Product accountability is a critical component of the manufacturing process. For manufacturing and quality assurance and safety outcomes, heavily-regulated industries like the aerospace, automotive and medical sectors require heightened oversight and compliance standards. The AS9100 [...]
The quality assurance process for manufacturing requires attention to detail. First Article Inspection (FAI) is a leading process involving the inspection and testing of products in the early stages of production. The AS9100 quality management [...]
The AS9102 Standard is designed to provide a real consistency of First Article Reporting across an industry. Yet the reality is that the standard is not evenly applied and the customer’s particular interests in that report can [...]
While many aerospace suppliers are required to create inspection reports for their customers, they also produce internal planning documents for their internal purposes. By creating a separate report for a customer and then for themselves, companies face a [...]
Suppliers have been accepting customers’ 2D prints for decades and have become accustomed to using and interpreting these PDF or Tiff drawings for inspection reports. But sometimes, the quality team has had difficulties using the drawings, especially the [...]
The Problem - Serving Multiple Industries is Difficult Manufacturers who want to diversify their product line are met with serious challenges. While the adage, “don’t put all your eggs in one basket” seems simplistic enough, the implementation [...]
From our recent White Paper: Top 5 Quality Goals for Aerospace Manufacturers Goal #1: Master AS9102 Revision B Requirements AS9102 Revision B was released over a year ago and immediately aerospace suppliers not only needed to obtain [...]
For some time now the importance of innovation in medical device manufacturing surpassed quality as a primary factor in company and market success, but things may be starting to change. Why? Unlike consumer products there [...]
Medical device manufacturers are often faced with unique challenges. According to the FDA, the organization that oversees med device production, 44% of device recalls derive from faulty design. Recalls are embarrassing, expensive and often avoidable. [...]
DISCUS software tools are built specifically for manufacturing and quality engineers to reduce the time and increase the accuracy of: - First Article inspection Reporting - In-process Inspection Planning and Inspection Sheets - Setup Verification [...]
Identify the Changes Between Drawing Revisions Winston Churchill said,”To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” While Churchill was not talking about revision changes with drawings, he might as well have been. [...]
Soar Through Your FAI Audit You know the scenario all too well. All productivity comes to a halt as your customer schedules an audit. You work around the clock assembling the information your auditor is likely to [...]
Are you in the decision making process headed toward selecting software to help you with your quality engineering challenges? If so then this guide may help, we cover all 5 of our modules, desktop, OCR, [...]
For manufacturing and quality, aerospace is governed by the AS9100 standard. Aerospace, automotive, and medical are three industries that require a First Article Inspection (FAI) as part of the detailed verification of production results versus product [...]
Looking to clear the air and your mind and clearly understand what the best metrics are to measure your manufacturing organization? A new study is underway by LNS Research but in the meantime there are [...]
Several interesting findings were recently shared in a new study by LNS Research and others that we will be sharing over the coming weeks and months in blog posts, infographics and slide share format. One factoid that [...]
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