manufacturing

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Avoiding Product Recalls

Avoiding Product Recalls

Quality Control
Over the years, we’ve had our share of inquiries related to organizations seeking to resolve a recall situation.  While many of these calls are reactive, a proactive approach is recommended to avoid the cost and overall impact on stakeholders. How can you avoid product recalls?  Know Product Safety Requirements Avoiding recalls generally starts with product […]
World Trade Month Wrap-Up

World Trade Month Wrap-Up

News/Pro QC
World Trade Month is observed each year in May.  The objective of this recognition is to create awareness, identify trends and drive market opportunities. World Integrated Trade Solutions offers extensive data related to world trade.  The same site offers interesting visualization options such as the word cloud referenced below. In a 2015 ranking of the top […]
Verifying Suppliers… What You Want To Know

Verifying Suppliers… What You Want To Know

Supplier Management
As a follow-up to an article we posted in March, we wanted to go into more specifics regarding on-site supplier verification. As noted, it’s not always cost-effective to do a comprehensive ISO-based or general QMS audit for each supplier you’re considering working with. But, there are basic questions looming that you need to make the […]
Top 5 Best Practice Tips: Implementing or Transitioning to ISO 9001:2015

Top 5 Best Practice Tips: Implementing or Transitioning to ISO 9001:2015

Quality Control
Guest blog post by Robert Jasper– The well known magazine manufacturingnews.com and the Dallas Business Journal indicate that 85% of ISO registered firms report external benefits like higher perceived quality, greater customer demand, better market differentiation, greater employee awareness, increased operational efficiency, and reduced scrap expense. Results like 30% reduction in customer claims, 95% improvement in delivery time, […]
Supplier Selection & Management: What You Need To Know

Supplier Selection & Management: What You Need To Know

Supplier Management
Our latest quarterly newsletter Feature Article discussed strategic supplier selection. Due to the response we’ve had, we wanted to follow-up on our blog. We were surprised to discover many of our newsletter subscribers didn’t know a variety of options existed for gaining additional assurances when going through the supplier selection process. Determining which option you […]
Pallets from China can pose risks to supply chains

Pallets from China can pose risks to supply chains

Supply chain
For this post, we welcome a friend to the Pro QC team, Daniel M. Krassenstein, as a guest blogger.   Many U.S. importers regard procurement cost and pallet vendor selection as the shippers’ burden, but this is risky and exposes an importer to severe supply chain disruptions should their pallets not be compliant with local […]
Welcome Year of the Monkey – Preparing for Chinese New Year

Welcome Year of the Monkey – Preparing for Chinese New Year

News
Anyone involved in sourcing from China has likely been preparing for Chinese New Year for several weeks.  The “new year,” also known as the Spring Festival, is marked by the lunisolar Chinese calendar.  The festivities usually start the day before the new year and continue until the Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the new […]
What You Should Know About QC Product Inspections

What You Should Know About QC Product Inspections

Product Inspection
We’re answering your most frequently asked questions regarding quality inspections. For example, why should you perform QC inspections, what happens on-site, when is the best time to schedule, and more? Check out our latest video: Our quarterly newsletter is also featuring this information. Review the additional content here.  Another video of interest relates to Understanding the Supplier […]
Panel Discussion: Doing Business in India

Panel Discussion: Doing Business in India

News
Our Country Manager in India, Daniel Ben-Ezra, participated in a panel discussion recently at the Dutch Ambassador’s residence in Delhi. Daniel represented Pro QC and discussed conducting business in India, including the cultural differences between the Netherlands and India. The panel discussion took place in front of a delegation of business people from the Netherlands. […]