1. Name: Richard Downs, CSP
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do: QESH
3. Industry you're in or have been in: Mainly Oil and Petrochem
4. Company you work for and location: Richard E. Downs and Associates
5. Length of time in quality function: Not long, ESH 15+ years
6. Something personal that sets you apart: ESH background give unique perspective
7. Your pet peeve in quality: TBD
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?: TBD

Hello to all,

I am new to this forum and new to ISO9001:2000 which we are working towards. This forum looks very informative and I'm sure I'll be here a time or two.

1. Name: Steve

2. Job Title or explanation of what you do: Shop Supervisor for 20 employee machine shop.

3. Industry you're in or have been in: Aerospace, Medical, anything that comes along.

4. Company you work for and location: Toolcraft Inc out of Monroe, WA

5. Length of time in quality function: 3 years

6. Something personal that sets you apart: Nothing

7. Your pet peeve in quality: Paperwork not being filled out correctly

8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?: It would be nice to streamline paperwork.

Thanks in advance for the time and help with ISO9001:2000!

-Steve

1. Name:
Husman Khan

2. Job Title or explanation of what you do:
Sort of consultant now. Was Quality Manager for different firms over the years

3. Industry you're in or have been in:
1st tier automotive; now in other industrial applications.

4. Company you work for and location:
Currently working for a client in Hangzhou, China

5. Length of time in quality function:
15 years ish

6. Something personal that sets you apart:
Housebrick personality :lol:

7. Your pet peeve in quality
Don't have one. Guess I have a thick skin now.

8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?
Improve people to improve the world.


I have been a member and contributor from years ago. I have no ideas what happened to my id etc. so I am back again. It's changed a lot. :agree1:

Welcome Husman from neighboring Suzhou :)

Welcome to all the new and returning folks.:bigwave:

Yep. Lots of changes over the years, but one thing stays the same - people helping people across the globe.

Your frustration will go down and your satisfaction will go up if you take the time to look through the threads in these two Forums:
Elsmar Cove Forum TOS and Forum Policies (http://elsmar.com/Forums/forumdisplay.php?f=152)
Instructions --> How To Use the Forum Software (http://elsmar.com/Forums/forumdisplay.php?f=86)

One thing we do hope you help us with is identifying spam so we can eliminate it from the site to make the experience more pleasant for the rest of us. If you see a post that seems like spam, simply click the "report post" icon (a triangle) in the upper right corner of the offending post, complete the dialog box, and an instantaneous message will go out to all the Cove Moderators scattered throughout the various time zones of the world and one of them will attend to the situation. Do not try to act like a policeman, judge, and jury, and executioner by writing a scathing post yourself - the spammers never bother to come back to read them!

Hello, my name is Jhoana. I work in the Nutraceutical Industry and I have been working on ISO/Quality for 2 years.

Name: Chari

Position: Research Scientist

Would like to implement Gauge RR in a start up company

Hi all please let me introduce myself,

1. Robert
2. Director of my Company (QCG Quality Consulting Group)
3. Live in Melbourne, Australia (Down Under)
4. Started my career as a Motor Mechanic and move to quality 30 years ago at Ford of Australia
5. With over 35 years of experience in Automotive – the last 12 years as Quality Assurance, OHS and Quality Systems Manager in QS9000, TS16949, ISO9001 and ISO14001
6. I have a Bachelor of Applied Science in Technology of Management
7. I am a Lead Auditor in QMS, EMS and OHS
8. My passion has been Quality for many years in Automotive, but lately I move away from Automotive and life is easier outside Automotive. LOL
9. This days i focus on Occupational Health and Safety (AS 4801)
10. At the end of 2006, I took a gamble in life and started my own business in Consulting Work (QMS, TS 16949, ISO 14001 and AS 4801 / 18001)
11. I have a saying in life. "Be happy life is to short to be sorrow"

Robert :agree:

Good day to all,

I am fresh for this forum & new to Six sigma & lean Manufacturing, is my pleasure to participated as a member for this forum

1. Name: Anderson

2. Job Title or explanation of what you do: QA Officer for in-process : plastic injection

3. Industry you're in or have been in: Metal Stamping & Plastic Injection ( new )

4. Company you work for and location: RGT Sdn Bhd

5. Length of time in quality function: 5 & 1/2 years

6. Something personal that sets you apart: to gain QA knowledge & to be QA consultant in future carrer

7. Your pet peeve in quality: N/A

8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?: to get less paper work & replace by net-sever.

Thousand thanks & appreciate to have opportunity for this forum:applause:

1. Hello, I am Beaver, retired and I have lived 60 years so far.
2. I have been a fire LT, paramedic, auto mechanic, race enguine
builder, worked in most phases of building construction, and
built many desktop computers.
3. As you can see, I have been involved in several industries.
5. I have always been involved in quality functions as I pay attention
to detail in all of my endeavors.
6. I am blessed with the ability to absorb and retain countless details,
specs, and procedures related to whatever project I am involved with.
I have always strived to share my knowlege with other people that
have interest in the areas I am proficient in.
7. My pet peeve in quality is with people who do not have the desire to
strive to their best.
8. My goal to change the world of quality would be education beginning
with very young chidren.:thanx:

1. Hi, I am Tony.
2. I am a Suppiler Qualtiy Engineer.
3. Tier-1 automotive supplier.
4. Webasto Sunroofs NA.
5. New to quality. I spent 18 years in Product Design and Engineering before this move.
6. My determination to learn and succeed at the job that I do.
7. Not sure that I have one, yet.
8. Unsure here too.

Welcome Tony,

It is really a good and useful site......hope you enjoy

1. Al Sauler
2. Design/ Development Engineer
3. Semicon Manufacturing
4. Maxim Integrated Products
5. 2 yrs
6. Pride
7. non
8. continous improvement,non stop

1. Name : Enrico Fatighenti (Italy)
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do : Head of Company Certifications
3. Industry you're in or have been in : Finmeccanica's group.
4. Company you work for and location : MBDA - Europe (France/UK/Italy/Germany)
5. Length of time in quality function : 6 years (+ 12 years SW Engineering)
6. Something personal that sets you apart : Reliability, Availability, honesty
7. Your pet peeve in quality : SW
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? : Change colleagues' and people's mind who believe in the equation : "Quality = Bureaucracy"!!!

1. Name : James Funk
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do : Quality Control Manager
3. Industry you're in or have been in : Plastic Molding
4. Company you work for and location : AMTEC Molded Product - IL (USA)
5. Length of time in quality function : 3 years
6. Something personal that sets you apart : Very Family Oriented and Honest
7. Your pet peeve in quality : Production or Engineering using the phrase "Fit & Function"
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? : Quality is not a necessary evil but something we want to have!

6. Something personal that sets you apart : Very Family Oriented and Honest

I'm not a liar either.:notme:


Some people would say that that's a lie.

I'm not a liar either.:notme:


Some people would say that that's a lie.

Just because you are in Quality does not make you a liar. I actually find it disturbing that the people who work in Quality are referred to as slimy.

Stating the facts and only answering what is asked is not "bending the truth" it is simply only tell what is required to know. :o

Ha, very nice to have friends not so far away, eh... :lol:

1. Name - Michael Rezanka
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do - Quality Manager soon to be Corporate QE
3. Industry you're in or have been in - Medical and Automotive
4. Company you work for and location - Wellington Ind. Almont,Mich
5. Length of time in quality function - 6 years
6. Something personal that sets you apart - I am a quality geek
7. Your pet peeve in quality - People who don't pay attention to detail

1. Name - Samantha Gregory
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do - Document Control Specialist
3. Industry you're in or have been in - Worked in Aerospace now Power Generation
4. Company you work for and location - Siemens Georgia
5. Length of time in quality function - 5 years
6. Something personal that sets you apart -
7. Your pet peeve in quality - No one has time to do things right the first time and reinventing the wheel.

1. Name - Scott
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do - no title as of yet
3. Industry you're in or have been in - technology manufacturing, fulfillment warehouse.
4. Company you work for and location - Tampa Fl
5. Length of time in quality function - 0 years
6. Something personal that sets you apart -
7. Your pet peeve in quality - I'm sure ther will be many.

1. My name is Ken
2. Quality Engineer focused on quality system improvement.
3. Aluminum Wheels
4. Hayes_Lemmerz Gainesville GA
5. 32 years in Automotive Manufacturing mostly in operations and recently in quality

My degree is in Business

I have really gotten a lot out of this forum and all of you who participate. I was curious, though, who all of you are and what you do. How about letting us know a little bit about you and your background?
1. Name
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
3. Industry you're in or have been in
4. Company you work for and location
5. Length of time in quality function
6. Something personal that sets you apart
7. Your pet peeve in quality
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?


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See you down life's highway!

Eric

[This message has been edited by Greenraisin (edited 18 April 2001).]
Hi...

Nurul Huda Mat Nor - "Nurul"
Environmental Engineer
Sime Darby Plantations Berhad - Golden Jomalina Food Industries Sdn Bhd
Refining edible oil
Works as EMR for one year till current
Telok Panglima Garang, Selangor, Malaysia
Bachelors Degree in Environmental Engineering from University of Malaya, Malaysia

I would like to change quality of environmental system.. not just only documentation by let the document alive.

1) Hung LX
2) Qaulity Engrg
3)Rubber Moulding / Die-cut
4) Singapore operation
5)20yrs
6)No air
7)Sacrify quality for the sake of business & cost saving
8)Quality in everybody. No Quality department in that sense

Name: Michael
Job Title or explanation of what you do: Quality Engineer
Industry you're in or have been in: Aerospace/Defense (Comm design & development)
Company you work for and location: Florida (Very small & dysfunctional)
Length of time in quality function: 10yrs

I will give it a shot!!!!
1. Name
M.Yaasim
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do.
Quality Assurance manager
3. Industry you're in or have been in
Aerospace composites
4. Company you work for and location Comtek
5. Length of time in quality function 22years
6. Something personal that sets you apart
7. Your pet peeve in quality
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?

Hello to all of you ...

First, please let me say that I found this site by accident while searching for information on Homer Sarasohn and Kenneth Hopper. re: Douglas MacArthur's impressive accomplishments in leading the re-building of Japan during the 1945-1950 phase of the post-war occupation.

Trained as a technical person, my background is electronics and mechanical, let me say that I am very impressed with the sophistication of the software driving this site.

Dating myself a bit, I will let you know that I spent 7 years in Europe - 3 in the USAF, then a few as an applications engineer in Germany, then 2 as an English student in the UK before working for a number of years supporting the SR-71 project - based out of California.

As the years went by (some 40 of them) and I gathered experience creating and leading teams who supported customers (Applications, Service and Sales) I moved closer and closer to the realization that the very strides we had made in Quality since 1941 were completely absent in the Customer Interface Arena.

Today, my study time and energies are focused on bringing "Lean" principles to Customer Relationships. i.e. Getting CEOs and Owners to support the education of all their people on the Customer-centric aspects of business - empathy, observation, analysis and support - that are the very foundation of success.

While it is perhaps an uphill and even Sisyphean endeavor, it is occasionally greatly rewarding when I can watch previously-neglected, introverted, "non-sales" people step into the customer interface breach and do a fine job of improving relations and gaining self-confidence and job satisfaction, while helping their company grow and prosper (and safeguarding their very jobs) in the process.

Thank you for inviting me to join,
Sincerely,
:agree:
John Schuler
Portland, Oregon

1. Name
David Bamford

2. Job Title or explanation of what you do.
Manager, Customer Quality
Automotive customers

3. Industry you're in or have been in
Automotive audio systems

4. Company you work for and location
B&O - Denmark

5. Length of time in quality function
2years
6. Something personal that sets you apart
7. Your pet peeve in quality
Complacency, (what we do is enough)

8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?

I have really gotten a lot out of this forum and all of you who participate. I was curious, though, who all of you are and what you do. How about letting us know a little bit about you and your background?
1. I'm Mike Proszkow
2. Quality Manager
3. By some miracle I've recently gotten out of the direct automotive supply business, and am in the automotive/electrical distribution business. We also do some custom wire harness assembly. Prior to this, I've spent 10 years in various commodities of tier-1 OEM suppliers in manufacturing quality.
4. I'm with Terminal Supply Company in Troy, MI
5. I'm a relatively recently minted Quality Manager, but have spent the last 10 years in various Quality Engineer roles, with my previous employer heavily mentoring me to take on this role. Unfortunately, our company downsized dramatically, eliminating my facility and any opportunities for advancement.
6. I'm an amazingly dorky computer/gadget nerd!
7. My biggest peeve is hearing about/seeing the same mistakes happen over and over and over again.
8. Going from automotive, high-volume (and stress) production to a different industry has shown me that the perception of what quality is is very different outside of the automotive world. I am filling a new position here - though we are ISO 9001 certified, there has never been a "Quality Manager". I had to spend the first few days explaining to people that, no, I was not hired to help test parts on the production line, but to help implement processes and provide leadership to preclude the need to test parts on the line. To cut to the chase, I would change the mentality that quality=testing and inspection.

I've been a lurker here for some time now, having been turned on to the Cove by my old boss, a good friend and mentor. I look forward to discussing and sharing ideas!

Hi,
I am Sathish Kumar, working in a unit of French multinational in Bangalore.
I am at present the QHSE systems manager and EHS manager.
I have handled many functions including Human Resources !
Might be an odd one in the group but would like to be in the ring and contribute, when I find time.
Bye for now.
Sathish

Hello! I'm glad to be a part of this forum. There's so much to learn from it and looking forward to more learnings each day.

1. Name - Monette Arcon
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do - I work for a semiconductor manufacturing company and I am an Assembly Process Engineer.
3. Industry you're in or have been in - Semiconductor industry
4. Company you work for and location - Philippines
5. Length of time in quality function - 7 years
6. Something personal that sets you apart - Nothing strange that I know of.
7. Your pet peeve in quality - I get to understand a lot of concepts in quality but can't quite figure-out how to apply them correctly.
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? - Everyone get to discuss matters based on quality - a really valid basis.

Hi all,
here is something about me:

1. Name - Jana Kulova
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do - QM Engineer
3. Industry you're in or have been in - the company deals with assembly, testing of computing, telecommunication and electronic products
4. Company you work for and location - Foxconn, Pardubice, Czech Republic
5. Length of time in quality function - 5 years
6. Something personal that sets you apart - bicycle, reading, hiking, badminton
7. Your pet peeve in quality - People think that quality is bureaucracy. They don't want to change things and paperwork to fit them.
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? - I would teach people to cooperate with quality team not to take them as inevitable evil.

Thank you for great forum. I always find here useful things :thanx:

Jana

1. Name
- Jewin Atin
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
- QA engineer
3. Industry you're in or have been in
- Precision manufacturing
4. Company you work for and location
- Malysia
5. Length of time in quality function
- 4 years
6. Something personal that sets you apart
- None that I know of..
7. Your pet peeve in quality
- Hmmm...let me think about it..
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?
- Everything needs tolerance, a lil bit of everything and yet in-spec.

Welcome all guys :bigwave:

1. Name
Lynn Klingel
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
Sr. Quality Engineer
3. Industry you're in or have been in
Have been involved in building military vehicles for the last 24 years. Before that, involved in the manufacture of welding consumables
4. Company you work for and location
BAE Systems, York PA
5. Length of time in quality function
28 years
6. Something personal that sets you apart
Jeeps, offroading and camping with other Jeep enthusiasts/hobbiists
7. Your pet peeve in quality
No one is held accountable for repeated mistakes
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?
Convince everyone that the QMS is the right way to run the business, not an afterthought

This is my first visit to a business management type of forum. I'm glad I found it... this place should be useful as I pursue some new opportunities in auditing management for multiple sites. I may even be able to contribute something... ;)

I'm quite famailiar and comfortable with the format here... I've been a moderator at my favorite Jeep enthusiast website for many years... if anyone here is into old Jeep iron, check out
earlycj5.com/forums

1. Name
Jon Perdue
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
Supplier Quality Engineer
3. Industry you're in or have been in
Everything from building cars, to inspecting missle components, to writing troubleshooters manual for a bio-digesting machine. Currently dealing with implementing and executing our designs into China.

4. Company you work for and location
Telecom in San Jose, Ca.
5. Length of time in quality function
30 years
6. Something personal that sets you apart
I have a go for it youthful attitude. My last big example? A 61 story bungee jump off the Macau Tower in Macau.

7. Your pet peeve in quality- "It's Quality's responsibility".

8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?
Highlight how "quality" responsibilities are in every position in a company.
:D:thanks:

1. Shane
2. Quality Inspector
3. Thermoplastics manufacturing
4. ARC technologies, Amesbury,MA
5. 1 and half years
6. I've been a ski instructor for the past 11 years.
7. Being viewed as "the bad guy"
8. Good question...don't really have an answer for that at the moment.

Hello;
Just registered. To introduce, I'll answer the Q's:
1. Name - Bill Saunders
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do - Sr. Scientist - work in product development
3. Industry you're in or have been in - Medical Devices
4. Company you work for and location- ThermoFisher - Northern Virginia
5. Length of time in quality function - 20+ yrs.
6. Something personal that sets you apart - cat person - have had as many as 8 - currently have 2
7. Your pet peeve in quality - lack of true committment from management
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? - start education in it earlier - most don't experience quality until they're already in the work force. I'm also a leader (twice past chair) of local ASQ, and we're trying to get a student affiliation going with local college.


I found this site in a web query for FMEA. Q's and Q'a looked good, so I registered. I'm revamping company Risk Management SOP.

Bill

Hi Chaps,

OK, here goes:

1: Name: Mark Spiers (Spiers Mark is a long story)

2: Job title: Quality Manager (again) but have come up through the ranks; inspection, Q. Engineer, Senior Q. Engineer etc.

3: Industry: Pulp and paper, Automotive, Personal Protective Equipment

4: Company: Tyco - Scott Health & Safety (Based in UK)

5: Length of time in Q. function: Just celebrating my 20th anniversary

6: Something personal that sets you apart: Can always find a quote from a Monty Python movie to fit a situation :lol:

7: Pet peeve in quality: People paying lip service

8: If you could change the world of quality, what would you do: Make defective product returns and losses due to 'poor quality' link directly to peoples wages. There's nothing like hitting people in their pocket to make them understand how important quality is (can you see the veins sticking out in my forehead yet :whip:).

Life is a one trip round the track, not a practise, so let's get it right the first time round and enjoy the ride

1. Martin Thomas
2. Quality Engineer
3. Automotive Manufacturing (Trim components)
4. R-TEK Ltd, UK
5. 10 years

Hi to you all. Hope to learn some new knowledge and thoughts from you guys and give some of my experienece back to the forum. :)

1. Name: Cristian Banu
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do: Auditor/Consultant - ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001.
3. Industry you're in or have been in: Media & Advertising, HR, IT.
4. Company you work for and location: Coniso, Own Company
5. Length of time in quality function: since 2006
6. Something personal that sets you apart: My complex background
7. Your pet peeve in quality: well, donît know what that mean.
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? Not sure I would change things but people.

1. Name: Richard Xiang
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do: Mechanical Engineer
3. Industry you're in or have been in: Automobile Industry
4. Company you work for and location: ABB Engineering ShangHai LTD. Shanghai, China P.R.
5. Length of time in quality function: less than one year
6. Something personal that sets you apart: I am not sure , but I hope I am not the only one Chinese registered in this form.
7. Your pet peeve in quality: not every builder can understand the requirement as we requested
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?: training

1. Name: Richard Xiang
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do: Mechanical Engineer
3. Industry you're in or have been in: Automobile Industry
4. Company you work for and location: ABB Engineering ShangHai LTD. Shanghai, China P.R.
5. Length of time in quality function: less than one year
6. Something personal that sets you apart: I am not sure , but I hope I am not the only one Chinese registered in this form.
7. Your pet peeve in quality: not every builder can understand the requirement as we requested
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?: training

Ni Hao (Hello) Richard,

Welcome to the cove :bigwave:

We have many Chinese (from mainland China and also from Singapore and Malaysia) in this forum.

Though not a Chinese, I consider myself Chinese as I have been staying in Suzhou for last 2.5 years. :)

My presentation:

1. Hello, my full name is "Luis Roberto Villegas Hernández" but I use for short "Luis Villegas". More dynamic, more interesting, more personal, easier, more sexy.

2. I have studied a BS in Electronics and Communications Engineering. However, since year 2001, I formally moved onto a Business Consulting career. More dynamic, more interesting, more challenging, more rewarding, more knowledgeable.

3. I have worked for a Government agency. But now I am in the Consulting industry.

4. I am located at Mexico City, Mexico. Currently, I am not working for any company since I am recovering from a central-nervous-system illness. Very slowly, but I am recovering very well.

5. I have not a professional focus on any specific quality function. However, I consider quality part of my job and life.

6. I believe that anything can be done. The surest way to do it is attepting many times that you want to achieve. Nevertheless, I am always looking for more intelligence to gain efficiency.

7. I do not have any complaint about quality. But I believe that quality is
the state how you want to end. So, if we are supposed to plan our goals and have targets, quality must be one of them because it represents the end state.

8. Teach people to love themselves. That self-love would build quality
everywhere.

Best regards,

Luis R. Villegas H.
Mexico.

Welcome Luis,

We wish you a speedy recovery and look forward to see your continued presence and participation in the Cove.

since I am recovering from a central-nervous-system illness. Very slowly, but I am recovering very well.

Thank you very much for your good wishes, Harry.

In my consulting experience I have met topics like "process mapping" and "upper management commitment". So, it is pretty likely I will post on related discussion boards.

Best regards,

Luis.

Welcome to all the new folks!:bigwave:

However you managed to get here, I'm glad you came and I hope you stick around long enough to become an ":old hand" to welcome the next crop of newcomers to whom you will offer advice when asked and succor when needed. Sometimes, just sometimes, the pressure of being the "quality guy" in an organization can be really heavy. When it gets too be too much, come here to us to find a solution or at least vent some of the steam which builds up.

Just a reminder:
check out the threads in the Forum entitled
Instructions --> How To Use the Forum Software (http://elsmar.com/Forums/forumdisplay.php?f=86)

to make your visits here more efficient.

1. Brett Fishburn
2. Internal Quality Assurance Auditor
3. I am now working for a Charity organization working towards getting ISO9001 certification, used to work in Property & Facilities Management and had to go through re-certification, both are fun.:applause:
4. Centacre Sydney
5. I've been doing Quality for a little over 2 years:D
6. I am both a nerd and a bully, I was always a big kid good at sports, Rugby League, Basketball, American Football, but was also always in the top 5 of every grade, I'm just good at everything, except modesty, can never master that but we all must have at least 1 flaw.:cool:
7. The perception of the average person to the implementation of a QMS, they think we are here to make their jobs harder or to pick on them for what they do.:mad:
8. My pay packet, it's good but like everyone I always want more.:notme:

Hi Luis,
Welcome to the forum. I hope your recovery goes well. I've recently been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis so naturally your mention caught my attention. So, with that being said....get well soon!
Susan:D

I have really gotten a lot out of this forum and all of you who participate. I was curious, though, who all of you are and what you do. How about letting us know a little bit about you and your background?
1. Name
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
3. Industry you're in or have been in
4. Company you work for and location
5. Length of time in quality function
6. Something personal that sets you apart
7. Your pet peeve in quality
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?


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See you down life's highway!

Eric

[This message has been edited by Greenraisin (edited 18 April 2001).]
1. My name is Jonathan Smeenk
2. I am a Quality Engineer
3. I have worked in the plastics industry over the last 12 years, both in plastic injection and blow-molding.
4. I work for Precision Plastics, Inc in Northeastern Indiana
5. I have been working in the Quality Department for the last 10 years, working up through the ranks...
6. My need to simplify, clarify and just overall improve current situations has Never faded.
7. My pet peeve in Quality would probably be the inconsistancy of interpretations of ISO and TS regulations and rules that float between the Customer and Supplier.
8. If I could change the world of Quality, I would probably require more Top Management involvement directly with the results of analysis and research of current quality conditions of an organization.

It is really exciting and enriching to be a part of such forum. Little bit about me and my background?
My Name: Shailesh Singh
Designated as a Quality Manager for a BPO space of an organization, responsible for process improvement and transactions quality along with implementation of QMS .
All my 8 years of tenure I’ve been with customer care and BPO however now I got a little change of understanding Information Tech.
I’ve spent 8 years in quality function.
Always open to learn and flexible
If I could change the world of quality, I would introduce it as a curriculum during school J

Hello All:

1. Name
"BobA"
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
Internal Auditor-RAB Certified QMS (IS0 13485) Internal Auditor
3. Industry you're in or have been in
Bio-medical/Biotechnology
4. Company you work for and location
A wonderful Co. here in the US.
5. Length of time in quality function
Offically, fairly recent, but I've been doing similar work for many years.
6. Something personal that sets you apart
Still got a great sense of humor after all of these years....:D
7. Pet peeves
N/A
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?
Add 'Quality' to every job description and all new employee training.

Discovered this wonderful website by doing a Google search for an audit checklist example...found it too! Thank you Elsmar Cove People! :thanx:

Hi All,

1.Name : Shailesh Singh
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do: Manager Quality certified ISO internal auditor and GB certified. Responsible for implementing QMS for a BPO space of an Org.
3. Industry you're in or have been in: I've been with customer care and BPO. Recently I got an opportunity to work with IT company.
4. Good ITEs company in India
5. Length of time in quality function: Basically got introduced to quality 6 years back but can say core quality job recently started.
6. Something personal that sets you apart: nothing specific...
7. Pet peeves : ---
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? : Keep a mandate for new joiner to be certified as a Internal ISO auditor before he joins the company:)

Thanks,
SS

1. Hi, the name's Mahesan
2. An aeronautical engineer by profession
3. Worked for donkeys years in the aviation industry.
4. Currently working / part owner of a training & consulting company
5. By the way, located in Malaysia (north of Singapore for those who don't know)
6. ISO 9001 assessor, AS9100 internal assessor.
7. Love the aviation industry.
8. Good sense of humor, sometimes even in the wrong place( which has landed me into trouble!!)

Dan Corbit
Quality Manager
Sheet metal fabrication mostly IT and Medical industry
20 years on floor and 5 in quality
management doesnt support quality

1) Phil Kirby- Director of Quality Assurance
2) 30 years in Aircraft Manufacturing / Quality Assurance
3) Located in Philadelphia by way of Long Island
4) Licensed private pilot SEL VFR
5) RAB certified Lead Auditor Iso, Qs, and soon to be AS certified
6) Wish I was old enough to retire...
7) Love this forum, it's a great resource.:cool:

Hello All, I am new to site and still learning about how it works. :confused:
Wayne Stringer
Quality Coordinator
Manufacturing

Welcome, I am new here as well. You will find this to be one of the best sources of information you could ever hope for.

Phil

Hello All, I am new to site and still learning about how it works. :confused:
See: Instructions --> How To Use the Forum Software (http://elsmar.com/Forums/forumdisplay.php?f=86) and the FAQ (http://elsmar.com/Forums/faq.php) for details. If you have questions on how something works, just start a new discussion thread and ask in the Instructions --> How To Use the Forum Software forum.

Hi, I thought I may introduce myself. I have only just begun to dip into the mass of information on this site.

Name: Biff
Age: 24
Location: Hitchin, Hertfordshire, UK

Job: HSQE Officer (Business Process Mapping) for a global supplier of door technology systems.

Interests: Business Process Mapping / Internal Audit / Quality Audit / ISO 9000 / Access Databases / Project Management

As someone quite new to the sector and also one of the younger members of the forum by the looks of it I aim to learn more about best practice in all the above areas. I am tasked with process mapping the entire organisation (I have used QMap - noone else seems to use this! - so am looking into alternatives) and writing an quality audit system in Access :mg:

Thank you to all those who have provided good info on the site! :applause:

1. Olivier Barbieri
2. WW Supply Base Engineering Manager
3. Renewable energy-Enrgy storage
4. I'am located in switzerland but I work for an american company
5. 6 month, I used to be in R&D
6. I'am 15 feet tall :tg:
7. ??
8. Show me the X and R charts of the "world of Quality" before I do any change in the process! :D

1. Chuck Hartshorn
2. Quality Assurance Manager/Shiipping & Receiving Manager. I also handle most administrative functions for the business.
3. Automotive Tier 2/3
4. JEMS of Litchfield, Litchfield, MI
5. 2-1/2 years
6. Live in 100 year old 4,000 square foot Victorian my wife and I completely restored in less than a year. (But the fun never ends really!)
7. Lip Service fueled by Botox :sarcasm:
8. Keep production managers out of the loop...they are only interested in numbers. (But they hate rework...figure that out.)

I have really gotten a lot out of this forum and all of you who participate. I was curious, though, who all of you are and what you do. How about letting us know a little bit about you and your background?
1. Name
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
3. Industry you're in or have been in
4. Company you work for and location
5. Length of time in quality function
6. Something personal that sets you apart
7. Your pet peeve in quality
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?


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See you down life's highway!

Eric

[This message has been edited by Greenraisin (edited 18 April 2001).]


Ok then, here goes!

1. Ronald Aguinaldo (any Filipino should recognize me as a Filipino :D)
2. Quality Inspector
3. gaskets factory
4. Saudi Arabia (sorry, can't afford to tell what company whilst I tattle about my managers :notme:)
5. by the end of this month, one year
6. nothing? i'm so plain, i can become invisible to the world! :magic:
7. just one? i'm already seeing so much in just one year! well, at the top of the list right now is the way management treats standards only as requirements and are ignorant as to how these are meant to have beneficial functions.
8. i'd require all management to be truly aware of quality. either that or let only people truly aware of quality capable of becoming managers.

1. Name
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
3. Industry you're in or have been in
4. Company you work for and location
5. Length of time in quality function
6. Something personal that sets you apart
7. Your pet peeve in quality
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?

Hello All,
The name's Craig Mikin
I'm a QA Manager for NSL Analytical Services, Inc. - an ISO 17025/Nadcap-accredited commercial testing lab in Cleveland, OH.
I'm new to NSL, but I've worked in the quality function my entire career [`20 yrs]. I'm charged with responsibility to maintain/improve the QMS, implement lean laboratory practices, and enhance the EHS program [lots of synergies to be had].
Pet peeve-top management indifference, as they go, so goes the quality. Management w/out the vision to see that quality is all activities in all areas, not a dept, not the inspection dept, not the QA Mgr's job-everyone's job & top priority.
'Be the change in the world that you wish to see' - I'm working on mapping all processes at NSL [lab work, admin, managerial, quality-related] to show the interdependencies, and working on setting metrics for each process.

1. Mike Thelen
2. Lean Facilitator - Internal consultant for parent corporation (Regal-Beloit Corp)
3. Power Transmission - electrical motors, generators, mechanical gearboxes
4. Hub City, Inc. Aberdeen, SD
5. 2.5 years here, 8 years total Lean experience
6. 8 years in Lean, 2.5 years with mentoring from Lean Consulting Associates - Toyota and TSSC past managers/executives
7. Thinking you can inspect-in quality
8. Design all products/services with quality-at-the-source and never have created the Inspection process or QA/QC Inspectors.

1.-Marco Hdz
2.-Development Engineer
3.-Veyance Technologies (before Goodyear)
4.-Veyance Enginnered Products, Mexico
5.- 4 years
6.-Listening rock music
7.-Internal Audits
8.-I think that the most important is communication & team work

Hi, I am a new member. Let me introduce myself:

1 My name is Cath Hong.
2. I have been working in quality field for many years.
3. I had been in different industries: electronics, automotive, logistics and construction.
4. I worked in different organizations and locations, such as Information Reach Institute in Beijing, China; Packaging company, Injection mould company and Construction company in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
5. 12 years worked in China as information reach engineer and quality coordinator; 10 years in Canada as quality inspector, quality engineer and quality manager.
6. There are different reasons for setting me apart, such as immigrant, went to school for higher degree, company closed, etc.
7. My pet peeve in quality is: I need a job opportunity in quality field now.
8. If I could change the world of quality, I will first change the minds of CEOs in the fields rather than automotive to put quality first and really understand the purpose and benfit of quality.

I would like to talk with quality professionals and make friends.
Thank you!

So glad to meet you.
This is a wonderful forum. Great place to find information and make friends in the field.
Welcome,
Gagelady

Hi.
Ken Garner here. I will be 78 in August, so I have lot to talk about!
Lived throught the war in a place called Grimsby. It has industry, docks and rail marshalling yards, the result being we were bombed regularly.
I left school at 14 in 1944 and worked the last year of the war at the Grimsby naval base, HMS Beaver.
Called up for National Service in 1948 in the Royal Artillery for two years. My work in civvy street was French polishing and piano repairs. I was demobbed from the army in 1950 and three months later had signed on in the Royal Air Force. After square bashing and tech training, I was posted to RAF Binbrook and joined 617 Squadron (The Dam Busters) I was working on Avro Lincolns ( Lancasters big brother) My trade was electrical mechanic and soon went back to training as a fitter (extra pay and promotion) We got rid of the Linolns and received the English Electric Canberra B2. You will know of it as the Martin B57.
We ended up on detachment in Malaya for six months, dropping 1,000 pounders on the terrs. We returned to Binbrook in November 1955 and 617 Squadron disbanded to reform as a Vulcan Squadron. I only had six months left of my service and I spent that on ASF.
Back in civvy street, I started work in a chemical factory British Titanium. Yuk! They made an intense white pigment out of Ilmenite, which is an intense black metalic sand, - Magic! I stood that for 4 years and then joined Cherry Valley Farms who produced oven ready duckling, thay also had connections with an American Company in Texas. Retired in 1990 with a company pension having risen to the dizzy height of Electrical Supervisor. I originally lived in Lincolnshire (That made me a yellow belly!!) I was also a member of the Air Cadets as a Warrant Officer and was with them for 27 years. Moved to Scotland, a beautiful country, walk to the end of the lane and lovely wooded slopes rising up to the mountains. I put time in at the local Aviation Museum making aircraft look respectable for the paying customers, but sorry to say, we are under threat, we have a new landowner and the rent has been put up from £700 per annum to £5,000 pa. They have agreed to let us have the land for £140,000, Har har! I also help my wife breeding Miniature poodles.

That about it. Ken

1. Name
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
3. Industry you're in or have been in
4. Company you work for and location
5. Length of time in quality function
6. Something personal that sets you apart
7. Your pet peeve in quality
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?

1. Jason Huang
2. Lean facilitator
3. Automotive industry
4. Visteon AP, Shanghai, China
5. 5 years in lean
6. Nothing
7. Cost is more important than quality
8. No complaint is about quality

Welcome to all our new users :bigwave::bigwave::bigwave:!!!

1. Name - Ross Butterworth
2. Job Title - Project Manager and jack of all trades
3. Industry - Poultry Processing and Breeding
4. Company - Bartter Steggles
5. Length of time in quality function - 2 years - 3 years breeding chickens - 5 years in distribution.
6. Something personal that sets you apart - I support the Springboks yet live in Australia
7. Your pet peeve in quality - lack of commitment by senior management
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? Rotate each supervisor and above through the quality department. Get them to understand that it is not that difficult and it won’t kill them to practice it.

1. Name - Sunil Manandhar
2. Job Title - Quality Assurance Manager & Management Representative
3. Industry - Medical Device
4. Company - The Fred Hollows IOL Laboratory, Kathmandu, Nepal
5. Length of time in quality function - Four years as Microbiologist and three and half years as QA Manager
6. Something personal that sets you apart - Nothing
7. Your pet peeve in quality - Top management not giving adequate importance and attention to QA department most of the times
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? - Change the general perception that quality comes at a cost and introduce new concept that quality improves efficiency.

Hello Folks!

Let me join to the Cove. I will let the personal data to the end. I'm a "new" in quality. I've started my Q related job in 2003. I was working for a petrol pipe system company, after I was at a heating equipment firm, and now since January 2008 I'm with a plastic company.
Taht's my first Q Manager job. So I will have lot of stupid question. Forgive me for that, but I have to learn a lot to become as wise as you are.
As I mentioned I'm at a plastic company making high precision plastic parts for electric, metric, and automotive companies.
You can guess which one is my favourite :)
Now we are preparing for getting the certification of TS16949 and ISO14001.
All "technical" parameters you can see below. I hope I can have a good time here in the Cove, and in the meantime, just as a subsidiary activity I do my job here:)
Thankx

1.Name: Csaba Palmai
2.Job title: Quality Manager
3.Industry: plastics
4.Company: Siroma Plast, Hungary
5.Length of time in Q function: 5yrs Q engineer; 0.5yrs Q manager
6.Something personal that sets you apart: my health (i'M 31 with lot of problems)
7.Your pet peeve in quality: Most of people thinks quality is measuring the parts, and decide beetween acceptable and non-acceptable. They never heard about process improvement and building Q into the manufacturing process.
Q is just a cost without benefits. So Quality is a necessary bad thing.
8.If you could change the world of quality what would you do?: Change people thinking. Build basic quality to the subjects of secondary schools.

1. Name - Sunil Manandhar
2. Job Title - Quality Assurance Manager & Management Representative
3. Industry - Medical Device
4. Company - The Fred Hollows IOL Laboratory, Kathmandu, Nepal
5. Length of time in quality function - Four years as Microbiologist and three and half years as QA Manager
6. Something personal that sets you apart - Nothing
7. Your pet peeve in quality - Top management not giving adequate importance and attention to QA department most of the times
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? - Change the general perception that quality comes at a cost and introduce new concept that quality improves efficiency.

Welcome Sunil :bigwave:

I am not sure if we have members from Nepal and feel you should be the first one :)

Hi

Rich Malloy
I am based in Durham, NC
I am a little new to QA but not new to the issues of quality in clinical research
Obviously my area is Clinical Research Trials
My background is all medical and about 15 years ago I made the transition to research
My goals are to learn the formal "language" and methods of QA.
So, I am here mostly to look and learn
Thanks

Rich:nopity:

Welcome to all the new folks!:bigwave:
We are looking forward to a long and happy relationship.

Dear Eric and dear all members,

I'm a bit late joining this nice forum but I've just discovered it.
I'm so happy to get in here.

My Answers to the Questions:

1. Name - Dina A.
2. Job Title - Electrical Engineer
3. Industry - Engineering
4. Company - WorleyParsons - Abu Dhabi
5. Length of time in quality function - I'm still a baby:o (but Electrical not Q)
6. Something personal that sets you apart - Nothing
7. Your pet peeve in quality - --
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? - When I have enough experience in Q I'll be able to answer this question

By the way, shall I be in Q to join in here?... I'm electrical (we're neighbours, my engineering friends):cool:

Accept my kind regards,
Dina A

Dina,

Welcome! Better late than never! No requirement to be Quality, as there is quite a bit in "Engineering" that overlaps, I should think. Also, there is so much here that isn't technically Quality, either.

Enjoy the site! I hope you find it to be of use to you. :)

1. James Altmann
2. Metrologist (Local Quatlity Guru for R&D Facility)
3. Automotive, but have worked in Areospace and Power Genteration
4. GT Technologies, Suburbs of Detroit
5. 10+ years in Quality
6. I'm me!
7. To many people who want to do a quality job, without the investment
8. Greater focus on lean amnufacturing and improved quality

Hi All,
1. My Name : Anang Wahyu S
2. My job : Accreditation Officer
3. Accreditation Services (Calibration Laboratory)
4. Organization : Komite Akreditasi Nasional --Indonesia
5. 3 years
6,7,8. nothing

This is a cool forum I think.:agree1:

Hi Ladies & Gents,

I joined today about a few minutes ago. I am an Internal Auditor and works for a local government authority in Hampshire, England, U.K. My interests are sports, going for walks, fitness exercises, plays basketball Wednesday nights and love meeting and making new friends. I'm a fan of Manchester United, wow!!!

I look forward to a very lively debate in the forum.

Cheers,
Sieju12:agree:

1. Name - Jim Vitale
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do - Associate Director Supply Chain Management
3. Industry you're in or have been in - Currently 3 years in biopharmaceutical, previously 20+ years in device
4. Company you work for and location - GlobeImmune -Colorado
5. Length of time in quality function - Any position in pharma or device involves quality
6. Something personal that sets you apart - We just started up an all employee band and have been playing at company social gatherings
7. Your pet peeve in quality - QA folks who lack common sense.
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? - Teach common sense to those QA folks that lack it ;)

Hi Everybody,

I am the 'new boy' on the block. I look forward to a useful debate and information sharing in the field of internal audit.

I am an Internal Auditor - works for a local authority in Hampshire, England, U.K. A fan of Manchester United, wow!!

Cheers,
Siehju12:agree:

1. Name
Alex I
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
Design Engineer
3. Industry you're in or have been in
Automotive, Medical, and a bit of appliance and food service items
4. Company you work for and location
Carlisle
5. Length of time in quality function
I work on the drawings, so for quite a bit.
6. Something personal that sets you apart
I'm a pretty active person. I use to study the martial arts, boxed for a bit, went back to the arts, then got out of the fighting sports. I now mountain bike (race), rock climb, run (race), Kayak, and SCUBA dive.
7. Your pet peeve in quality
arrogance
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?
Have people switch functions once is a while so they could see how one small change in one area can cause chaos in another. Some people just don't think ahead.

1. Steve
2. Supplier Quality Engineer
3. Automotive industry
4. GM
5. 2years

1. Steve
2. Supplier Quality Engineer
3. Automotive industry
4. GM
5. 2years

Steve,

Welcome to The Cove Forums! :bigwave: :bigwave:

We have Fellow Covers here (your suppliers) who have many GM-related questions. Would you be able to help them out?

Do a search on "GM" and you'll know.

Again, welcome to The Cove! :agree:

Stijloor.

Norman Bass-54
Product Manager
Medi/Nurclear
Trying to bring new product to market-nebulizer
Working on CE mark--not doing well
I am based in Birmingham AL
Products are maded in CA
Hope to export neb.-so i can relocate to England-Fell in love with english women -

Are there any examlples of best route to get CE mark for a nebulizer (CLASS 2a)maded in US?

:cool:Hi,
1. Name
Saioud Hamid
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
Lawfull monitoring(maritime), I used to sail as Deck Officer on LNG and LPG Carriers for 19 years.
3. Industry you're in or have been in
Hydrocarbons Shipping Company
4. Company you work for and location
HYPROC S.C at Oran Algeria
5. Length of time in quality function
I'll get a promotion as QHSE Assistant
6. Something personal that sets you apart
Discipline and hard work
7. Your pet peeve in quality
I don't know
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?
In my opinion, less litterature and more explanations: minimising the standards, processes...
Some definitions, procedures and flowcharts easily understanding by everybody.
Bye

1. Name - Shelia
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do - Quality Consultant
3. Industry you're in or have been in - Aerospace
4. Company you work for and location - Tennessee
5. Length of time in quality function - 10 years
6. Something personal that sets you apart - I'm pretty normal
7. Your pet peeve in quality - folks who think the more pages to a procedure, the better the procedure.
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? - Management commitment and involvement.

Name - Norman
Company - Medi/nuclear - Healthline located in California - I am in Alabama
My Job - changes from week to week
Personal Stuff - Hunting is a sin;George Bush is evil
If I could change the world - there'd be no war, never get old, pets never die,and all medical device would be clas1.

:bigwave:Norman my regulatory group in the UK advised me it will be complicated but here's the contact they suggest you use:

You can give them TUV contact. They may be able to advise them.

Contact: Henry Sibun

Company:
TÜV Product Service Ltd

Department:
Medical & Health Services

Office:
Octagon House

Telephone Number:
+44 (0) 1489 558217

Home Office Number:
+44 (0) 1727 853508

Mobile Number:
+44 (0) 7836 329863

Facsimile:
+44 (0) 1727 853508


Email:
HSibun(at)tuvps(dot)co(dot)uk

:bonk: Norman, I forgot - Google CE mark - I just did and it had lots of information and sources of independent labs for product testing. Welcome to the Cove.

1. Name - Katrien :-)
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do - Quality Assurance Designer/Service Level Manager
3. Industry you're in or have been in - ICT outsourcing
4. Company you work for and location - Telindus Belgium
5. Length of time in quality function - 4 years
6. Something personal that sets you apart - Empathy is my middle name
7. Your pet peeve in quality - a lack of common sense, ignorance, arrogance, circumvention, do I need to go on ;-)
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? - Put quality mentality neurochips into the brains of those who lack the quality mindset

Hola!!!

1. Name: Betsy :bigwave:
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do: ISO/KPI Administrator
3. Industry you're in or have been in: Tobacco/cigarrettes industry
4. Company you work for and location: From the Caribbean
5. Length of time in quality function: Nubie (1 year)
6. Something personal that sets you apart: photography lover
7. Your pet peeve in quality: Actions speak louder than words
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? eliminate duplicate information and simplify processes.

Hi guys

1. Philip Torres
2. Just change job to QA Engineer (formerly Production Supervisor, Production Control Supervisor, Design Engineer, and Process Engineer)
3. Currently, Automotive Wire Manufacturing (formerly in Precision Optical Equipment Manufacturing)
4. Draka Philippines
5. Length of time in quality function: still new as QA Engineer
6. Always wanna go and try things out (DIY!!!)
7. ISO certification has been considered more of a marketing strategy---it could do more (could have been)
8. Standardize and document everything....hehehe

Hello everyone,

My name is Ehsan and i am working as a Quality Assurance Executive.
I am 23 years old and have just started my professional carrier.
I would love to learn about Quality Assurance, CMMI and other things from you people.
Hoping for your best co-operation.

Hey there!

I am David Lazarek, and been working in one capacity or another in Quality since 1986 as a Lab Tech. I currently am Director of Quality for privately owned Injection Molding facility that services a fairly wide variety of clientelle.

Hello there!

1. I am Tshepo Mpshe. I am a South African National from around the capital city - Pretoria. The litaral meaning of my name is "trust" and my surname - "ostrich".
2. I am currently employed by one of the Japanese Automotive company as a Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer, with a primary responsibility of auditing and developing suppliers.
3. I have a strong passion for quality and hope to become a "mini-guru" oneday.
4. I have now 7 years quality experience.

:agree::thanx:

I have really got a lot out of this forum so far, but had never posted yet. here is my introduction:

My Name is Ed.
I am an ISO 9001 System Auditor
I work in the Automotive industry
Vague location of my workplace Ontario, Canada
Over 10 years experience in Quality functions

I find this forum very helpful, as I get to read diferent points of view and get different ideas and interpretations to audit related subjects.

Thanks to you all for the helpful threads!!!

1. Name Sue S
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do: R & D Coordinator
3. Industry you're in or have been in: Medical Device
4. Company you work for and location: Virginia
5. Length of time in quality function: too long to leave
6. Something personal that sets you apart: :mad:
7. Your pet peeve in quality:magic:
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? prevent use of paper :mg:


I have really gotten a lot out of this forum and all of you who participate. I was curious, though, who all of you are and what you do. How about letting us know a little bit about you and your background?
1. Name Sue S
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do: R & D Coordinator
3. Industry you're in or have been in: Medical Device
4. Company you work for and location: Virginia
5. Length of time in quality function: too long to leave
6. Something personal that sets you apart: :mad:
7. Your pet peeve in quality:magic:
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? prevent use of paper :mg:


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See you down life's highway!

Eric

[This message has been edited by Greenraisin (edited 18 April 2001).]

Hello,

I'm new to the site. It looks very interesting and could probably help me in lots of situations that leaves me pulling my hair out.

My name is Andrew.

I am an OHS Manager,

for a medium size construction company who deals in interior fit-outs.

We are based in Sydney.

A particular question if I may ask. Has anyone here had much to do with gaining FSO accreditation? I'd really like to fast track someone with that experience ... before I end up entirely bald!

My thanks and I hope to visit this site frequently. *g*

My Name is Mohamed IQBAL
I am currently attached to a Foundry as Training/Quality Consultant.
I was working in semiconductor backend assembly for more than 25 years and hope to share some practices from there to foundry. In my last postion at STMicroelectronics, I was the SPC Mannager for Muar plant.
I am based in Malaysia and after leaving STMicro, am advising small and medium industries around here in Malaysia.
Hope to learn from others on foundry quality systems, process controls and training required.

I have really benefitted from the materials shared by all the members in this forum.

Welcome everyone!
OK - Where is everyone???

Frapper (http://www.frappr.com/elsmarcove)
and
mapservices.org (http://www.mapservices.org/myguestmap/showguestmap.do?id=Elsmar)

If you haven't already - Please take a minute and Map Yourself!

Thanks!

Marc

1. Name:
M Rama Krishna

2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
Sr. Manager (TQM)

- Implementation of Business Excellence Models - CII-Exim (equivalent to EFQM), IMC Ramkrishna Bajaj (equivalent to Malcolm Balridge), TS-16949 and ISO-9K, 14K, OHSAS-18001

- Implementation of Six-sigma


3. Industry you're in or have been in
Was with TUV Rheinland, and British Standards as Lead Auditor for ISO-9001, ISO-14001, and OHSAS-18001

Also worked as a consultant, and spent 3 years with Dairy Board, know ISO-22000.

Presently working with Steel Industry.

4. Company you work for and location
JSW Steel, India

5. Length of time in quality function

~8 years

6. Something personal that sets you apart

Emphasis on Root Cause Analysis

7. Your pet peeve in quality

ISO. Many people feel Quality is synonymous with ISO and involves tons of documentation.

8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?

Abolish ISO :D

1. Name - Christopher Gaspard
2. Job Title - RCM Equipment Engineer
3. Industry - Oil & Gas
4. Job Shop - London
5. Length of Time in Quality Function - N/A
6. Something Personal- Capoeira
7. Pet Peeve in Quality - Talkers
8. No comment

I am back.....get ready.....:cool:

I am back.....get ready.....:cool:

Welcome back :bigwave:

Sent by Rama in previous post

"If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?"

"Abolish ISO" :D

Love it! Hahaha...

1. Name-Ivan.Z
2. Job Title-Purchaser
3. Industry -SD card, metal sheet, transformer, haircare and solar panel
4. Company-China maidland
5. Length of time in quality function-3years
6. Something personal that sets you apart-money stuff
7. Your pet peeve in quality-lips service, people don't fouce on quality improving but short time money making
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?-standard all the quality of goods.

Bula,

My name is Lomai and I am from the Fiji Islands.
I work for the airport authority here and am just getting my toes dipped into quality control processes.
Hope to learn a lot from you all.

1. Name- Clint
2. Job Title- Team Leader
3. Industry- Auto
4. Length of time in quality function- 4 years

Bula,

My name is Lomai and I am from the Fiji Islands.
I work for the airport authority here and am just getting my toes dipped into quality control processes.
Hope to learn a lot from you all.

Bula (Welcome),

Good to see a friend from Fiji - you might be the first Fijian 'Cover'. Have a good and fruitful experience here!

To all others, Welcome and we look forward to see your active participation.

1. Pat Cotter
2. Operations Manager and previously Process Development Engineer with validation and 6 sigma experience,
3. Medical Device
4. Endosense, Geneva, Switzerland
5. 0 but always influencing me!
6. An Irishman in Geneva
7. interpretation of standards.
8. Insist on acting with courage and not be conservative

1. Penny Riordan
2. Director of Quality
3. We design and build high speed scanners and provide DPO services
4. Better sit back on this one
5. I've been in quality since 1985. Ouch - that's a little scary
6. I love to play golf whenever I can even though I'm awful - which shows I'm either amazingly resilient or stupid
7. 'ISO DOcuments" and "ISO Won't let us"
8. George Carlin (may he RIP) said, "wouldn't it be great if, just by looking at someone, you could make their head explode?" Appropriate action for unenlightened managers who just DON'T or WON'T get it.
Cheers:bigwave:

1. Penny Riordan
2. Director of Quality
3. We design and build high speed scanners and provide DPO services
4. Better sit back on this one
5. I've been in quality since 1985. Ouch - that's a little scary
6. I love to play golf whenever I can even though I'm awful - which shows I'm either amazingly resilient or stupid
7. 'ISO DOcuments" and "ISO Won't let us"
8. George Carlin (may he RIP) said, "wouldn't it be great if, just by looking at someone, you could make their head explode?" Appropriate action for unenlightened managers who just DON'T or WON'T get it.
Cheers:bigwave:

Welcome, Penny! (You are very resiliant and def. not stupid - you weren't talking about just golf, were you?):lmao:

Welcome Penny! I like the way you think!! :agree1:

1. Name - Bob Bonville
2. Job Title - Quality Systems Manager, I design, develop, deploy, maintain and improve Quality Management Systems.
3. Industry - Mostly Aerospace and Defense, now in high tech GREEN related business.
4. Company - Catch the Wind Inc. Manassas Va.
5. Longevity - Well, 38+ years in this quality game
6. Something Personal - All things considered, I pride myself in being able to develop very good customer relations. Not totally unique among us quality cats, but very valuable to my personal integrity and that of my company.
7. Pet peeve - So many people I have worked with in the past don't understand or appreciate the meaning of the word "Commitment". They will let their commitments come and go without even an email or phone call. It's rude, disrespectful and unprofessional. I don't tolerate it.
8. How I would change the Quality World - I would see to it that the ISO or AS standard, under resources required a program of mentoring for young QEs or QA management hopefulls.

I'm new here, so I'm going to introduce myself
My name is Jackie, and I work in the product development department for a pharmaceutical company (OTC division), where my title is Senior Development Scientist. My background is analytical chemistry, but I haven't done much lab work in the past couple of years. Currently, most of my time is spent on documentation, and leading projects.
Our company manufactures OTC pharmaceuticals, nutritional products, and medical devices. I'm new to the device area, and joined this forum to see if I can get some information on design controls, as I have to write a new SOP on design controls.

1. Name - Lawrence Lim from Singapore.
2. Job Title - Vendor Management Executive
3. Industry - Semiconductor
4. Company - Panasonic Semiconductor Singapore

To inspire suppliers to compliant to my company's requirement....

Quality with Quantity at low cost.

I'm very new so here goes:

1. Linda H.
2. No real title, but I handle shipping/receiving/inventory control and just appointed ISO 14001 EMR
3. Electronic Recycling (if it runs on electricity we will recycle it)
4. Galion OH
5. 2 months
6. born horse crazy and love learning new things
7. Don't really have a pet peeve as I'm too new to this
8. show instead of tell

HI All, I'll take a stab at this;

1. Name: Carol W.
2. Job Title: Associate Librarian - I research current topics, provide copies of standards, and other typical library jobs.
3. Industry- I work for a diversified company in the Aerospace and Automotive Industries
4Length of time in quality function- I have never worked in quality but interface with them in providing copies of standards and other documents necessary.
6. Something personal that sets you apart - I'm also an artist and have developed by own style of gentle charicatures.
7. Your pet peeve in quality- Since I'm in the library, I'll tell you my pet peeve in the library-- the person who comes in and wants to know where that red (or yellow or blue or green) book that he took out last year is. Sometimes, I think it would be best if all the books were arranged by color rather than Library of Congress.
8. I end with how I found the forum & why I joined it. I was asked to find VDA standards and a copy of a 'submission form'. This was a new request for me. I found the forum by accident through google, took a look and thought it might be helpful for me to belong.
So, here's my problem for the forum: the only information the employee gave me is; find a copy of the VDA Product Submission Form. After stumbling around the intenet & the VDA website, I decided that I needed help. So....HELP!
Thanks,
Carol

HI All, I'll take a stab at this;

1. Name: Carol W.
2. Job Title: Associate Librarian - I research current topics, provide copies of standards, and other typical library jobs.
3. Industry- I work for a diversified company in the Aerospace and Automotive Industries
4Length of time in quality function- I have never worked in quality but interface with them in providing copies of standards and other documents necessary.
6. Something personal that sets you apart - I'm also an artist and have developed by own style of gentle charicatures.
7. Your pet peeve in quality- Since I'm in the library, I'll tell you my pet peeve in the library-- the person who comes in and wants to know where that red (or yellow or blue or green) book that he took out last year is. Sometimes, I think it would be best if all the books were arranged by color rather than Library of Congress.
8. I end with how I found the forum & why I joined it. I was asked to find VDA standards and a copy of a 'submission form'. This was a new request for me. I found the forum by accident through google, took a look and thought it might be helpful for me to belong.
So, here's my problem for the forum: the only information the employee gave me is; find a copy of the VDA Product Submission Form. After stumbling around the intenet & the VDA website, I decided that I needed help. So....HELP!
Thanks,
CarolHi, Carol! Welcome to the Cove:bigwave:
In order to help you with your answer to the VDA query, I've copied your post and created a new thread here (http://elsmar.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=28629). Good luck!

Edward Dialogo
Current System Coordinator focus on Carton Converter
Packaging Industry
13 yrs in Manufacturing Operation,5 yrs in QC/QA functions
If I could change the world of Quality,I want a built in Quality Mind
To all employees w/ no non- value added processes

Hello All!

I'm not new, but I thought I'd let you know that I am back off a sort of sabbatical.


1. Name John
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do: CME / Programmer
3. Industry you're in or have been in: Defense /Aerospace
4. Company you work for and location: Wilson's Machine Products, Winter Park FL
5. Length of time in quality function: 20 yrs
6. Something personal that sets you apart: I fish because work is for people who don't know how to fish :cool: , I might out surf you but probably won't 'cause I'm old and a longboard guy, anyone who has ever tasted my lasagna or my manicotti has said at the very least that it was among the best they ever tasted, and I play a heck of a game of chess
7. Your pet peeve in quality: Not really a peevish sort of person
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? really, really empower each person in each process to maintain the quality of their own work, and then and ONLY then hold them accountable.

1. Alex Diaz
2. Supplier Quality Engineer
3. Delphi
4. Motorola Reynosa, Mexico
5. 5 years
6. Expertise in problem solving
7. Your pet peeve in quality
8. Develop the problem solving skills

Hello There!!!

1. Erik Alburg

2. Six Sigma Master Black Belt - in charge of world-wide training of Lean Sigma, and problem solving guru (the hotter the fire, the better)

3. The Automotive Industry for most of my career

4. ArvinMeritor based out of Troy, MI

5. For my Entire Career - 10+ years... started out with GM (obtained Red X Master), JCI --> Six Sigma Black Belt, ArvinMeritor --> Six Sigma Master Black Belt

6. I am the BEST problem solver in the industry.... and I am modest

7. Make decisions without any kind of data.... No basics (no FMEA, no control plan, no SPC)... Lazy people who don't want to take the time to find, gather, analyze the data... I hate the phrase "not enough time to do it right, always time to do it again"

8. Force people to stop and think, use data, and make the right decision. I am not a very good guesser. In fact, every problem that I am sent half-way around the world to solve goes completely opposite the way that I think that it will before getting there. The problem with the quality organization of the world is that they think that they are smarter than they actually are. Don't get me wrong... these are some very SMART people. But you can't use just your brain to solve problems... you have to use data in a methodical way (DMAIC). Sorry am I off topic?

Nice to be here... Let's talk some quality!!

I have really gotten a lot out of this forum and all of you who participate. I was curious, though, who all of you are and what you do. How about letting us know a little bit about you and your background?
1. Jenni Arnett
2. Quality Engineer
3. Automotive Metal Stamping
4. Wren Industries Tipp City, OH
5. 5 yrs
6. I would say that I am boring and ordinary...others think I am the opposite of everything...I speak the language of a 17 year old.
7. NOT PAYING ATTENTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!
8. I don't want to change the world of quality - I want to buy everyone a COKE.

1. Inge Stroud
2. Engineering Document Management
3. Aerospace
4. Hamilton Sundstrand Power Systems
5. No time spent in quality but I have to deal with them everyday
6. I'm currently in my capstone class for my bachelors in business management
7. My pet peeve in quality is that they can be a tad anal....just a tad
8. If I could change the world of quality, I would streamline all their processes and procedures to retrofit the whole company; I can't tell you how many times their processes conflict with my own in engineering.

1. Inge Stroud
2. Engineering Document Management
3. Aerospace
4. Hamilton Sundstrand Power Systems
5. No time spent in quality but I have to deal with them everyday
6. I'm currently in my capstone class for my bachelors in business management
7. My pet peeve in quality is that they can be a tad anal....just a tad
8. If I could change the world of quality, I would streamline all their processes and procedures to retrofit the whole company; I can't tell you how many times their processes conflict with my own in engineering.

Hello Inge!

Welcome to The Cove Forums! :bigwave: :bigwave:

We look forward to your participation here. :agree1:

Let others know about this great resource. :yes:

Stijloor.

1. Enisa
2. Regulatory Affairs Manager in Medical Devices(Junior)
3. Dental
4. Septodont, Paris, FRANCE
5. <1 year
6. :)
7. Communication
8. worldwide harmonisation

Welcome all new comers. We look forward to your valuable questions and recommendations.

Feel free to respond or ask questions that you need answers to, or know the answers.

This is such a great place to get an understanding of all aspects of quality. I'am usually looking for all kinds of info and am really pleased that there is a web site where I can usually find what I want. You all have been very helpful.

1. Linda Smith

2. QC Specialist - Maintain Doc & data, create/update all documentation for PPAP submission, manage IMDS, customer complaints and whatever else comes my way.

3. Manufacturing - Stamping - mostly automotive

4. Com Corp Industries, Cleveland, Ohio

5. I've spent the last 20 years in quality in some compacity or another

6. I read alot and enjoy learning something new.

7. My pet peeve is that everyone thinks that no matter what the issue is, it belongs to quality to make it right.

8. If I could change the world of quality, I make sure that everyone from the top down would be made responsible for what they do.

:thanx:

Hi,

1. My name is Kim Landman
2. Safety Advisor for five plants
3. Manufacturing (metal stamping, fabrication and finishing)
4. Defiance Metal Products - based out of Ohio
5. Worker's compensation and safety - over 11 years
6. Love creative activities, traveling and am getting back into motorcycle riding
7. Don't necessarily have a pet peeve in quality...
8. Unsure how to answer directed toward quality, but I would integrate quality, safety and production so none stand all alone

Kim :o

1. Jody
2. Quality Manager for a Mining company that provides emergency longwall recovery and secondary support services tot he coal mining industry
3. Just moved over from the Aerospace industry
4, Wilson Mining Services, NSW and QLD Australia
5. 4 years
6. ALways seeking perfection
7. Inaction on findings that could make a difference
8. I am not sure at this stage?

Well Hello everybody!! I'm new here!!!

1. Isabel Farfán
2. Quality Assurance Manager
3. Fresh vegetable exportation
4. Asunción Export @ Guatemala
5. 4 months
6. I'm a singer :o
7. Don't know yet
8. Have no idea :confused:

Thanx!! have a great week!!:agree1:

4. Com Corp Industries, Cleveland, Ohio
Hi Linda,

Do you work with Jill Beckwith?

Hi Linda,

Do you work with Jill Beckwith?

I replaced Jill. She found a job closer to home. :D

Hi Kevin,

Stephen here. I am from Malaysia. This is my first involvement in this forum.
I am a freelance Advisor and Auditor in TS, ISO, and others.
I find your profile interesting. Mind to know you better?

So, I'm new in this forum and i'd like to introduce myself.
My name is Miltiadis K. .
My background is Mechanical Engineer.
I'm from Greece (Hellas)
My current title is TPM Manager and I'm working for a Brewing company.
Till now I have worked as Safety Engineer, Planned Maintenance Engineer and my last title was Maintenance Manager.
I found this forum interesting (walk the talk & talk the walk)

Hi to all,

I'm a newby here.would like to join this forum to improve my QA knowledge especially in ISO 9001/ISO 14001/ISO TS16949.

So let me intoduce myself as below.

1. Name -Sarah
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do- QA Asst Engineer/Document Controller
3. Industry you're in or have been in- Re-manufacturing Alternator and Starter/ devices and components for Printer
4. Company you work for and location- PWB-Technologies Johor Bahru , Malaysia
5. Length of time in quality function-3 years

Hope we can share more experience and thought here.:rolleyes:

Hi Ed,

Stephen here, from Malaysia.
How's the weather in Ontario? Is always hot and wet here in Malaysia.
I'm an ISO/TS 16949, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 Lead Auditor. I see you too in ISO 9001.
Which Certification Body are you attach to?

Hi Sarah,

Stephen Lim, KL, Malaysia.

I would like to chat with you about TS, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001.
I am a certified ISO/TS 16949, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 Lead Auditor and currently I am also an Advisor/Trainer to various corporations.
Mind to share with me your experience ? Perhaps I can share mine with you.

My HP: +6012-2145412

Hi Milto,

Stephen here. I'm from Malaysia.

Glad to hear from you. How can I help you?

Hi Kevin,

Stephen here. I am from Malaysia. This is my first involvement in this forum.
I am a freelance Advisor and Auditor in TS, ISO, and others.
I find your profile interesting. Mind to know you better?

Welcome Stephen,

I am sure many here will agree with me and wonder who is the Kevin you are saying hi/hello to or attempting to communicate.

There a several ways that you can use to reach the 'Kevin' you had in mind (or any others whose post are not in the same page). One of it is to go to his post, click on the 'Quote' button at the bottom right (just as I do in this post) and start from there. Alternatively, you may go to his user name, click on his profile and leave a visitor's message. Otherwise, send him a PM (private message but use with care as at times it may become a sensitive issue).

1. Name - Harish
2. Job Title - QA/QC Engineer
3. Industry - Telecommunication
4. Wireless Product Design Company Middle East
5. Length of time in quality function - 4 Years
6. Something personal that sets you apart - Nothing Special
7. Your pet peeve in quality - Management giving secondary status to quality comapred to operations
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? - Quality should be part of curriculum in any engineering course, given the fact that most of the engineers I have met in my career don't have a basic understanding of quality concepts.

Hi !
Am Sunil; MR plus Mechanical Engineer; Bangalore based co; about 2 years into quality; I experienced quality the 'bottom-up' route and hence know what actually happens at each segment in the implementation cycle !! :D

Its a great pleasure to be part of this group at elsmar !...also am glad if i can help out any of you. :agree1:

Hi,
I am sameer, belongs to gurgaon/India, I am working in a company as AGM Quality.

My Greetings and best wishes to all.

Regards,

Sameer Nasa

Hello All!

I'm not new (reading some post since a couple of month and find some really good stuff) but I never posted.


1. Name JM Cordonnier
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do: Continuous improvement project manager
3. Industry you're in or have been in: Automotive / Metal transformation
4. Company you work for and location: Ferco, France
5. Length of time in quality function: 8 yr

Many thanks to people who share valuable information about CI.

:thanks:

Welcome to all new folks :bigwave:

Hope to see your posts soon :)

My name is Swathy Natarajan, Executive - Business Consultant with Paramount Dataware (p) Ltd, Chennai, India.

Studying the professional course of Chartered Accountant in India.

Passingleisure time with kids in the apartments nearby, admiring my rose plants............

Having interest and commitment towards EHS and other national/international standards compliance, would like to learn a lot on it.

I've also done my Masters in Human Resource Management.

:)
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Hi my name is Ian and I am a Quality Manager at an assembly plant in South Africa.

Can anyone help me with an english version of VDA 6.1 audit template, I know this is old, but it is always nice to compare it with the TS 16949.
:thanx:

hello my name is austin from nigeria

hello my name is austin from nigeria

Hello Austin from nigeria, welcome to the Cove.

C'mon now, you've stuck your neck out. We didn't bite, yet.:cool: What do you do?:tg: Where do you do it?:cool: Why?:notme:

Go ahead. State your purpose for being. :biglaugh:

Hello,

recently completed the rabqsa training. I hope it leads some where. :notme:

Todd

1. Name - Bryce Kelchner
2. Job Title - Quality Assurance Manager
3. Industry - Tape Wound Magnetic Cores (it is a niche industry)
4. Somewhere in the beautiful high desert of SoCal
5. Length of time in quality function - 26 years
6. Something personal that sets you apart - Topped Whitney last week - does that count?
7. Your pet peeve in quality - Six Sigma
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? - Educate CEOs on REAL Quality improvement - make it better, not cheaper. Continuous Improvement does not mean saving nickels and dimes by a certain % each year.

Bryce-

I noticed your pet peeve is Six Sigma. There is a rather spirited thread going on regarding that subject here:

http://elsmar.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=7324&highlight=sigma

Have fun!!!

Regards -John

Hi I am Frank Xing. I work in medical device related industry and come here to learn and share ideas of quality management and operation improvement with you folks. I have a Ph.D. in Chem Eng and MBA, and like to apply ideas from Lean thinking and Six-sigma.

Many people at this forum have shown great knowledge and passion to Cove, and I hope to do the same.

Cheers!


Frank

Hi All, I have followed many of the threads on this forum, but never posted. I have found many usefull pieces of information that has helped me sort out issues I have come across in the company I work for.

1. Name:- Barry Scholes
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do:- Quality Manager
3. Industry you're in or have been in:- Flow, level. proximity sensors/sensing solutions. Previously worked for a Circuit board manufacturer.
4. Company you work for and location:- Gentech International based in Scotland.
5. Length of time in quality function:- 12 years
6. Something personal that sets you apart:-I have represented Scotland for 6 years at world championship Shore/sea Angling.
7. Your pet peeve in quality:- Lack of management responsibility!!! "Somehow its always Qualitys fault"
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?:- I would outlaw "quality departments" and force everyone to take ownership for Quality.:whip:

Ahh... Thanks; feel better for getting that of my chest.:thanx:

Hi my name is Ian Pearce I am the quality manager at Bonding Mode in East London - South Africa, we assemble parts for the motor industry.
My son told me about this site where we can pass/receive information.
:agree:

Hi my name is Ian Pearce I am the quality manager at Bonding Mode in East London - South Africa, we assemble parts for the motor industry.
My son told me about this site where we can pass/receive information.
:agree:

Hi Ian,:agree:
We also supply to the motor industry, although it is mainly Truck & Bus divisions.
We make liquid level sensors for cooling systems/oil levels etc along with other devices.

What type of parts do you guys assemble?

Hi

I am Hussain Quality Engineer

This forum has been helping me a lot

Thank you all for the info posted

Hi Bazza,
We assemble plastic cam belt housings for VW, we are looking at assembling Tie Rods next year and exporting them, we are at present implementing TS 16949, I also assist the company next door they machine parts that go onto the air conditioner for DCSA. there I have implemented TS 16949, our last audit there the auditor told us that flow diagrams in the quality manual will fail next year and that we have to redo the manual, the way he explaineed it to me that we have to go back to the long way of writing procedures have you had the same experience.
Regards
Ian

Hi Bazza,
We assemble plastic cam belt housings for VW, we are looking at assembling Tie Rods next year and exporting them, we are at present implementing TS 16949, I also assist the company next door they machine parts that go onto the air conditioner for DCSA. there I have implemented TS 16949, our last audit there the auditor told us that flow diagrams in the quality manual will fail next year and that we have to redo the manual, the way he explaineed it to me that we have to go back to the long way of writing procedures have you had the same experience.
Regards
Ian

hI Ian,
We are also implimenting TS16949 (stage 1 audit booked for 29th Oct) I have been advised that the Turtle diagram approach to detail our redefined processes would be prefered, and if it helps; then I am up for it.
I have been creating Turtles along with the process owners so they know and understand what the diagram represents. I have to say that we are a small company, and resources are limited at times, so I end up having to do the bulk of this and then explain it to the guys.
If I understand it correctly, I will be able to reduce our current quality manual down from 30 odd pages down to 2 or 3(including the overall process flow diagram). This will be backed up with relevent procedural documents.
I hope you are successfull

Best regards
Barry

I'm very new so here goes:

1. Linda H.
2. No real title, but I handle shipping/receiving/inventory control and just appointed ISO 14001 EMR
3. Electronic Recycling (if it runs on electricity we will recycle it)
4. Galion OH
5. 2 months
6. born horse crazy and love learning new things
7. Don't really have a pet peeve as I'm too new to this
8. show instead of tell
Hi Linda,
Can you please tell me more about your Job. I work in shipping industry(watch monitoring and hse), before this I used to sail as as a deck officer on LNG/LPG Carriers. Now, I'm interesting in ship recycling and hope to learn more about this.
Best Regards,
hsaioud

Hi Barry,
I am still new at this forum i would like to send you a turtle diagram and see if we are on the correct track but there is no insert button on this quick reply message
Regards
Ian

Hi Barry,
I am still new at this forum i would like to send you a turtle diagram and see if we are on the correct track but there is no insert button on this quick reply message
Regards
Ian

Hi Ian,

Welocme to the Cove :bigwave:

Use the respective forums to post responses. This thread is purely for introduction. :)

Hi Barry,
I am still new at this forum i would like to send you a turtle diagram and see if we are on the correct track but there is no insert button on this quick reply message
Regards
Ian

send me a pm.

mailto:barry.scholes at gentechsensors dot com

Moderator Note:
Ian & Barry - yes, use the PM function or the email facility accessible by clicking on your user name. Email addies posted openly can be harvested by spam bots - so, this is for your own protection.

Hi All, I was directed to the site last year by a Quality Manager of a company I was auditing and having visit the site on more than one occasion, thought it was about time and joined and said hello to everyone.


1. Name:- Aaron Broadhurst
2. Job Title :- Supplier Quality Engineer - Europe Yes I am the only 1 at the moment.
3. Industry you're in or have been in:- Currently Manufacturing of Antivibration mounts for Automotive, Truck Bus, Off Highway. Previously automotive as a QE (T1 & T2), Shipbuilding and Defence Industries as well as being a time served machine operator.
4. Company :- LORD Corporation Europe working in the UK, Italy and many areas of central and eastern Europe.
5. Length of time in quality function:- Good Question, in the sense of being part of the Quality Function I suppose since 2006, but I have been involved in Six Sigma and CI for about 8 years
6. Something personal that sets you apart:- I have 7 children...people usually find that as something which sets me apart from the norm of 2.4 kids.
7. Your pet peeve in quality:- Blaming the Quality department for the failings of other departments, just because the negative impact is reported by the Quality Team. Its not my fault that the customer does not like what you sent him, the procedures are there to help, they are not an obstacle to be overcome or worked round.
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?:- Let the Value Stream feel the pain of the QE when things go wrong, maybe then ownership of quality would be universal.

I have really gotten a lot out of this forum and all of you who participate. I was curious, though, who all of you are and what you do. How about letting us know a little bit about you and your background?
1. Name
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
3. Industry you're in or have been in
4. Company you work for and location
5. Length of time in quality function
6. Something personal that sets you apart
7. Your pet peeve in quality
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?


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See you down life's highway!

Eric

[This message has been edited by Greenraisin (edited 18 April 2001).]
1. Gary Hamor
2. Lean Consulting in the white and blue collar factories, as well as offering a software solution for the rapid creation and maintenance of visual work instructions, called VMS Factory(R).
3. High volume disk drive design and production, low volume high mix contract manufacturing. Today I consult with biomed, aerospace, automotive, electronics and various other industries.
4. Lean Practices, Inc., Mead, CO
5. As a consultant, 14 years experience working with quality departments.
6. Systems need to meet the customer requirements, as well as the user's requirements. Factoring in the human element in the equation is something I don't see a lot of others doing.
7. Your pet peeve in quality: my observations are that a higher than normal percentage of folks who work in quality departments are "finger pointers". The key to quality is preventing defects, not simply pointing fingers at them.
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? I agree with one post that said all operations people ought to serve a stint in the quality department, so that the notion of "quality" is at the forefront of workers' thoughts.

Welcome to all the new users!!!!!!!

1. Dave K.
2. Production / Material Coordinator (Past position Product/Process Quality Engineer (PQE) & Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE))
3. Mfg
4. Miller Electric, Wisconsin (Past - GE & AC Compressor)
5. >3 years in a "Quality role" 20+ years manufacturing quality parts (Journeyman Machinist by trade)
6. I never give up without a fight. I respect all players on my team no matter of the position they play.
7. Quality is like Safety "EVERYONE IS RESPONSIBLE!"
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? I would 1st benchmark where the world of quality is at...

This is a very informative website I thank all who participate to make all of us better in what we do.

Dave

1. Mr. Murat Birlik
2. Electronics Eng... reparing and renewing devices.
3. All Industries that uses automated machines.
4. Egem Ind. Electronics and Automation Ltd... Turkey (city : izmir)
5. 6 years for reparing and renewing dept... 1 years as a teacher... 2 years in IT tech..
6. I love electronics :) and i love my job :).. I am an inspector :cool: that figure out the problem
7. :)
8. more time for people to improve their abilities:agree:


:thanx:

Welcome Dave and Murat :bigwave:

Hello, everyone! It's kinda slow here on the weekends.

If you didn't read the forum TOS (http://elsmar.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=8831) when you registered, please take a minute. It's short.

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Hello!
My particulars:
1. Name - Dr.D.C.Tomar
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do - Professor-teach Computer sc. & Engg.
3. Industry you're in or have been in - ONGC, now in MNM Jain Engg. College
4. Company you work for and location - Chennai, India
5. Length of time in quality function - 10 years
6. Something personal that sets you apart - Astronomy, TT, Yoga & Meditation
7. Your pet peeve in quality - so so
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? implement 5 Ss

I have really gotten a lot out of this forum and all of you who participate. I was curious, though, who all of you are and what you do. How about letting us know a little bit about you and your background?

Hi there,

1. Izz
2. TPA Lead Auditor
3. Construction
4. 2 Certifying Bodies - Singapore
5. About 5 Years
6. Aerobics junkie, tree hugger, dog lover & PC games addict
7. To audit firms who treat their QMS as eye-candy.
8. If I could change the world of quality, I'll like to standandise the quality level of consultants (Second Party Auditor) via stringent levels of requirements... and I won't have to audit their crappy fables instead of the true status of clients' systems then.

1. Daniel
2. Compound R&D / Production Manager
3. Rubber Industry
4. Hutchinson Seal de Mexico
5. Not working on quality department, but since R&D and daily production involves it, I need to be aware.
6. I'm a person with knowledge on rubber chemistry, rubber mixing and molding. I saw some past questions regarding rubber, and I can probably help in the future with similar experience.

Hi,

I am Ramani Parthasarathy
Doing consultancy work on QMS
Industrial Experiance 35 Years of which in Automative component manufacturing 15 years.
At present working with a firm to get AS 9100 certification.
Any help with respect to AS 9100 from the members will be most welcome.
Let us exchange our experiance for improving quality of system.

Vanakkam Ramani :bigwave:

Hope to see your valuable posts sson. :)

Hi All,
I stumbled on the Cove a few years ago, but I have never taken the time to introduce myself!
1. Name: Amanda
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do: Quality Systems Administrator
3. Industry you're in or have been in: Contract Manufacturing
4. Company you work for and location: Oregon, USA
5. Length of time in quality function: 8yrs
6. Something personal that sets you apart: ummm...
7. Your pet peeve in quality: The seeming lack of importance to others!
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? I would take the babysitting out of it!!!

I look forward to learning from many more things from the Cove!

1. Name - Buck Wolf
2. Job Title - Lean Facilitator
3. Industry - Manufacturing
4. Specialty Pump Company in Utah, U.S.
5. Been in Lean for 4 years
7. Your pet peeve in Lean - "We have always done it this way" attitude

Hello all,
Jenny Samm
Sales and Marketing Specialist
Internal Auditor / since 1998
Glas-Col, LLC
Manufacture Laboratory Equipment
ISO 9000:2001 registered since 1998

welcome to all Quality staff , Hussein
:biglaugh:
:magic:

Hi everyone, just joined the board after 'finding' it a few times whilst 'googling' different management systems topics. Liked the look of it and the information I got from it and thought I may be able to contribute!

Answers to the 'quiz' below

1. Mark Blackshaw
2. I am the Quality, Environmental, Health & Safety Manager for an SME
3. We are in the rolling element industry (balls and rollers..no jokes please!)
4. Atlas B&B, West Midlands, England
5. I have been involved in quality etc for 13 years
6. My dogged determination to make things right/correct or even perfect
7. The way we are perceived as being an obstruction in the business world.
8. I would make every senior manager work in an inspection/quality department at least once a year!!!!

Regards

M

Hi folks!

I'm returning, haven't been in here much since December.

My name is John Carpenter, a self employed consultant/trainer/coach. I hold an RABQSA QMS Principal auditor's card and I'm also certified to teach a few of the Plexus training products.

I typically work with ISO 9001 and TS 16949 clients but also get into few other areas of quality training as well, including the core tools.

I live in Black Mountain, North Carolina and am a member of the local ASQ section where I served as a programs co-chair last year.

My pet peave occurs when I am working with a client where the management team is dysfunctional, self-serving, and not supportive of the improvement effort.

It's always nice to see new folks join the crowd to assure ourselves we aren't toiling alone in the wilderness. I'm looking forward to your increased participation, and, especially, the time when each of you current newcomers will be welcoming the next crop!:bigwave::D

I think this a fantastic forum, with wonderful people providing such great information, with so much enthusiasm and sincerity. It is truly laudable. I had been very regularly visiting the forum some years ago, but then got busy on other things and could not spare the time. But I'm back now for continuing my 'learning'

I don't know how many people really read this with any particular interest, but it's obviously one way to get some attention, and maybe to get some response when you really need it.

1. Sohrab Choksey (if you want to know my origin you can PM me)
2. Management Consultant (focus on ISO9000 - it's better than not having any clue of where to get started on the Quality Journey, if at all you are really interested in going somewhere - forget what all the naysayers might have to say, as there's always plenty of them - ofcourse they have every right to their opinions, but I think 'positivity' is always better than any 'negativity')
3. Consultancy - Management and Personal Improvement (after all you can't possibly do anything without first knowing and understanding yourself). By qualification and industry experience, however, I belong to the Electronics Industry, and am basically an R&D person with phenomenal interest and focus on Business Management and problem-solving.
4. My own consultancy firm 'Tech-Man Solutions' (short for Technical and Management Solutions, where 'Solutions' would imply a focus on helping businesses and individuals to solve their 'technical' and 'management' problems.
5. In 'management' since 1978, in 'quality management' specifically since 1984 (makes me pretty old, I know, but you wouldn't think so if you ever met me some time)
6. Thinking 'positive' and 'seeing an opportunity' (to help make someone's life easier or to make someone's world better), in every situation of 'difficulty'. But better still I believe in continuous introspection and thirst for improvement, through continual learning, even at this age.
7. Talk about doing 'Z-zee', without knowing or understanding that you first need to take care of the fundamentals 'a-b-c'.
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? Institute some way to first assess 'top management' awareness and commitment, before looking any further for any kind of assessment or initiative. Actually that's quite easy to determine.

P.S. You are welcome to have other views and subscribe to the same, and I really would not want to have a debate - so you will probably not get any response in defence of any stand I might apparently have taken here.
Thank you all for your wonderful contributions.

Firstly Hello to all

1) Darren Durney

2) Quality / Health & Safety Manager

3) Engineering Industry (previously in Automotive & FMCG

4) Cadet Engineering Ltd in Staffordshire England

5) Coming upto 10 years now (seems like a lifetime lol)

6) I switch off when i leave work dont think or worry about it helps keep the stress levels down i think

7) Not enough support or enthusiasm from other members of mangement all talk and no action

8) Tell companies they must have more than one person trying to do this role I work alone and it is an uphill struggle most of the time with writing procedures and trying to implement new ideas, then having to do audits and sample approvals on top of doing health and safety (sorry for bleating a bit there) Also make it mandatory that managemnt must have an say in the way the companies want to go forward with quality agaion most just talk about it but when it comes to actioning things they shy away (Stand up and bite the bullet if it works hurrah if not we try another route until it suits everyone and works)

After looking through the site over the last few weeks I would like to say a big thank you to all some of the files and discussions on here have been informative to say the least and have sometimes helped me look at things in a different light I think we all need that and this site reaches out to everyone well done and keep up the goood work

Hello Jim,
Welcome, Please elaborate on Metal Finishing,is it platting,anodizing.
Also can help me by detailing one of your Continuous improvement project for my knowledge improvement.
Thanks,
Ramani Parthasarathy.

I have really gotten a lot out of this forum and all of you who participate. I was curious, though, who all of you are and what you do. How about letting us know a little bit about you and your background?
1. Name
Mike Sukhu

2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
Production Coordinator, looking after all of production

3. Industry you're in or have been in
Plastic injection moulding over the pass 25 years (Life Time)

4. Company you work for and location
Contactum Ltd, London, England

5. Length of time in quality function
Have been with this company for 4 years

6. Something personal that sets you apart
I work hard and play hard too

7. Your pet peeve in Production
Manages talk a good talk about lean manufacturing (hot air)

8. :)?

Hello Jim,
Welcome, Please elaborate on Metal Finishing,is it platting,anodizing.
Also can help me by detailing one of your Continuous improvement project for my knowledge improvement.
Thanks,
Ramani Parthasarathy.

Ramani,

This thread is purely for introductions. You could use of the other forums to post subject relevant questions. :bigwave:

Hi All My name si Mike Sukhu

I work for a UK company based in London, we manufacture electrical switches and sockets

I am please to be part of the group and look forward to the many discussions :notme:

1. Name--Holly
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do--Almost everything except produce the product
3. Industry you're in or have been in--Chrome Plating
4. Company you work for and location--Charlotte NC
5. Length of time in quality function--2 weeks
6. Something personal that sets you apart--Nothing really, I'm the same as everyone else I know.
7. Your pet peeve in quality--Just started, so I don't have one.
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?--Too soon to answer

1. Name Joe Hardwick
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do Quality Adminstrator
3. Industry you're in or have been in Automotive
4. Company you work for and location AWTC Michigan
5. Length of time in quality function 8 months
6. Something personal that sets you apart I will take time to listen.
7. Your pet peeve in quality No one will try
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?

1. Kenneth (That is my out of office name :notme:).
2. I am doing New Product Introduction for Aerospace. (Somewhat technology transfer from customer to manufacturing sites.)
3. I been in Electronics Industry but moving on in Aerospace Industry.
4. An Aerospace Contract Manufacturing in Singapore.
5. None
6. Im normal!
7. Its not my job!
8. Get rid of the paper crap! be direct and systematic!

hello:
let me introducted myself to everyone.

my name is Huyuzhu ,I am chinese ,I am a chemist,my job is about quality managment,i was working in Hangzhou Coben Pharmaceutical Co.;Ltd.
:agree:

Welcome all new folks :bigwave:

The Cove is a great place for sharing knowledge and you will be amazed to see how people help each other. We are privileged to have you all here.

Hope to see your contributions soon :)

1. Name: Jesse Laser
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do: Quality Systems Coordinator
3. Industry you're in or have been in: Currently in bulk material handling, previously a Quality Supervisor in Aviation, Quality Manager of a precision machine shop, Quality Manager at a telecommunications engineering firm, Quality Supervisor at a US Navy Submarine Maintenance Depot...I have been around a bit...
4. Company you work for and location: ThyssenKrupp Robins, Denver, CO (for 5 days, now!!!)
5. Length of time in quality function: 14 years
6. Something personal that sets you apart: :bigwave:
7. Your pet peeve in quality; Lack of top management commitment...oh, I have so much more to say about that :mad:
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? The percieved quality culture. In so many industries, one thing seems to be consistent is the way quality and production (whatever type) seem to have such an adversarial relationship. It does not need to be that way, but the culture (sometimes as a product of management) dictates this is just the way of things. I have made it my purpose to point out as frequently as possible that we are all on the same team.

1. Name - Leo
2. Job - Quality Coordinator of Class Ii Medical
3. Industry - Research & Development
4. Employer - Titronics Research & Development, Tiffin, IA
5. Years in quality - 1/2 year
6. What sets me apart - I'm blind
7. Pet peave - Not enough emphasis on continual improvment
8. How I would revamp quality - Standardize it world-wide.

Here I am...
1. Name - Miguel perez
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do - QSA- Quality System Lead Auditor
3. Industry you're in or have been in - Electronics
4. Company you work for and location - Smart Modular technologies PR
5. Length of time in quality function - 12 Yrs
6. Something personal that sets you apart
7. Your pet peeve in quality - Bee
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? Eliminate it, if you do things wright from the very beguinning taking all preventive actions in a good planning process...

Hai!
Welcome to Forum
We have an expert from Rubber compounding!:applause:

Shall we have a thread on Thermo Plastic Elastomer?

Bye

1. Daniel
2. Compound R&D / Production Manager
3. Rubber Industry
4. Hutchinson Seal de Mexico
5. Not working on quality department, but since R&D and daily production involves it, I need to be aware.
6. I'm a person with knowledge on rubber chemistry, rubber mixing and molding. I saw some past questions regarding rubber, and I can probably help in the future with similar experience.

Hello,
I have been checking in on the forum for some time but have not taken time to post. Our company is transitioning from ISO to AS9100. It's been, well there's really no words to describe.
Here's my info
Shirley Johnson
Quality Improvement Coordinator
Lead Auditor
Inspection Supervisor
Electronic Connectors
Positronic Industries, Inc. Missouri
8 years in auditing, the rest since the first of this year
Problem Solving - I get a lot of practice
Lack of congenial interpretations
Have every one on the same page

hi!
i am sri hari vikram
working as an R&D engineer at renault nissan india.
Its an automobile industry for ur knowledge.
As far as my knowledge base is concerned, let's say its EMPTY! :bonk:
I am here to learn!
I am new to engineering so to say a fresher! jus out of college!
Excuse me for '0' professionalism!!

My name is P.S.RAVICHANDIRAN.
I am working as a Production Manager in a perfume factory
I have completed Lead auditor course as well.
21 years of experience in Pharma as QA/QC Executive

HI.
I am Ramani Parthasarathy.
QMS consultant
Industrial experiance: 25 years in Auto parts manufacturing company.
QMS experiance ISO 9001:2000,QS 9000,T.S 16949:2002,
Certified Lead Auditor in ISO 9001:2000, Trained Internal Auditor T.S 16949,
Trained internal Auditor in AS 9100:2004.
At present doing consultancy on QMS for Automotive Parts Company,Anodiser for aero-space components.
I believe that we can make Quality a way of life through implementing QMS.

Welcome ramani parthasarathy:agree:

I'm originally from Scotland but emigrated to Denmark and am now a Danish citizen. I've been Quality Manager for several comanies in Denmark but had an idea about 10 years ago, patented it - and have been going at it ever since.

My main field of interest is accessories for digital calipers and measurement accessories. By taking a look at my website it'll give a better idea of what I can do. Needless to say advice is free, and my specialty is practical external and internal screw thread pitch diameter measurement for all thread sizes and types. If you don't believe me test me :)

I've been working with a caliper manufacturer and I believe that I'll be the first to have a digital caliper that has micrometer accuracy. I have also invented a caliper pressure device that allows the user to see how much measurement pressure is being applied. Stangely, as far as I know; a digital caliper is the only measurement tool without a recommended or specified measurement pressure. This lack of specified measurement pressure is also probably the reason why digital calipers are often regarded as being inaccurate.

So, if anyone has questions about screw threads and tolerances, just ask and if I can help, I will. As I don't pretend to know everything I'll ask for help and advice for myself from time to time.

Welcome Gordon,

By taking a look at my website it'll give a better idea of what I can do

I am glad that you had done things the right way - by putting your website/link in your profile. Obviously, you had read our Terms of Service (TOS) (http://elsmar.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=8831).

So, if anyone has questions about screw threads and tolerances, just ask and if I can help, I will.

Thanks in advance for your offer. I am sure all of us will benefit from your vast and special knowledge. We look forward to see your active participation.

I've been looking for something like this for some time now since I'm new to the QS environment yet, it seems all of my peers come to me to have their questions answered. Now I can turn their questions here if need be.

1. Tim Kaiser
2. Quality Management Systems Coordinator
3. Heavy Manufacturing including CNC machining, Fabrication, Assembly, ect.
4.
5. ISO Auditor for 4 years now currently working to attain my CQA
6. I am incapable of BS
7. So many pet peives in quality, probably lead by statements people make particularly "It is what it is". That statement is only ever true if you want it to be.
8. I would make quality departments just as "accountable" as manufacturing areas. Too often I hear quality say we have the controls in place and manufacturing made the mistake.

I slightly disagree with only one of your points. I've found that with most manufacturing errors, the main culprit is the design department. I've never understood why design departments don't make it normal procedure to run things by production before issuing drawings.
Of course there are companies that actually do have communication between production and design, but from my own experience this isn't the norm.
As Quality Manager I always had more problems with design than with production.
In one company (and this is a true story) production wouldn't keep with tolerance as they said they were too tight and design said they wouldn't increase tolerances until production kept the ones specified. The Quality department always got caught in the middle. The design manager and production manager wouldn't sit down together and most communication had to go though me.

Gordon, I think you are off topic for this particular thread but what you are talking about is classic "Concurrent Engineering". Google this subject, you will see a wealth of information. It is not a new subject, but is a very common sense one as you have pointed out. Your research on this will give you additional insite as to how you could adopt such a concept.

Good Luck

Bob

I slightly disagree with only one of your points. I've found that with most manufacturing errors, the main culprit is the design department. I've never understood why design departments don't make it normal procedure to run things by production before issuing drawings.
Of course there are companies that actually do have communication between production and design, but from my own experience this isn't the norm.
As Quality Manager I always had more problems with design than with production.
In one company (and this is a true story) production wouldn't keep with tolerance as they said they were too tight and design said they wouldn't increase tolerances until production kept the ones specified. The Quality department always got caught in the middle. The design manager and production manager wouldn't sit down together and most communication had to go though me.

:topic:Derailed thread::topic:

It appears that postings for this thread have strayed a bit from it's original purpose. For the maximum benefit of the Original Poster, please guide all posts back to the original poster's question/thought.

Should you feel another issue has arisen that merits further discussion, feel free to start a new thread, or contact a moderator to help with moving some posts.

Thank you!

Hi Bob,
My remarks were just meant as a generalization. It is actually the kind of thing I'd bring up at a water cooler or standing in line somewhere - if it was a relavant location of course :)
By the way, as my main field is (screw) threads it's rather confusing when "comments" etc. are called threads.
Take care, Gordon

[Lance-QAManager]I have really gotten a lot out of this forum and all of you who participate. I was curious, though, who all of you are and what you do. How about letting us know a little bit about you and your background?
1. Name
Lance
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
Quality Manager
3. Industry you're in or have been in
Harness and Cable Assembly Manufacturer
4. Company you work for and location
HCA Industries, Denton, Texas
5. Length of time in quality function
6 Months
6. Something personal that sets you apart
I was recently laid of from a very large telecomunication subcontractor where I was incharge of Calibration and ESD Control for 8 years. I moved into Quality because I needed to get off my feet due to a recent Motorcyle Accident where I almost lost my leg. Trying to learn this gig, I by no means an expert. I have had my fair share of audits and I am also a trained Internal Auditor.
7. Your pet peeve in quality
Too much paper work!!!!!!
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?
Loosen up a little!

------------------
Lance

Hi Lance (and all others that read this),

1. Name
Gordon (Clarke)
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
Inventor with own (small) company
3. Industry you're in or have been in
Almost everything from quality engineer on the Danish F-16s, to QA engineer on Danish power plants to Quality Manager on industrial centrifugal pumps (district heating and tankers).
4. Company you work for and location
See answer for 2
5. Length of time in quality function
More years than I care to count J
6. Something personal that sets you apart
I seem to have a knack for finding simple solutions to what other find complicated to solve. I’d rather be stranded on desert island with a do-it-yourself person than a theoretical genius. If the DIY person was female I’d regard that as a bonus – although my wife might disagree!
7. Your pet peeve in quality
Too many desk generals without practical experience. I got very disenchanted with theoretical quality “experts” who thought “Logic” and “Common sense” were Russian villages.
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?
Try and figure out how the Japanese manage to make quality products as easily as they seem to do.

Hi folks,

My name is Stephen.

I have recently started a new job as a Quality Manager.

From my various positions which have started as a Quality Control Operator in the food industry for four years ( an eye opener ), a Quality Auditor in the computing industry for nine years ( an education ) and the aerosol manufacturing business for around eight months ( an eye opener & education ).

I am now involved in the glazing industry ( double glazing, conservatories and roofing ).

I believe in simplicity, directness and efficiency.

I get frustrated with people in positions who should know better as to me quality means business.

Im glad I have came across this site and look forward to various discussions.


All the best,

Stephen

My name is Xiaohui Qi,I am from china.
My job is a FAE of semiconduct in a company.I answer for the quality complaint from the customer,and support the sales with the application of components.
Our company located at NO.51 HENPING road jinan city.
I have worded in this department three years,and there was not only me to do this work,so I had two colleagues work with.We worked together very good.
When I met with some man-made quality problem,I felt very headachy.
for example,some appearance quality.I want to change the world of quality,but I cann't.I only want to change our product quality now.

Hearty welcome to all new comers from administrators, moderators and fellow covers :bigwave:

Xiaohui Qi; welcome to the forum, I am SQE is interesting know the other side of the coin.

Xiaohui Qi; welcome to the forum, I am SQE is interesting know the other side of the coin.

Hi alexiaz,

We have avrious sections on different systems like ISO 9001, TS 16949, ISO 13485 and many, many others.

Hope to see your questions in these respective sections :)

Hi Alexdiaz,
To me a coin has three sides:
Heads, tails and standing on it's edge :)
Gordon (Clarke)

good evening :)

Hello,

I am Deb Johnston. I am currently providing quality system consulting for my former employer (so that I can be at home when my child is not is school). I have been working in the quality field for almost 15 years.

I established an ISO 9002 compliant quality system for my company back when I started out, and was responsible for maintaining the system. They upgraded the system to ISO 9001 while I was gone. I now help maintain the ISO 9001:2000 compliant system.

My new challenge is integrating two quality systems (because of a recent acquistion) and maintaining compliance to both10 CFR 50 Appendix B and ISO 9001:2000.

Hello,

I am Deb Johnston. I am currently providing quality system consulting for my former employer (so that I can be at home when my child is not is school). I have been working in the quality field for almost 15 years.

I established an ISO 9002 compliant quality system for my company back when I started out, and was responsible for maintaining the system. They upgraded the system to ISO 9001 while I was gone. I now help maintain the ISO 9001:2000 compliant system.

My new challenge is integrating two quality systems (because of a recent acquistion) and maintaining compliance to both10 CFR 50 Appendix B and ISO 9001:2000.

Welcome Deb, and the rest of the newcomers.

Deb, you will find a lot of information in regards to your task, here in the Cove. Try the Search Function and type in key word and it should bring up some threads about the specific topic. Also, if you scroll down to the bottom of the Page (after you are looking at a thread) you will notice related threads on that topic.

Look forward to everyone's questions and answers.

Hi there,.. I just find out The Elsmar Cove by googling. I'm thankful to find it since there are so many valuable informations related to my job in here.

Let me introduce myself first..

My Name is Andrey, from Indonesia and my current Job Title is Vendor Quality Assurance... (pheew !!!) :notme:
My company's industry is in Telecommunication industry where my company is one of the largest Telco company in Indonesia.
During the period of time, I held the position for almost one and a half years. Still lots of things to study here :rolleyes:... previously, I worked as a master data analyst, still for the same company.

I really hope that by joining this forum, i could get more information and share with the world the good practices of quality assurance.

Thank you.

BR,
Andrey

I have really gotten a lot out of this forum and all of you who participate. I was curious, though, who all of you are and what you do. How about letting us know a little bit about you and your background?
1. velan
2. Quality engineer
3. Fg wilson
4. Caterpillar India
5. 12 years :biglaugh:

Hi everyone,


Name: Sabarinath A.K.A 'Sabari'
Profession: QHSE Manager
Location: Muscat, Sultanate of Oman (Middle East)
Qualification: Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering (Also called B.Tech)
Years of Experience: 5 yrs (4yrs as QC Engineer in a manufacturing facility which makes large steel structures used in the boiler industry & 1yrs as QHSE manager for complete group)
Other Qualifications: ISO 9001:2000 Lead Auditor; NEBOSH NGC in Occupational Health and Safety; AWS-CWI & counting!
Interests: Sports, Internet, Reading & Movies
Current Assignment: Integration of ISO 9001:2000 QMS with ISO 14001:2004 EMS and OHSAS 18001:2007 OH&S

I hope to gain some knowledge and if possible contribute some myself in this forum.


regards,

Sabari

1. Name
Tom Benson

2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
Quality Engineer / ISO Quality System Admin

3. Industry you're in or have been in
Current: Precision Optics, Former: Telecom Customer Logistics

4. Company you work for and location
Contract Position, Western NY

5. Length of time in quality function
Current - 1.5 years, Former - 16 years

6. Something personal that sets you apart
After 26 years at one job, got another in 11 weeks!

7. Your pet peeve in quality
Quality System is considered overhead not revenue, from a management budgetary perspective. They will push the contract for as long as they legally can.

8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?
Become a full time employee again. :) I am good at what I do and have made a difference here.

Hi FOlks! I am Farman Faisal from Pakistan. Currently working on Quality for a Company.

Joined this forum for exchanging views on Quality related issues. Currently I am searching for a sample of ISO 9000 Quality Plan.

Regards,:agree:

Hello! anyone out there?

Hello! anyone out there?
By all means, introduce yourself.

1. Name: Sharon Zohar
2. Job Title: Quality Assurance Engineer
3. Current Industry: IT QA for medical nonprofit.
4. Employer: Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation
5. Time in QA: Officially, I've been in QA for 13 months, but I was informally involved with QA for years in my IT past
6. Something personal that sets you apart: I collect unusual Slinkies
7. Your pet peeve in quality: What, I can only have one??
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? I think I need a bigger text box... :)

A big hello to Sharon and all the new Covers we have coming here! :bigwave:We look forward to reading your questions and contributions. :)

My name is Karen Codrington and I'm a Key Account Manager with Dyadem International. (makers of FMEA-Pro, PHA-Pro etc., Stature) I work out of the Toronto area in Canada but travel all over the world when I'm working with my clients, the majority being in the automotive industry and general manufacturing.

I joined this board to learn more about quality planning and control issues so that I can help my clients better when I work with them. My pet peeve is that quality is often considered a cost centre and I'd change that in a heartbeat.

Thanks for allowing me to join and if anyone would like to speak with me, feel free to look up my contact information on my profile or PM me.

I have really gotten a lot out of this forum and all of you who participate. I was curious, though, who all of you are and what you do. How about letting us know a little bit about you and your background?
1. Name
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
3. Industry you're in or have been in
4. Company you work for and location
5. Length of time in quality function
6. Something personal that sets you apart
7. Your pet peeve in quality
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?


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See you down life's highway!

Eric

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1. Name: Biren Soni.
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do: General Manager - QA
3. Industry you're in or have been in: Pharmaceutical formulation
4. Company you work for and location: Leading organization in pharma export. A'bad-India.
5. Length of time in quality function: 10 Years.
6. Something personal that sets you apart: Always Beware the BOARD about COST OF QUALITY.
7. Your pet peeve in quality: Different standards for internal and external atm (Company or Country!!!)
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? Convince, convince and convince (govt/management with scientific justifications and failure risk).

1. My name is Jenny Swords (not a Jennifer)
2. I am a Quality Coordinator
3. We produce geophysical instrumentation for the oil/gas industry
4. The company I work for is Spartek Systems
5. I have been in the quality field for 15 years
6. I'm known as the Quality Cop.....yeah I'm anal about quality
7. I hate smoke being blown up my a** when it comes to quality
8. I would make it law to do it right the first time, no cutting corners

Hi,

My name is Jenny Swords (not a Jennifer). I am a Quality Coordinator at Spartek Systems in Alberta, Canada. We produce geophysical instrumentation for the oil/gas industry. I've been in quality since graduating from college in 1993. I'm known as the "Quality Cop". Yes, I'm anal about quality. I've been an inspector, an auditor, a sorterMy pet peeve in quality is that I hate people blowing smoke up my a** relating to circumventing quality processes and procedures. If I could change the world of quality, I would make it an offense to not do the right thing, the first time. I look forward to chatting it up and accessing information.:biglaugh:

Hi Jenny,
I agree with you regarding "circumventing quality procedures" but have you ever wondered why this happens so often?
My personal experience is that when company quality manuals and procedures get written, at some point a severe case of writing diarrhoea, to remain in your terminology :) sets in. This often results in the desire for Utopia rather than the necessary basics.
It's rather like when a draftsman puts a very tight tolerance on a drawing to be "more than absolutely" safe, and the guys that produce the part probably knows just as much about the product as anyone else, and knows it's too tight. Departments should really cooperate more than they do.
I've yet to hear about a company that doesn't try to bend it's own "rules" the day after ISO 9001 approval, when the moment arrives that the "sh**" actually hits the fan.
Gordon

A small addition to what I just wrote. "Do it right first time" is good but "Do the right thing right first time" might be even better. The second "slogan" takes a wee bit longer to put into motion than the first :)
Gordon

Gordon,

Thanks for the insight. Do the right thing right the first time is definitely the better slogan. I agree it takes time for employees to grasp that. I've got to go, I'm holding a meeting for the new Leads to explain the nonconformance process to them.

Jenny

1. Melissa
2. Quality Manager of a lab
3. Medical device and Pharmaceuticals
4. Aviva Biosciences in San Diego
5. 18 years in quality
6. Started in a very large company as incoming inspector and traveled my way through the ranks to Manager and Directory titles for quaity and regulatory
7. People that believe quality is a waste of time and resources
8. Harmonize all guidelines for each country

1. Hall Chen
2. Advance Supplier Quality Engineer
3. Auto
4. Faurecia
5. six years

Hi. Here are my details as requested:

1. Name - Dennis

2. Job Title or explanation of what you do - increase efficiency and control costs through the effective planning, scheduling, use and control of a manufacturing or service organisation.

3. Industry you're in or have been in - electricity distribution, manufacturing, university

4. Company you work for and location - currently in Sydney, Australia and soon in Vancouver in Sept 2008

5. Length of time in quality function - 15+ years

6. Something personal that sets you apart - intrepid and tenacious

7. Your pet peeve in quality - systems analysis and design

8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? - start a quality revolution in the government sector.


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See you down life's highway!

Eric

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Welcome ALL to the community of the Cove!:bigwave:

We old timers are looking forward to the time YOU will be welcoming newcomers with the confidence of being an "old hand!"

Hello everyone, I have just joined the forum and have already found quite a bit of helpful information. Thanks.

1. Schevon Salmon (First name Irish girl`s name, `Dont know what my parents were thinking`, Last name British)
2. Assistant Legal Manager
3. Orthopedic
4. Small company in Japan
5. About 5 months, Yes, a baby in this industry and this position
6. Jamaican that speaks Japanese
7. being stared at :mg:
8. I would make it simpler

Welcome ALL to the community of the Cove!:bigwave:

We old timers are looking forward to the time YOU will be welcoming newcomers with the confidence of being an "old hand!" Thanks, Wes! :thanks:

Hello Everybody I am very new in this wonderful family, this is how is see this forum,

Nam: Abdirahman D Iltireh
Nationality: Djiboutian (Small East African Country)
Job Title: HSE Coordinator/Trainer
Company: KBR but will head soon W.A Berry
Length: 6 years
There is something that set me apart, is my Job as Quality & Safety person living in Djibouti where there’s no QHSE Culture At all, so nobody understand what is my job
We can change the World right now helping each other so we can help the whole World.
:agree:
My weak point is, I am so thirsty to learn as much as possible to bring this noble philosophies one day to my home country

To no-one in particular :)

I'm guessing that this "place" is one of the most read. Everyone wants to ogle the newcomer :)

I've been on both "teams" - worked as an auditor and been on the end of more than one audit. It lets me see things from two directions.

In virtually all cases where I've audited I knew a lot about the products the audited companies were producing. My main problem when being audited has been that, when the auditor has turned up with a "standard" form and questionaire and obviously knew next to nothing about what the company actually makes or what was really important.

In one case (at a machine producing factory) the questions being asked were so naive that I asked what his background was to see if he was trying to be funny or if he really meant what he asked. It turned out that he was a construction engineer that had switched jobs recently. Luckily catastrophy was avoided but I don't think either the company I worked for at that time or his auditing organization got much out of it. At best a waste of time and effort for both parties.

My point with this is - if someone is going to audit a company or organization out of their "area of expertise" then contact someone who should have a reasonable working knowledge of what could and should be relevant.

A little help won't make anyone an expert overnight, but it could prevent them from looking like a complete amateur.

I'm sure in here we can find people that know a bit about just everything :)

Gordon

To no-one in particular :)

I'm guessing that this "place" is one of the most read. Everyone wants to ogle the newcomer :)

I've been on both "teams" - worked as an auditor and been on the end of more than one audit. It lets me see things from two directions.

In virtually all cases where I've audited I knew a lot about the products the audited companies were producing. My main problem when being audited has been that, when the auditor has turned up with a "standard" form and questionaire and obviously knew next to nothing about what the company actually makes or what was really important.

In one case (at a machine producing factory) the questions being asked were so naive that I asked what his background was to see if he was trying to be funny or if he really meant what he asked. It turned out that he was a construction engineer that had switched jobs recently. Luckily catastrophy was avoided but I don't think either the company I worked for at that time or his auditing organization got much out of it. At best a waste of time and effort for both parties.

My point with this is - if someone is going to audit a company or organization out of their "area of expertise" then contact someone who should have a reasonable working knowledge of what could and should be relevant.

A little help won't make anyone an expert overnight, but it could prevent them from looking like a complete amateur.

I'm sure in here we can find people that know a bit about just everything :)

Gordon


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Hi everyone,

I'm new to this forum and have found a TON of useful information for our company and just knowledge in general.

I'm currently the Quality system manager for a relatively new company - have worked in the industry before.

Thanks to all of you dedicated posters! You know who you are!

Jay