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Welcome 2012 – Top 10 Ways to Add Value & Keep Resolutions

Quality Control

Welcome 2012! For Pro QC, this year will be met once again with the primary objective of continuous learning and adaptation of skills and services with the intent of adding value to our industry and helping reduce quality risks and cost along the way. Of course, as many of us already know, this is more […]

Everyday Quality: Top 5 – #worldqualitymonth

Quality Control

Although we should be focusing on quality all twelve months out of the year, it is nice to have a recognized international dedication to something so important and relevant in today’s global environment. ASQ (American Society for Quality) and others have been spreading the word about November’s World Quality Month for some time now and have […]

How it all started… An interview with Pro QC’s owner & Managing Director

Interviews

Nearly 13 years ago, as I started my career with Pro QC International, I met a man with a true passion for quality. At that time, Ed Sanchez was a man that declared his company would not focus on being the biggest, but it would be the best… and, he has succeeded. During my recent […]

Why quality, why now?

Quality Control

Why quality? At the end of the day, successfully incorporating quality into corporate-wide practices will cost you less, not more, and reap some fairly distinguishable benefits, like… A decrease in costs due to less reworking, consequently producing less scrap Social responsibility (they go hand-in-hand) An improvement in productivity due to less time spent on reworking An improvement […]

Acceptance sampling isn’t scary

Quality Control

As it turns out, a significant number of people find the Pro QC site searching for sampling and sampling related terms such as ANSI Z1.4 or MIL-STD-105E (no longer in use). In speaking with organizations, I’ve also detected a certain level of fear regarding how to approach an acceptance sampling strategy. Fear is unnecessary… In […]

Supply chain management basics

Supply chain

I recently stumbled on a series of videos produced by Arizona State University and the W.P Carey School of Business’ Department of Supply Chain Management (ASU-WPC-SCM) relating to the basics of SCM. While basic in nature, the series is well organized and appears to piece together SCM quite well. As a refresher, I think these […]

Aerosonic’s journey to all things lean…

Pro QC

An open invitation recently went out via the ASQ Tampa-St. Petersburg LinkedIn Group regarding an upcoming APICS meeting that would include a plant tour of Aerosonic Corporation. I grew up with Aerosonic right around the corner, so I couldn’t resist the opportunity to poke around and learn more about they do. It turns out that […]

Remembering ASQ’s World Conference on Quality & Improvement

Pro QC

The American Society for Quality posted this to Facebook today, and I couldn’t help but reminisce my own experience at the show earlier this year. More information from my time at the conference is noted in my blog. The passion ASQ members have for their industries and quality, in general, was inspiring, and it makes me very […]

How do you select the right suppliers?

Sourcing/Supply chain

Selecting suppliers is undoubtedly one of the most challenging tasks organizations contend with. Between finding, evaluating and selecting suppliers that will meet existing needs with room to grow doesn’t have to be an arduous process. While requirements do vary greatly depending on industry, company size, demand, etc., the process of supplier selection can be simplified using a […]

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