a variety of in-house and on-site testing. One of our most common testing procedures involves the use […]
What are our quality engineers doing on-site during inspections?

What are our quality engineers doing on-site during inspections?

Pro QC
We receive questions relating to quality inspections and the inspection process quite often. One of the most common questions we receive concerns the benefits of inspecting products for quality prior to shipment.  The short answer is that inspections reduce overall quality risks and cost! Another question we receive often relates to what happens during a product […]