1. Name
John
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
Branch Manager
3. Industry you're in or have been in
ISO 17025 calibrations
4. Company you work for and location
Qal-Tek Texas
5. Length of time in quality function
2 Years
6. Something personal that sets you apart
Drive to learn. I have gotten where I am with no college.
7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration)
Lack of follow through in any area is my pet peeve. If you say you will get it done GET IT DONE!
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?
Every piece of paper ever produced in relation to quality would have the disclaimer, "NOTHING IS PERFECT, EXCEPT FOR THIS PROCEEDURE, FOLLOW IT OR DIE"

Here i introduce myself. I belong to India and presently at Gulf.

1. Name : Subash Chandra Khuntia
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do : Assistant Manager-F&A
3. Industry you're in or have been in : IT
4. Company you work for and location:IT distributor company in Gulf
5. Length of time in quality function : New to Quality
6. Something personal that sets you apart : Very positive
7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration)
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? : Very new to the term.Will answer it later

Hi everybody, I introduce myself to community:
1.- My name: Homero Rios
2.- Job: Metrology Supervisor
3.- Industry: Diesel Engine Manufacturing
4.- Company: Motores John Deere in Torreon, Mexico
5.- I´ve been working 12 years in Quality areas, but most of time as inspector and CMM programmer.
6.- Get more knowledge on Quality knowledge
7.- Uncertainty calculus in calibration, six sigma applied, the square head of some Quality Managers.
8.- Get more people (specially in Mexico) involved with the key terms of Quality and the effective way to implement it not only in the work place but in our entire life (just a dream).

Hello everybody.

1. Jack Tutakiewicz (yes, it's Polish)
2. Continuous Improvement Leader
3. Food, food ingredients, edible oils
4. Bunge North America
5. On and off 15 years
6. From racing cars to antique dealer to improving the world (B. Economics - go figure)
7. It's not only QA manger's job to maintain/improve quality.
8. I don't care what you think - show me the data.

Hello,

Name:Gordon
Position:Quality&Engineering Manager
Industry: Auto Parts

Hi to everyone at the Cove.

1 / My name is Greg and I'm finding some very good information here at The Cove.

2, 3 and 4/ I work in the medical industry for a small company here in the UK.

5/ I have never had a job that focuses on quality- well not until a year or so ago when I decided I wanted to bring our QMS up to ISO 13485 standards and there's a way to go yet. It's not our products but the documentation side that needs a tweak or two (or three).

6/ Something personal...hmm.. I've got a lovely Samoyed dog who walks my legs off, both morning and evening.. something else personal..I have a wife and daughter, luckily they don't need walking.

7/ Pet peeve - does there have to be quite so much documentation ? I'm starting to think I'll be watching Star Trek on the television and I'll see their Quality Manual sitting on a shelf by the captain's chair on the bridge.

8/ Change the world of quality... quality would be integrated - properly- into products and companies. There wouldn't be a dependence on documentation, but the enjoyment and satisfaction of providing a well made product or service.

Hello forum owner and all
My name is Aung myint am working at a ISO consulting company in Thailand for 10 years. I found this forum since 10 years ago and have been getting every information I need for my job. Thank you so much for the help I got from you. IOU a lot.

My name is sean the nickname comes from an old soccer joke, "why do they call you gravy?, because I was all over them :lol: OK it was funny the first time 20 years ago!! I am a complete newby to the Medical Devices arena. I have recently taken on a role to look after the maintenance and engineering operations of equipment and facilities for a business being transferred.

Every time a look for help and inspiration google always has a cove link and someone usually has good advice to offer. Although I have bought the ISO standards and downloaded the main FDA documents there is always another question.

I would like to think that some time in the future I will be able to contribute to the forum. It seems somone is always looking for a good example of documents etc if I post some of mine it may help someone else.

Hi this is my first time here, found this site by chance as I have my SGS audit in Aug, and I need to find information.
I developed a medical device to control female incontinence. As I could not find a company to initially CE mark the product I became the manufacturer and went through all the steps. I must say SGS were extremly helpful, and very understanding that a one woman company needed a lot of guidance. Alas I have now managed to bring the product to market, next step is to keep ahead with the regulatory information which I hope to find people who are happy to help with information sharing. If anyone is starting out in the medical field I am happy to share information, as it isn´t easy starting out and lots to learn. If we can make that journey easier then why not help our when we can.

My name is sean the nickname comes from an old soccer joke, "why do they call you gravy?, because I was all over them :lol: OK it was funny the first time 20 years ago!!

Ah Sean... it's still funny today! :agree1::D A big Texas welcome to you and all the other newcomers! Howdy!:bigwave:

6/ Something personal...hmm.. I've got a lovely Samoyed dog who walks my legs off, both morning and evening.. something else personal..I have a wife and daughter, luckily they don't need walking.

7/ Pet peeve - does there have to be quite so much documentation ? I'm starting to think I'll be watching Star Trek on the television and I'll see their Quality Manual sitting on a shelf by the captain's chair on the bridge.


To 6. Why don't the wife and daughter need walking? :D

To 8. That made me think ;) Enterprise is very advanced - I'm thinking "computer-wise". Would a company with intranet really need a Quality Manual (I'll bet most companies have dozens if not hundreds - if customers also want a copy) if all the information could be obtained on computers throughout the company? An abridged form could also be made available to customers on a "need to know" basis. It would certainly be the best way to ensure that the latest udate (revision) was always available. Is this already in action in any company or is it "food" for a thread?

I wrote 8. when I actually meant 7. of course

It's getting late and I am on -1 GMT :o

Hello every one
my name is khtita
i am a quality internal auditor since 09 years in a north-african airline (Tunisia).
i hope to share knowledge and experience with whom it may concern.
:thanx:

Iam Jyothsna
I have 10 years of experience in Pharmaceutical industry.
More than 6 years of experience in R&D QC and presently in QA:rolleyes:

Just joined. Name is Ralph Markham. I am Director of Facility Support for a tertiary care hosptial in Canada. I came to healthcare 18 months ago by way of 30+ years in retail and manufacturing and I love it here. Really have landed in the right place. My job title does not truly reflect the essence of my work. I am a lean six sigma practitioner and the opportunites presented by healthcare are incredible. We have our entire hospital abuzz in lean transformation, and we are only a year into the journey. We hit our first valley of paim at about 6 months and it has been improving since. My pet peeve are those folks who stay so closed minded. Their professional lives have lost meaning in their need for sameness and their misguided belief their process are already "perfect". A frustrating group.

My pet peeve are those folks who stay so closed minded. Their professional lives have lost meaning in their need for sameness and their misguided belief their process are already "perfect". A frustrating group.

Another version of "If it ain't broke, don't try and fix it". ;)
Maybe several automobile manufacturers (among many other businesses) should have tried thinking ahead instead of more of the same old same old?

Hi All,

1 Gerry Macklin

2 Genral Manager

3 Oil Field Repair and Machining

4 Winco Machine and Repair

5 Not actualy in Quality but have been tasked to attain API Q1 spec

6

7 Genral disdain for formal systems in the repair industry

8.

Looking forward to lots of info.

macktex

Genral disdain for formal systems in the repair industry

I can hear the Texan drawl in that :D
Apart from that I'm trying to wrap my head around your remark. Surely when possible there should be a red thread for repair procedures in any industry? Otherwise it'll be like reinventing the wheel over and over again ;) Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you mean.

Hello everyone,
I am a Blood Bank manager and in last 16mths have also taken on the quality officer role for my department, in a U.K hospital. Developing a Quality system to comply with the Blood Safety and Quality Regulations Act has cetainly been a challenge, especially since I have no prior experience in this field. However I seem to be really enjoying this 'quality stuff' and hope to learn a lot more from folk on this forum.

1. Name
Ikhsan

2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
Im working as a Process Engineer that currently handle a project of Hydraulic Bolt Tensioning for Topside and Subsea tools

3. Industry you're in or have been in
Oil & Gas/Engineering

4. Company you work for and location
SBN Industries, Malaysia

5. Length of time in quality function
In procces as to attain ISO 9002



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

Welcome to all of the new folks! :bigwave:

Feel free to join in the discussions, and search the vast knowledge base here. :read: If you can't find what you're looking for, start a new thread with your questions. We look forward to your participation! :agree1:

1. Name
Ikhsan
5. Length of time in quality function
In procces as to attain ISO 9002


I believe that ISO 9002 is now obsolete. It's all various "degrees" of ISO 9001.

my name is wahyu wibawanto

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1. Susan
2. ISO9001 Consutlant - Small Business Specialist
3. Manufacturing 25 years, Service 5 years
4. My Own:), Austin Texas
5. 20+ and counting
6. I love my job
7. the use of the term "Quality" in "Quality Management System"... why not just use "Management System", or "Business Management System", so much more appropriate
8. change the definition of "Quality"

Name: Lewis Allen
Job Title: Certification Engineer
Industry: Reghistrar
Company/Location: ABS-QE/Houston, Texas
Time in Quality: 10 years
Sets Apart: I am confined to a wheelchair
Pet Peeve:
Change: Develop a methodology that would allow "quality" to be defined in terms of dollars.

1. Susan
7. the use of the term "Quality" in "Quality Management System"... why not just use "Management System", or "Business Management System", so much more appropriate
8. change the definition of "Quality"

7. sounds like good ol' common sense :D so why not? Of the two choices I prefer "Management System".
8. Which of the many definitions would you change - and to what? I'll bet you've given it some thought :notme:
Anyway, both these thoughts are something I'd like to give my :2cents: to if you start up a thread :D

Name: Lewis Allen

Pet Peeve:
Change: Develop a methodology that would allow "quality" to be defined in terms of dollars.

You and Susan, both being Texans, could maybe get together :D. I'd be really curious as to how you'd combine quality and dollars :cool: I've always regarded a "bargain" as getting good quality for a lower price than normal, but how does that affect your "peeve"?

1. Name
Brian Harpster
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
Quality Assurance Manager/Business Development Manager. We are a small (21 person) family owned company so everyone here has several positions.
3. Industry you're in or have been in
We manufacture low flow meters capable of measuring flow rates down to one gallon per year. Our meters are used on every space shuttle launch and in several industries. We also have an engineering group that specializes in power plant steam surface condenser improvements.
4. Company you work for and location
Intek, Inc. in Westerville OH
5. Length of time in quality function
5 years as Quality Manager, 12 years as a quality inspector
6. Something personal that sets you apart
I'm a biker. I own two Harley Davidsons and ride almost everyday including to work related meetings/shows/site visits to the chagrin of my employers.
7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration)
The lack of understanding of quality shown by our engineers coupled by management's lack of concern with engineering's lack of understanding.
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?
Since ISO 9001, AS-9100 and NQA-1 are all essentially the same I would have one standard with proper emphasis on the requirements depending on the importance to safety.

1. Eddie Hallahan
2. Systems Administrator, although also been lumbered with ISO stuff
3. IT services
4. Enterprise Management Consulting - Western Isles, Scotland
5. < 1 year
6. I iz awesome
7. Bureaucracy for bureaucracy's sake
8. Fix PAS99 and make it THE standard for management systems.

1. Baha
2. Management System Consultant
3. I've been in financial services currently in management consultancy and training
4. Company located in AUH, UAE
5. 3 years
6. It is personal :)
7. For most of the people, ISO is just a logo for advertisement
8. Quality standards to become Not only strategic, optional decision but a must.

Hi everyone.
1. Zul-Khairi
2. QA Manager
3. Automotive Part Manufacturer
4. located in Malaysia
5. 9 years
6. Personal
7. QUALITY mean Quality Department not other department
8. No more audit..

1. my Name is qincai
2. medical device
3. pump company
4. pump company ,shenzhen ,china
5. only half a year
6. non
7. non
8. don't drive a car

1. Name: Milind Dravid
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do: ISO Auditor/ Third Party Surveyor
3. Industry you're in or have been in: Cement, Steel, Water Supply, Industrial Gases, Consulting
4. Company you work for and location:Det Norske Veritas AS, Nagpur, India
5. Length of time in quality function: 5 years
6. Something personal that sets you apart: I am very ordinary
7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration) : Unpunctuality
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? Make the Standards more Understandable.

By Training I am an Electrical Engineer and have experience of QMS, Project Management, Plant Maintenance

Hello New members,:bigwave:

My name is Madhusudan(Madhu).I am a Lead Auditor for ISO

9001,14001,18001,22001.

I am sure you will enjoy the forum, dig deep into this Treasure House of

Knowledge and introduce new members.

Welcome to all our new Forum Members! :bigwave: :bigwave:

Glad that you found us, and we're looking forward to your participation. :agree1:

Stijloor, Forum Moderator.

:bighug:http://www.frappr.com/elsmarcove (http://www.frappr.com/elsmarcove)

After you take a few minutes and Introduce yourself, take a few more and map yourself. It's great seeing where everyone is located.

1. Name: Paul Clark
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do: Consultant
3. Industry you're in or have been in: Water treatment, asbestos, consultancy
4. Company you work for and location: Penarth Management Ltd, London
5. Length of time in quality function: 2 years
6. Something personal that sets you apart: Male pattern baldness:)
7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration) : Assessors who ignore the system as a whole and pick holes in the documentation
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? Increase awareness of the benefits of 9001 if people actually implement it fully.

Hello

I have been using the forum off and on for the past year - very good information. I have been involved in Quality for approximately 20 years and I am currently the Quality Manager for a Military contractor. We are entering our first round of qualification audits for ISO 9001:2008 (documentation) this month and we hope to be certified by 09/01/09.

Thank you to everyone who has provided information on this forum:thanx:

1. Hanz Cheng
2. Regional Opex Mgr for one US Automotive company
3. really a lot, lighting, tyre making, construction material and automotive
4. TRW, AP
5. n/a
6. keep digging
7. n/a
8. question to all quality guy " why so many fancy tools?"

Here goes:

1. Name - Amit Sharma
2. Job Title - AVP - Quality and Transformation
3. Industry - BFS (Banking and Financial Services - BPO)
4. Job Shop - India
5. Length of time in quality function - 13 years
6. Something personal that sets you apart - Soft spoken but firm
7. Your pet peeve in quality - Here is something new....another model for increasing......
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? - I think it does'nt need any changing.....quality has evovled and it is best left untouched

1. Name: Samantha Jones

2. Job Title or explanation of what you do: Test Analyst/Defect Manager

3. Industry you're in or have been in: Software Testing

4. Company you work for and location: Test Direct Ltd, Preston, Lancashire

5. Length of time in quality function: 2 months with current company (I was conned!!!) Was a compliance monitoring officer in a previous life.

6. Something personal that sets you apart: Sarcasm

7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration) : Management pretending ISO is important to them when it clearly isn't

8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? Implement compulsory lie detector tests. :frust:

Hello,
I am RK Rao
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do: Quality Manager & QMS implementator, Internal Quality Auditor
3. Industry you're in or have been in: GIS, AM/FM and CAD design
4. Company you work for and location: RMSI
5. Length of time in quality function: from past 8 years
6. Something personal that sets you apart: Nothing distinctive, but I am a quality spokes person, and help others to become strong.
7. Your pet peeve in quality: Convincing people on their weakness areas
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?:
I would be first giving awareness about quality, then convincing the people by showing the benefits that they get in long run after a little time frustration of either investment or sticking to the toughest job of discipline.

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Thank you to everyone who are on this forum :agree:

RK Rao

JimmyKe is my name.

I'm a Quality engineer.

I'm working in a Enterprise server manufacture commpany named Quanta .

It located in Shanghai China

I have 2years experience in quality field.

Quality is product's life.:agree:

Welcome to all the new people. Lots of interesting information and opinions here at the cove. :bigwave:

1. My name is Scott Reece.
2. General Manager - responsible for all operations
3. Capital equipment building and die casting
4. THT Presses located in Dayton, Ohio
5. 5 years USMC, over 10 years operations all of which involving quality
6. Cars, motorcycles, coaching soccer and work are all I have time for
7. Lack of concern by those involved to produce quality craftsmanship
8. Remove some fo teh paperwork and get mindsets so that each person wants to have pride in what they produce

Larry Gibbs
Independent Quality Management System Consultant
Prescott Valley, AZ
Aerospace Quality Assurance Mgr. 20 years
Have implemented ISO/AS in 15 facilities
Originally from Illinois (Decatur)
B.S. M.E. Bradley U. Peoria, IL
M.S. Business Organizational Management U. of Laverne, Laverne, CA
Have a passion in helping small companies improve. Currently working with a four man precision machine shop to get certified to AS 9100.
Interests are all sports, play golf, kayak, bicycle and photography.

1. Name - Rob Kellock
2. Job Title - Management Systems Consultant
3. Industry - Various, but primarily Construction and Engineering
4. Company - Rob Kellock Business Consulting
5. Length of time in quality function - My company is only 1 year old, but I have been in quality for 14 years and working in industries where quality was critical for a further 6 years.
6. Something personal that sets you apart - self motivated, innovative, thinker
7. Your pet peeve in quality - paper
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? - Teach people common sense and then quality would be obvious to everyone.

1. Name

Natalie

2. Job Title or explanation of what you do

Wife and Mother/ Production Supervisor/ QA Inspector/ Internal Auditor/ Safety Committee Member.

3. Industry you're in or have been in

Avionix (US Army, Ft. Campbell),
Resistance Welder Manufacturing,
Gasoline/Natural Gas Bi-fuelled Vehicle Modification,
V8 Automotive Crankshaft Manufacturing (GM),
RF/Microwave Component Manufacturing (current)

4. Company you work for and location

Aeroflex-Inmet, Ann Arbor Michigan

5. Length of time in quality function

Internal Auditing 12 years,
Current Inspection Position 2 years.

6. Something personal that sets you apart

Rogue Change Agent

7. Your pet peeve in quality

The phrase "But that's the way we've always done it!"

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

At each company, I would haveTop Management, Engineering, Manufacturing and Quality Control sit in a room together until everyone had a complete understanding of, and respect for one another's responsibilities.

They would have to stay together until a mutually beneficial system of Leadership, Design, Production and Quality Control was in place.

:sarcasm: ALERT!!




(Or until their was only one person left standing :argue:).

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 (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration)
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?


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See you down life's highway!

Eric
1. Name - beverly qian
2. Job title - Country System manager
3. Industry - Chemical Engineering
4. Job located in China
5. Length of time in quality:12 years in Clariant
6. something personal that sets you apart - My smile, so I got a name"Kitty" during my hight school and colleage
7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration) :how to balance the role between auditor and consultant.
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?
I would like to integrate the process methodoloy into ERP system and design the automatic reporting system.

1. Name - beverly qian
2. Job title - Country System manager
3. Industry - Chemical Engineering
4. Job located in China
5. Length of time in quality:12 years in Clariant
6. something personal that sets you apart - My smile, so I got a name"Kitty" during my hight school and colleage
7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration) :how to balance the role between auditor and consultant.
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?
I would like to integrate the process methodoloy into ERP system and design the automatic reporting system.

Hai Beverly,

Welcome to the forum!

Iam also having the annoyance of balancing between Auditor and Consultant.

:agree:

1. Name
Chen Liang- Chen is my surname
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
CIP Coordinator-that's on my name card, I am responsible for the BB project and Kaizen activities in a chemical production plant belonging to a Swiss company
3. Industry you're in or have been in
Chemical Manufacture
4. Company you work for and location
Clariant in Tianjin China. A branch belonging to Clariant International Ltd based in Swiss
5. Length of time in quality function
Totally fresh, several months in sixsigma
6. Something personal that sets you apart
Perfectionist who make things undone:nope:
7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration)
No resource in place
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?
Could I have an easier question?

1. Name
Chen Liang- Chen is my surname
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
CIP Coordinator-that's on my name card, I am responsible for the BB project and Kaizen activities in a chemical production plant belonging to a Swiss company
3. Industry you're in or have been in
Chemical Manufacture
4. Company you work for and location
Clariant in Tianjin China. A branch belonging to Clariant International Ltd based in Swiss..........................

Welcome (Huan Ying) to the Cove. So, you and Beverly (bqian) are colleagues?

Hi,

All the best!!!

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 (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration)
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?


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See you down life's highway!

Eric
1. Amber
2. QMS Coordinator
3. Fastener Industry
4. Full service manufacturer/distributor of fasteners and accessories
5. In quality field for about 1 year
6. Something personal that sets me apart - I recently graduated from PSU w/ a labor studies and industrial relations degree, and a double minor in psych and contract negotiation. I have no clue how I ended up in Quality, but I really enjoy it so far.
7. My pet peeve; when I try to explore an organizational process, I ask people, how do you know where to find that information? I get frustrated when they say, it's in my head. Or I know this from working here for 20 years.
8. I haven't had nearly enough experience to begin to imagine how I could change the world of quality. It can be quite complicated at times....

1. Name - George G
2. Job Title - Quality Assurance Manager
3. Industry you're in - Energy Storage
4. Company you work for and location - Start-up company located in the mid-west
5. Length of time in quality function - over 30 years, started as a QC inspector in electronics, moved up to QE when QS9000 came along and became and auditor for military contracts and aerospace projects.
6. Something personal that sets you apart - Hands on management, with a Six Sigma Black Belt, international quality exposure and I love to ride my 2003 Harley Road King Classic. Very handy with electronics, woodworking, car mechanics and body work, just all around handy man
7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration) - The lack of understanding of the principles and sciences behind the methodology of quality
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? Add quality sciences as part of the education system, even an introduction would be good for the world

Hello!
1. My name is Rayna
2. My Job Title - Quality Assurance Manager
3. Information technology
4. I am living anf working in Sofia, capital of Bulgaria
5. Length of time in quality function - 8 years
6. I used to be a programmer about 30 years
7. Your pet peeve in quality - ??
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? - ?

Hello Everybody,:bigwave:

This is Madhusudan.Welcome to this exciting forum which is growing by leaps

and bounds.

I am sure you will learn and enjoy a lot.

Happy learning

1. Amber
6. Something personal that sets me apart - I recently graduated from PSU w/ a labor studies and industrial relations degree, and a double minor in psych and contract negotiation. I have no clue how I ended up in Quality, but I really enjoy it so far.

Welcome Amber! From a fellow Penn Stater!! :agree1:

I don't think too many of us in Quality ever started out with that intention...:cool:

~Steve

Welcome Amber! From a fellow Penn Stater!! :agree1:

I don't think too many of us in Quality ever started out with that intention...:cool:

~Steve

Steve - very true!! I hadn't even realised quality existed till I started working in it.....now there's no stopping me
:lol:

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 (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration)
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?


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See you down life's highway!

Eric

1) Dominick
2) Supervisor- Supplier Quality Engineering
3) Home appliance industry
4) BSH, New Bern, NC
5) 3 years at BSH, 20 years in Quality Management
6) Known in my company as the "Quality Pitbull".
7) Circumvention. It takes far less time to address the issue properly than it does to correct a process circumvention.

Much like my career in Quality, I have stumbled upon this forum and really enjoy it. Thanks everyone for your valuable inputs and ideas. I really enjoy reading them and even "stealing" a few. :D

Regards,
Dominick

1) Dominick
7) Circumvention. It takes far less time to address the issue properly than it does to correct a process circumvention.

Hmmm :D The more I think about that "statement" the more I realise it's probably almost always true.
I couldn't get myself to write just "always" so that's why the "almost always"
No rule without an exception -right? :biglaugh:

Hello,

My name is Kim. I recently became employed for a small manufacturing company who is becoming ISO certified in July of 2009. This site has been so very helpful to me and my direct report's. I am in search of a Management Review Schedule, is anyone willing to share an example?

Thank you for your time and attention,

Have a great day:)

My name is Kim. I recently became employed for a small manufacturing company who is becoming ISO certified in July of 2009. This site has been so very helpful to me and my direct report's. I am in search of a Management Review Schedule, is anyone willing to share an example? Please reply to Kim's request in this thread: Management Review Schedule example wanted (http://elsmar.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=34726).

I've moved my response per the directions in message immediately above :)

Ok I'll give it ago

1. Michael Swan
2. Trainer Fabrication and Mechanical
3. Defence and manufacturing
4. ATEC Adelaide South Australia
5. 30 years in various companies
6. Being a McGuver
7. Inflexibility of people
8. Start training in schools


:bigwave::D:D:D

Welcome (Huan Ying) to the Cove. So, you and Beverly (bqian) are colleagues?

yes, and she recommended this forum to me.

yes, and she recommended this forum to me.

Glad that you found us and we hope that both of you will have a fruitful time over here.

Hi all,
My company has strong HSES( Heath, safety, environment, security) system but quality system of our company is weak. I am so confused if we should set up integrated system for my company or not? What benefit will we have if we apply integrated system for our company? Because some companies get certification for system as a coat, our Board of Management don't want to do that because it is waste time and don't bring any benefit for us.:confused:

ADMIN EDIT: Please reply to this question here: Integrated System: ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OSHAS 18001 (http://elsmar.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=34735)

Thank you!

Hello,
I'm Stjepan Perak
Head of QA
Polymer industry
HIPOL, Serbia
Just greeting all of yours!

1. David Dow

2. Quality Manager

3. 19 years in Automotive Fasteners / Less than 1 in Aerospace Fasteners

4. Grandeur Fasteners, Inc. - Arkansas

5. 19 years or so

6. Husband, Father, Movie Buff and Avid Reader

7. If it makes sense and is not harder to accomplish why do it any other way? I am a big advocate for SOP's, making minor changes in course based upon process and or product feedback and major changes only when dictated through extensive process analysis (improvement project type approach PDSA/DMAIC) not based upon wishful thinking, feelings or just plain laziness.

8. In a perfect world and perfect company the top executive would embrace Quality as warmly as the Quality Manager. The Quality department would be given more control, more voice of the customer weight.

1. Name
Daniel
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
Operation Manager- Jack of all Trades really, Safety, QA, Finance, Accounting
3. Industry you're in or have been in
Manufacturing- Glass & Aluminium products current for 2 years
oil & Gas Logistic company 1 year
Previously worked as Financial Controller/Accountant 15 years
4. Company you work for and location
Acacia in Darwin Australia
5. Length of time in quality function
2 years
6. Something personal that sets you apart
I love God, Family and Camping in that order.
7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration)
The old habits of entrenched Managers.
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?
Would killing entrenched Managers be a solution?:sarcasm:

Hi

Truppenzwe

Welcome to forum


i m sure you enjoy this forum


regards

ramesh.S

1. Pryde
2. Computer Engineer
3. Computers/IT
4. MA Consultants -(utilities)
5. 4days in quality:D
6. I belief in myself and fear God.
7. Hmmmmn....none yet!
8. I'll post manuals & procedures behind toilet doors.

1. Betsy DeMaio
2. Quality Manager - I fix things for sales people & branch managers.
3. Distribution for 2.5 years, automotive for 5 years
4. Hughes-Peters in Dayton, OH
a. Hughes-Peters is a distributor of electronic components and provider of value-added services.
5. 8 years in quality
6. I get along w/most everyone.
7. My biggest pet peeve is sales people who give me incomplete information.
8. I would make quality easier to understand for managers.

Hello,

1. Goldie I.
2. HR Officer/Management Representative
3. Travel industry
4. a travel company located in Manila, Phils. specializing in "global marine (sea crew) traffic"
5. 5 years in quality
6. hmmmm...
7. when some people in the organization don't seem to understand that quality is also their responsibility
8. still thinking......:)

1. Name: Tom (seems kinda obvious by my moniker)
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do: Quality Manager
3. Industry you're in or have been in: Environmental, Industrial Hygiene, Pharmaceutical and Forensic Laboratories
4. Company you work for and location: Westmont (near Chicago), IL USA
5. Length of time in quality function: 9 years Technical Manager of ISO 17025 accredited laboratory, 2 years as Quality Manager at cGMP compliant laboratory
6. Something personal that sets you apart: I look for the simplist, most practical, rational means to solving a problem.
7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration): Individuals/clients/auditors not grounded in reality (i.e. take everything down rabbit holes to the extreme whereas they've lost site of the purpose of the QA policy or procedure and shoot any form of productivity out the window).:bonk:
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? Make it a prequisite that all auditors must have real world experience in the field or scope of work for which they are auditing.

Hi All,

This is Romeo and have joined the forum recently. I think this forum is great where the people share thier ideas and help others.

1. Name: Romeo
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do: Supervisor Quality
3. Industry you're in or have been in: Background Check
4. Company you work for and location: India
5. Length of time in quality function: 5 year Operations Supervisor and 1 year Supervisor Quality
6. Something personal that sets you apart: Positive approch.


Thanks

Romeo:agree:

Joe Gesualdi
Maintenance/Health and Safety
Retired USX Corp. Currently Barzel Ind.Pennsylvania USA
30 yrs. USX Maint. 1 yr Barzel.
If you look through the clouds, the sky is still blue!

Rand T

Southern Michigan

Quality Engineer (just received CQE)

23 yrs. in Quality

Currently not employed; looking for a new opportunity

Previous experience 18 yrs. as Quality Engineer for major Tier 1 auto glass supplier

Pet peeve; Lack of focus by upper management on quality of product produced by internal suppliers

Something personal; Auto racing enthusiast; currently writing a weekly column for a racing publication.

Just joined this forum a couple months ago and made first post yesterday. Great source for info!

Welcome to all the new Cove Participants! :bigwave: :bigwave:

We are glad that you found us, and we're looking forward to your participation.

Please tell your friends and colleagues about this great resource. :agree1:

Stijloor, Forum Moderator.

Hi, I am a new member. I was drawn to this blog by the quality of responses to questions by people with good field experience.

1. Name: Valerie Cook
2. Job Title: Manufacturing Systems Engineering Doctoral Student looking for my first job as a professor
3. Industry: 25 years in the automotive industry (vehicle engineering and development)
4. Company you work for and location: Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI
5. Length of time in quality function- Hmmm. Although I did not have the word "quality" in my job titales until my last assignment. I have been active in promoting quality methods at Chrysler for over 20years.
6. Something personal that sets you apart- I am a 51 year-old new doctoral candidate in a sea of fresh young faces. But my industry experience will make me a great teacher.
7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration) - Vision of quality processes as a "check-the-box" exercise, not a cultural change.
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? Provide a single FREE library of all current ISO etc. quality documentation and standards

Hi, I am a new member. Valerie Cook
I am a 51 year-old new doctoral candidate in a sea of fresh young faces. But my industry experience will make me a great teacher.


:agree1: Congratulations and good luck! As a past non-traditional doctoral student (as if there is such a thing these days), I know the smarter students will gravitate to your experience. The others will damage their students - if they ever get hired. Be sure to read some of the comments in the Cove on analyzing journal articles. You will need to know the problems with those articles to get the most out of your experience.

Hi, I am a new member. I was drawn to this blog by the quality of responses to questions by people with good field experience.

1. Name: Valerie Cook
2. Job Title: Manufacturing Systems Engineering Doctoral Student looking for my first job as a professor
3. Industry: 25 years in the automotive industry (vehicle engineering and development)
4. Company you work for and location: Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI
5. Length of time in quality function- Hmmm. Although I did not have the word "quality" in my job titales until my last assignment. I have been active in promoting quality methods at Chrysler for over 20years.
6. Something personal that sets you apart- I am a 51 year-old new doctoral candidate in a sea of fresh young faces. But my industry experience will make me a great teacher.
7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration) - Vision of quality processes as a "check-the-box" exercise, not a cultural change.
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? Provide a single FREE library of all current ISO etc. quality documentation and standards
Coincidentally [speaking of doctoral students in their 50s and even above], my wife and I were touring Cahokia Mounds in Western Illinois (near St. Louis) and met a woman archaeology professor on a dig with her graduate students. She gave us an ad hoc lecture about the site and had us talk with the students about their finds. While we were there, they turned up a stone ceremonial knife. While she and the students (and we) took a break from the sun under their canopy, we discovered during the casual chat she hadn't even started to graduate school until she was 56. She had been a court stenographer and was fascinated by a case she was transcribing having to do with archaeological relics and just decided to "go for it!"

Good luck on your quest and remember us as a resource for your students.

1. Mike Harris
2. Quality Engineer/Quality Manager
3. Aerospace
4. Boeing Aerostructures Australia (but moving on to join subsidiary of Textron in next week or so in Melbourne, Aust)
5. 15years
6. I actually care about quality and quality effectiveness (no, seriously!!)
7. "Don't worry about it" approach that is inherent in Australian workplace and gets applied to EVERYTHING! Sometimes it needs worrying about guys, because noone else is.
8. Wave a magic wand and in a blink "everyone understands AS9100"....well, almost everyone. Some managers would require more than a wand.
9. I'm a Black Belt (not 6 Sigma either - 4th Dan WTF Taekwondo)

very happy to join this forum - already picked up some very useful knowledge tips. I wish you all well in your work and the challenges we collectively face in the quality field of choice.
~Mike~

Hi guys, I'm new here and find myself at what would appear to be an extremely useful and informative resource. A sort of shoulder to cry on.
Let me explain!
I have implemented a quality system into one company and just designed, built and commissioned a new machine for which I am doing the CE. This forum would appear to be the place to talk to real people in real situations who care!:applause:

1. Giles Greenwood - 50
2. Projects and Quality manager
3. 35 years in Aerospace - Teaching for the past 20.
4. Now recycling industry - Next-tec (Check out the website)- Telford UK
5. Been doing this for 18 months now
6. We all operate to our best practice. When we document it and call it a quality system we all seem to want to buck this, our own, system
7. If I could change ANYTHING i'd get rid of the AUDIT and all the paper trail that accompanies it.:blowup::lmao:

Hi, I am a new member. I was drawn to this blog by the quality of responses to questions by people with good field experience.

1. Name: Valerie Cook
2. Job Title: Manufacturing Systems Engineering Doctoral Student looking for my first job as a professor
3. Industry: 25 years in the automotive industry (vehicle engineering and development)
4. Company you work for and location: Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI
5. Length of time in quality function- Hmmm. Although I did not have the word "quality" in my job titales until my last assignment. I have been active in promoting quality methods at Chrysler for over 20years.
6. Something personal that sets you apart- I am a 51 year-old new doctoral candidate in a sea of fresh young faces. But my industry experience will make me a great teacher.
7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration) - Vision of quality processes as a "check-the-box" exercise, not a cultural change.
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? Provide a single FREE library of all current ISO etc. quality documentation and standards

Hi, Val. Glad to see you on board. I am a Lawrence Tech Grad myself with a BSME. :)

Rand

My name is Jonathan. I have worked as Quality Engineer on automotive industry. Now I have taken a new path over the continuous improvement.
I'm working now in flexible packaging industry, I have 1 year with these guys and certainly I had have a dimensional shock with the timing and urgent sense!
I think that the worst part is to treat with the "Always have been like this!" it is really.....bah!
But I like the challenges and I think I have found one big. So I'm really motivated.
If I could change anything about quality world I think I will change the complexity to evaluate non parametric data in order to stablish a SPC. That's now my headache.
I like to play basketball; sometimes I become a gamer and a anime fan.:agree1: But recently I have replanned my routine to spend time with my new family. :nopity: So the gaming thing has been suspended for indefined time. :lmao:
:thanks:

1. Jason Wang
2. salesman wanna know some technic information
3. I am in automotive parts manufacturing
4. An Engine valve Factory in China

Welcome to Mike_H, ggreen1959, llonathan and JasonW. We look forward to seeing your posts and involvement in the Cove. We have many members from the aerospace and automotive industries.

llonathan, What specifically about nonparametric data analysis interests you?

8. In a perfect world and perfect company the top executive would embrace Quality as warmly as the Quality Manager. The Quality department would be given more control, more voice of the customer weight.

In a perfect world (and/or company) would a Quality Manager be necessary? :notme:

In a perfect world (and/or company) would a Quality Manager be necessary? :notme:

If horses were perfect....oops if horses were wishes......we would'nt need QUALITY neither peopel who manage (unsuccessfully) it. But someone needs to bell the cat right??????:truce:

1. Chris Alder
2. Senior Scientist, Supplier Quality Development
3. 3 years in Consumer Packaged Goods...most of prior 15 years in the Automotive Industry
4. Amway World HQ, Ada, MI
5. Present position 2 months....in Quality Profession, about 13 years.
6. Striking a positive balance between the needs of the business and the needs of each customer
7. General laziness that others exhibit in not getting quality standards aligned and agreed to, during product development.
8. Have us appear less geeky, become skilled in presentations, more business savvy, and resultingly, more influential

1. Frank

2. Transaction Monitoring Coordinator

3. Manufacturing, Customer Service/BPO

4. CVG, AsPac

5. 2 yrs / 4 yrs.

6. I'm ME.

7. Lagging, unupdated, web-based systems giving you inaccurate data, longer loading & downloading time.... a real pain in the a**

8. SYSTEM RESET. Genesis 1:1 "When God created the world, He had 6 Sigma in mind. The process was mapped out and was properly documented and it only took ONE day."

Welcome to all the new folks. I'm looking forward to the day when you have thousands of posts and new folks looking up to you as role models.:bigwave:

Name: Brooks A. Agnew, PhD
Occupation: President Global Green Cars, Inc.
Training: Six Sigma Master Black Belt
CQE: 1998
Quality is free. Variation is the enemy.

Hi
Been looking at this forum for a few days now and finally decided to join! Everyone is so helpful really nice. I am the quality control manager for a plastic injection moulding company in the UK. We are a very small company and sometimes my job can feel a bit on the outside looking in. Do enjoy it though.

1. John Maher
2. Manager, Corporate Quality
3. Automotive: Logistics, Sequencing, Cross Docking, Warehousing, Sub-Assembly (Light and Heavy)
4. Comprehensive Logistics (Youngstown, Ohio)
5. 10 Years
6. I am a parent of a child with autism.
7. Lack of recognition in many organizational structures and Quality is always the first to go!
8. I don't know that this block will allow that many characters.

1. Chris West
2. Sr Environmental Compliance Specialist (Chemcial Engineer)
3. Multiple - Chemical, mining, electronics, utilities, Aerospace, consulting
4.AMEC Earth and Environmental, Tempe, AZ
5. 18+ years
6. I am a Utility player who learns quickly. I really do own the shirt that says been there done that.
7. Too many to list - shortcuts is prime
8. Teach folks when writing procedures to keep them at fighting weight and not KJV Bible length!

p.s. I am a certified six sigma greenbelt

1. Susan Frailey
2. Staff Engineer
3. Aerospace now, Automotive in the past
4. PRI
5. 10 yrs
6. something personal--- I like ink, raised a Marine, enjoy my job
7. pet peeve - the thought that "Quality costs" NO it DOESN'T - it PAYS
8. So many things to change. Mostly the attitude of "not my job". Quality is everyone's job!

Name- ABHIJEET SINGH
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do- AM PRODUCTION CONTROL IN CHARGE
3. Industry you're in or have been in- GARMENT
4. Company you work for and location NRK OVERSEAS INDIA
5. Length of time in quality function AN YEAR
6. Something personal that sets you apart- UNCANNY KNACK OF SOLVING COMPLEX ISSUES
7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration)- ALTERATIONS
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? CHANGE THE 4 POINT SYSTEM IN GAMENTS

Hi my name is Sue Crawshaw, I work for the Co-Operative in Manchester. I am a Business Standards Manager and I am attempting to bring in ISO 9001: 9008. We are also looking at ISO17025. I have a little training in Quality Management but really need all the help possible as this is completely new to me and I am winging my way at the minute.

Nice to meet you all.

Sue

Hello,

I am Keith Jones and I am the QA Manager at Vertical Turbine Specialists in Lubbock, TX. Our vision statement:

"The world’s largest and most complete manufacturer of component parts for the OEM vertical turbine pump industry, dedicated to providing the industry with an economical, quality product in a timely manner!"

I have twenty plus years experience in quality in a wide range of industries; automotive electronics, plastic injection molding, compression and transfer molding of epoxy compounds, and the welding, machining, and stamping of metals.

I have three degrees; BSCS, MSMfg.Eng., and Ph.D. Industrial Engineering.

My specialty is statistical analysis and operations research and I use LaTeX and R extensively.

My pet peeve is the lack of formal quality training at most universities and I would require that all quality personnel get formal training before being "thrown into quality" and have to unlearn all the bad habits/ "wife's tails" thought to them by the "Old timers" who say"...we have done it this way for forty years."

I found Elsmar Cove Forum while doing research for a paper I am writing "The History and Mathematical Roots of Cpk Vs. Ppk".

I have found a lot of good information on the forum.

Keith

1. LR Shankar Iyer
2. I am an IMS Lead Auditor In TUV Nord Group - TUV India Pvt.Ltd
3. I served the nation (India) for 20 years in the rank of Sergeant in the field of Aircraft Maintenance.
4. 14 years in quality
5. I am like any others with all humane quality:cool:
6. Fads and not revealing full
7. Already the name is replaced by Management systems.:mg:

Iam: Help the poor to the extent possible by you.

hi frdz
..

1. Hi My name is Doug
2. I am a Quality Engineer focused on Quality Sytems Development and maintenance
3. I work in the medical device industry
4. Currently working for Elekta Ltd (Radiotherapy equipment manufacturer), in the UK
5. I am relatively new to Elekta (8 months), previous roles were Supplier Quality Engineer 4 years, Project Manager 2 years, Project Engineer 2 years, Toolshop Manager 5 years, Toolmaker 20 years
6. I like apples
I have a masters degree in Advanced Manufacturing Systems

Nice to meet you all

1. Name - Vipin Kumar
2. Job Title - Quality Assurance Analyst
3. Industry - Software, Environmental compliance, Green Building, PMC
4. Job Shop Hyderabad, India
5. Length of time in quality function - 3 years
6. Something personal that sets you apart - hardest working, 1 Kid
7. Your pet peeve in quality - Measurement and Analysis
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? - eliminate it - companies are going to make good or bad product iregardless of what we do - I say let them sink

Welcome all newbies :bigwave:

This forum is a great resource and hope you find it useful too :)

Hi Malayaliee - we would appreciate if the 'sms' language is not used here it violates the sanctity of the forum :tg:

1. Name: Agapito Ramirez
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do: Quality Engineer
3. Industry you're in or have been in: Medical
4. Company you work for and location: Modular Services/Mexico

1. Name:
E

2. Job Title or explanation of what you do:
CMO/Document Control

3. Industry you're in or have been in:
Aerospace

4. Company you work for and location:
CA

5. Length of time in quality function:
work closely with QA.

6. Something personal that sets you apart:

7. Your pet peeve in quality:
Consistency.

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

1. My name is Stephanie Rice
2. Continous Improvement & Lean Training
3. Construction
4. The Boldt Company
5. 9 Years
6. A woman executive in a male dominated industry
7. Why does quality cost more?
8. Accountability

Hey guys.
Jguns here.. I love this site !! Have used it a lot while with "other" comapanies.

I'll be joining y'all from the best place on earth - Iowa !!

I work for Giese Manufacturing, a great little sheet metal place that needs to get certified... but has alsolutely nothing laid out / ready to go. The shop's a mess, disorganized, no paperwork, procedures, barely a manual.. I could go on. Over my head ? Maybe.. but here goes nothng !

1. Name

James Sagen

2. Job Title or explanation of what you do: QA Engineer

3. Industry you're in or have been in: I started in Biotech and was there for 3 years (doing production work and validations). Now I am running the quality system for a medical device firm.

4. Company you work for and location: Cadwell Labs kennewick WA

5. Length of time in quality function: maybe 2 years total, 6 months in my current job position

6. Something personal that sets you apart: I like to make believe I am an orc ( a fantasy creature who relishes physical violence and crude bodily functions)...wait thats probably an indication of my insanity... scratch taht part I am not insane hallucinationatory or anything.... I like small fuzzy animals...

7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration) : that most people think Quality is an annoyance and would rather just get product out the door in spite of regulations

8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? : I think all production personnel should take a turn in the quality sphere, it provides a perspective that is not easily seen until you are in the proverbial quality trenches....

1. Name

Alan

2. Job Title or explanation of what you do: Regulatory Affairs Manager

3. Industry you're in or have been in: Medical Device Manufacture

4. Company you work for and location: SRA Developments, Devon UK.

5. Length of time in quality function: Started as Quality System Manager, for 2 years. 5 Years in current post.

6. Something personal that sets you apart: I am singularly unremarkable in any way. Perhaps, my complete averageness sets me apart from all other people who deviate from the median.

7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration) : Countries who require too many hoops to be jumped through before allowing your product in.

8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? : More regulatory really but I think there should be one accepted standard for devices to meet throughout the world. The GHTF is just not working fast enough for my liking.

1. Diane LeTourneau
2. Quality Systems Manager
3. Design, Packaging, and Distribution of Metal,
Plastic and Glass Products, Conversion, and Distribution of Die Cut, Scored, Slotted, Printed, Joined Corrugated

4. Landaal Packaing systems. We are in Burton and Bay City Michigan
5. 13 years
6. Creative. There is always a way..we just didnt think of it yet.
7. When OEMs assume all of their practices are best practice for your company.
8. All new employees would have a mandatory 3 months in the quality department.

Name: Tracey
Job: Purchasing & Gneral Services and EHS Team member
Industry: Heavy engineering/FMCG/Telecoms/Retail
Length of time : plenty
What sets me apart: Always positive and most helpful
Pet peeve: Lack of commitment and lack of strong work ethic

I am desparately looking for some training material I can deliver to our workforce on spill response and spill kit use - anyone able to help?

1. Name
Phil Huber
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
Quality Manager, currently developing and implementing a QMS
3. Industry you're in or have been in
Automotive metal working, steel making and now Consumer Products
4. Company you work for and location
A Plumbing Manufacturer in Novi Michigan
5. Length of time in quality function
Quality Engineering and Project Management Professional since 1982
6. Something personal that sets you apart
Ability to listen to people
7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration)
BUZZ WORDS
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?
Educate Management that quality is not just about products, it's
about the customer experience (internal and external)


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You cannot build a reputations on what you are going to do (Henry Ford)

1. I'm Nikki
2. Quality Assurance Manager/Engineer
3. Work for a Precision Machine Shop but background in fiber optics
4. Stratford, CT
5. Been in quality for only 10 yrs
6. Something that sets me apart? I am a sports official (basketball, volleyball, softball).
7. Pet Peeve - quality control is a hassle especially to management. No commitment. They want the product in and out as fast as they can and so does the customer. No paperwork hassels or hangups.
8. Remove the many worlds of interpretation!

Hi All,

Just happened to trip over this forum but already found it very useful, the company I work for has "managed" without procedures or processes for 25 years. We now have a new management team and new staff after moving the manufacturing facility so its a clean slate and time to start again.

1. Name

Alistair Wilding

2. Job Title or explanation of what you do

Technical Manager (Quality, Regs and Tech Development)

3. Industry you're in or have been in

Textiles, Medical Devices and now Fragrance

4. Company you work for and location

A subsidary of PZ Cussons

5. Length of time in quality function

Started as a junior technician 17 years ago, with 3 years out to do an environmental science degree

6. Something personal that sets you apart

If I venture into the factory when they are using a compound thatis particularly strong it often sets me apart from other people

7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration)

People not understanding terminolgy but using it anyway.

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

REACh would be just something that you do when stretching, not EU legislation

Thanks

AL

1. Name
Bill

2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
Engineer in Automotive - Engine sensors, was in fuel delivery for some years

3. Industry you're in or have been in
Automotive for 33 years, previously defence

4. Company you work for and location
An international vehicle manufacturer with an oval badge. Location UK

5. Length of time in quality function
In and out of quality work as required

6. Something personal that sets you apart
Nothing, although I am left-handed.

7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration)
People that can't be bothered to find out

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

Good morning and Happy Independence Day weekend. I have to say that Elsmare Cove is a calm, safe haven when the seas of change start getting rough. I am new to ISO and the like and thank my lucky stars that I have found everyone here. Now for my particulars;

1. Kyle Burkhart
2. A little bit of everything (writing, marketing, PR, etc.) but lately a lot of ISO work.
3. Medical Device Manufacture, Non-Profit Disaster Relief, Animal welfare.
4. Freelance in CT
5. As a responsibility; 2 years, as a participant; 25 years.
6. I am the middle of 5 sons. Like a typical quality maven, I’ve been taking hits from all sides my entire life.
7. People who believe that once you build the frame the process stops.
8. Convince those who run things that quality is not merely something you say but rather something you live.

I am glad I refound this forum, I like so many have been out of work for a few months, I fear my mind has gone to mush. I am starting a new job tomorrow, I will be doing some transfer PPAPs which I am comfortable with BUT, many of these jobs are Japanese, Korean etc. I am use to american cars and BMW,Mercedes I have never worked on asian... Your forum has given me a few clues to these methods...... Thank you.

My name is Barbara
I have worked in Quality in Injection molding facilities for 20 years +/- some.
These last 8 years have been in Tier II Automotive suppliers. I have been in APQP and PPAP compilations.
With this new job I will be using this great site quite often.

Hi Barbara,

My name is Kyle Burkhart. I am new to the forum but I wanted to wish good luck with your new job.

Hi to every one, i am new to forum, I am student

I am used to american cars and BMW,Mercedes I have never worked on asian... Your forum has given me a few clues to these methods......

Hi Barbara,
It may be a stupid question, but is there a difference between an Asian car and a non-Asian car?
If there is, I'd love to know what it is/they are :D
This could be a new thread.

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:V.J.Brahmaiah
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do:Consultant for TS16949/ISO9001/SPC
3. Industry you're in or have been in:I have commpleted 50 years in industry.Aerospace,Automotive OEM,Automotive supply chain.
4. Company you work for and location:Karmobile ltd.Bangalore
5. Length of time in quality function;40 years
6. Something personal that sets you apart:Specialist in Analtical and creative work;Good as a trainer.
7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration) :Less competant people overtaking me.
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?:Keep all happy so that they perform their best.


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See you down life's highway!

Eric
Half of our life is not in our control.We are driven by our genes and the world around us.
V.J.Brahmaiah

Hello to all the new folks:bigwave:
I agree that there should be a library of free AIAG publications.
That would so help the smaller 2nd tier companies that would have to review the standard etc. for one project. The cost of membership to AIAG is so high that the smaller companies struggle to get the copywrite new editions of anything. Maybe it would not have to be free maybe a small fee to use the library instead of the complete membership to join the AIAG.:agree1:

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

1. Name - Scott Jacobs
2. Job Title - Quality Assurance Manager
3. Industry - Currently: Automotive A/C Discharge and Liquid and Suction Lines
4. Korean Company
5. Length of time in quality function - 10+ years. I was out of Quality for the past couple of years. Just came back...
6. Something personal that sets you apart - My family is everything!
7. Your pet peeve in quality - lip service
8. If you could change the world of quality - Accountiability, hold people accountable!

:bigwave:Welcome new folks!

1. Dave J
2. Operations Intern in the Twin Cities, MN
3. I'm currently interning for a company in the steel business, I graduate from Iowa State University in December of 2009
5. Not much time in industry
6. I've enjoyed Operations since my first day in Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management
7. My pet peeve in quality is inaccurate records of any kind
8. Give everybody accurate records (it really bothers me)

Hey guys.
Jguns here.. I love this site !! Have used it a lot while with "other" comapanies.

I'll be joining y'all from the best place on earth - Iowa !!

I work for Giese Manufacturing, a great little sheet metal place that needs to get certified... but has alsolutely nothing laid out / ready to go. The shop's a mess, disorganized, no paperwork, procedures, barely a manual.. I could go on. Over my head ? Maybe.. but here goes nothng !

:bigwave: Jgns,

Welcome to the forum. Over your head? Naahhh! Look at it as an adventure and you won't be alone here. Good Luck!!!!!

I work for Giese Manufacturing, a great little sheet metal place that needs to get certified... but has alsolutely nothing laid out / ready to go. The shop's a mess, disorganized, no paperwork, procedures, barely a manual

Maybe "The shop's a mess, disorganized, no paperwork, procedures, barely a manual" is why it's "a great little sheet metal place" :D

If by "great" you mean what's produced is good, then don't make too many waves or too much formalia ;)

1. Name-Chris Bender
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do- Sr. QA Technologist (fancy way to say QA Systems Specialist or whatever the QA Manager doesn't want to do.There is production auditing aspect to my job)
3. Industry you're in or have been in- I have primarily worked in food (10+ years) but I did spend 2 years working Research and Development for Pharma before that
4. Company you work for and location-Concord Foods Brockton, MA before that I was at 3 different locations for Cargill
5. Length of time in quality function- current position 6 months, I have been directly or indirectly involved with quality programs for the last 12 years
6. Something personal that sets you apart- I don't own a television set, unheard of in this modern time ;)
7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration)- I think its given more mouth than application
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? This is a big question and I would need more time to ponder

1. Name: Lisa Brault
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do: Quality Manager
3. Industry you're in or have been in: Manufacturing
4. Company you work for and location: Ocala, FL
5. Length of time in quality function: More than I care to remember
6. Something personal that sets you apart: I have a work ethic
7. Your pet peeve in quality: Having to explain a form vs. a record
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?: Try to get people to understand that one size does not fit all, and there are exceptions to every rule....

1Try to get people to understand that one size does not fit all, and there are exceptions to every rule....

And that's what makes life interesting and prevents being a QM from being boring rutine :applause:

Welcome to all the new folks!:bigwave:

Some of you may have come here looking for answers to a specific question; others because they feel like they've been thrown in the deep end of the pool and need to learn how to swim just to survive.

We're here to help and provide the support you need to help you in your work and, in many cases, help you keep your sanity when it seems like everyone in your organization, even your entire supply chain, is conspiring to drive you over the edge.

For those few who already know lots and lots about quality and supply chains and clueless bosses, a very special welcome!:bigwave::bigwave: We're always looking for new folks to help elevate the profession to the respect and importance it deserves by helping less learned folks get into the loop.

Hi! I am a Senior Compliance Auditor for a Florida health plan, and I enjoy what I do and have acquired so much direction from you knowledgeable professionals on this site. Thanks for your guidance and assistance.:biglaugh:

Thanks for the registration. My name is Petr. i am very happy to join you folks in the general discussion.

:thanx:

1. Name - Mike B
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do - Quality & Env. Systems Mgr
3. Industry you're in or have been in - Semiconductor
4. Company you work for and location - Silicon Labs, Austin TX
5. Length of time in quality function - 26 years
6. Something personal that sets you apart - formerly a lead singer of a rock band; still play guitar & write songs
7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration) - Quality professionals who say "the standard says we have to do it". A great quality mind named Bill English taught me many years ago to run everything a standard calls out as "required" through this filter: How does this add value for our company?
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? Figure out a way to easily evaluate the total cost of something rather than relying on the sticker price.

1. Eloy Gomez
2. Consulting/Auditing/Source Inspection/QE
3. Aerospace/DoD Contracting
4. San Diego area - Have not lasted long enough in a job to call it my own. I am considered a firefighter. A lone wolf
5. Since I was 20
6.
7. My pet peeve in quality: Wet stampers/Posers & Ignorance.
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?
I would hold Upper Management accountable for QMS implementationa and effectiveness and if they do not want change I would take them out back and have them shot.!!!!!!!!!!

Hello folks
Because I,m full occupied, so my introduction is very short:
My name is Aleš Bremec
I work on the quality management system (4 years on ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001), last year on ISO TS and 9001. I work a lot on PPAP, MSA and SPC procedure.
Work for the Company Hidria AET located in Tolmin Slovenia
I like mountain biking on Slovenian mountain

Hi
I am Kiran K . I am doing my Masters at IIT Kharagpur, India in the field of Industrial Engineering and Managament. I have no industry experience. Planning to take up Teaching.

Have not lasted long enough in a job to call it my own. I am considered a firefighter. A lone wolf
I would hold Upper Management accountable for QMS implementation and effectiveness and if they do not want change I would take them out back and have them shot.!!!!!!!!!!

Especially "Have not lasted long enough in a job to call it my own"

I wonder why? :lmao: Whatever happened to the gentle art of persuasion? ;)

1. Shirish Bondre
2. Quality and regulatory affairs in a daignostic company
3. Diagnostic for past 1.5 yrs, prior to it 3.5 yrs in regulatory function in GE Plastics, 2 yrs as analytical chemist in drug discovery, 9 yrs in Agrochemicals and Plastics as analytical chemist
4. ReaMetrix India Private Limited, Bangalore India
5. Been part of quality function for about 5 years
6. Like trekking in Himalayas, have been there so far 9 times, lookign forward to taking my sons on the trek!
7. Quality is talked a lot while selling but while practicing people try to cut corners

Hi everybody!!

My Name is Hector Ruiz
I work for MACIMEX ( crankshaft manufacturing ) in Mexico
I have worked 13 years in Quality Department.
Reading is my favorite hobby
I live in Toluca.

Regards

Hector

1. Name - Blake B.
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do - Product/System Quality Engineer
3. Industry you're in or have been in - Automotive
4. Company you work for and location - Tier 1 supplier in Troy, MI
5. Length of time in quality function - 10 years
6. Something personal that sets you apart - I dream in Color
7. Your pet peeve in quality: People who don't understand the value of using a process to perform their job.
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? mandate quality theory training for all employees in the industry

Guess it is time that I introduce myself (since I have a note from Marc to do so):cool::

* 1. My name is Ann Stewart Lundgren
2. I am currently a Quality Assurance Manager
3. Background is primarily in Aerospace (both DoD, NASA and FAA related, at
various points in my career)
4. Currently employed by KOR Electronics, Cypress CA
5. Although it is a bit hard for me to believe, it is now over 20 years. Prior to that I was in teaching, and thought working with adults was going to be different. Silly me!
6. Worked for several of the original “Primes” (TRW, Rockwell, Hughes); got an early start in the ISO/AS9100 standards and was one of the initial AS9100 ‘experienced’ Lead Auditors (allowed to verify observed audits of those qualifying for AS9100 auditor/lead auditor status).
7. The lack of understanding of process among some professed quality individuals I have encountered along the way, both internal and external, and including some consultants that provide ‘cookie cutter’ non-value added service to their clients. Luckily that has been counter balanced by some extraordinary quality individuals I have had the privilege of encountering.
8. Encourage the understanding of the “QMS” standards (ISO / AS) as simply Business 101 and take the word ‘quality’ out of the equation. Use the standards as a business management process tool implemented to ensure meeting the customer requirements (big “Q” – it is everyone’s job folks – just do it right).

A great quality mind named Bill English taught me many years ago to run everything a standard calls out as "required" through this filter: How does this add value for our company?
Small world... would that be the same Bill English I knew at Iomega?

Hello
I am kamlesh paila living in India.
I have done my Engineering in Bio-Medical
I am working in Polyurethane industry as Engineer since last one year. Before that I work in BPO company as Customer Service Associate.
I want to discuss about how to make a systematic process so that can given a better traceability in the documented process with customer point of view.

Regards
Kamlesh Paila

1. Name - Punit Garg
2. Job Title - Manager Electrical Projects
3. Industry - Pipe Manufacturing for Oil & Gas
4. Location - Mississipi

Hello, All;

My name is Charles "Larry O." Osenbaugh. I coordinate QHS functions for OFI Testing Equipment, Inc., a small manufacturer of measuring and testing equipment which is used in the oil drilling industry. We are located in Houston, TX USA.

My bigggest peeve is the old mentality that responsibility for quality is solely owned by QA/QC. I guess I'm "preaching to the choir".

I visit mostly to see how others handle problems which are similar to my own.

Thanks,
CLO

Hello All,
My name is Marty Swartz
I'm the Quality Director of a small aerospace company in nothwest Florida.
I was led to this site via a Google search for CAR and PAR (MS Access) databases.
So far I've seen a lot of areas that I can offer suggestions/help when I have time.
I'm still looking for a good starting Access DB w/reports if anyone has one they're willing to share. It's been a while (since '97) since I've used Access so I'm a little rusty. We just had our ISO audit and our CAR/PAR system didn't fair too well...:)

Sirs:

I am from china. i am sales in rubber and plastic parts. I am 32 years old.
Here, I can leart some, and i am glad to make some help if i can.

Everyone, good luck.

Mark

Hi, It's really lucky to know this forum....Hope that's not too late...:agree:

Just introduce myself in breif.

1. My name is Daniel Hsu.
2. Procurement team
3. I was working in Electric field and currently on Mechnical field
4. EMERSON, Nanjing China.
5. 5 years since i graduated from university.
6. My pet peeve: disregard quality cost and over-design to customers.

1. Roy Robertson
2 and 3. Compliance and Quality Assurance Manager. I used to manage a team of CAD staff producing plans and GIS requirements for all airport infrastructure. QA person left and because I was nvolved with building compliance audits I took over what is turning out to be revisiting our poor excuse for a QA system.I also manage our civil defence requirements. I used to do all Airport signage but with a major company restructure some jobs are still to be resolved.
4. Auckland International Airport New Zealand
5.Two months.
6.An ability to be very detailed, reading long reports work other people shy away from.
7.Not having an electronic document management system to manage audits rather than hard copy filing.
8.Have board directors take a real understanding of what quality is about so resources are recognised, take an active interest rather then just be concerned over achieving greater prfoits. Better quality systems would do this if they understood.

Hi, I'm Kuya Batok, I want to understand about ISO 9001:2008, Thank You.

Hi, I'm Kuya Batok, I want to understand about ISO 9001:2008, Thank You. Welcome!

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Hi
I am evelyn, currently working as a trainer in semicon.
Like to engage with more trainers on their experience on how to train employee and content knowledge.

Name: Tom Warden
Job Title: Regulatory Affairs and Quality Consultant
Industry: I have been in both the Medical Device and Drug Industries
Company: Warden Consulting
Tine in Quality Function: On and off in Quality for over thirty years
What Sets One Apart: I have several interests including singing and listening to the blues
Pet Peeve: How many companies relegate the Quality function to low importance and refuse to listen to quality issues
If I Chanage the World of Quality: Have the Quality function be regarded as a support group instead as the "policeman"

What Sets One Apart: I have several interests including singing and listening to the blues

There must be enough stuff in here for someone to write something called "Quality Blues". :biglaugh: Anyone want to try?

Hello,

I am sowmen

Working with Indian company manufacturing earth moving equipment

Designation Manager Q.A and M.R

I Love to make friends and intrested to know new quality aspects required for QMS.


Thanks,

Hello

I have just joined this forum and hope will learn and share knwoledge in QUality field.

Thanks,

Rex40

Hi
I'm Leong
occupation: Enrgr mgr
industry: civil aviation
company: manufacture aero-engine small components
location: Singapore
time in QA: total about 6 years, in Maint & Repair; and also Manufacturing
time in Engrg: much longer

Hi
I am evelyn, currently working as a trainer in semicon.
Like to engage with more trainers on their experience on how to train employee and content knowledge.

Hi evelyn!
Welcome.
Im a trainer myself. Im looking forward into bumping with you in the threads.
It would really be great to have exchange of ideas and experiences.
:-)


Reynald'

Note: It is amazing how this thread keeps goin gon and on and on and on. The membership just keeps on going. Great job for the moderator's and of course, thanks to Marc.

Hi

I am Jahir baiscally from India

1. Am an Automobile Engineer with MBA(Operations)

2. have 16 years of experience in After Sales Service functions

3. Presently Working in Dubai as Service Manager

4. Though QA is not my prime forte, still i would like to learn n implement Lean concepts in my work area

5. as well i would like to contribute on my area for the interested

Helo Everyone,

This is Solomon H. Z working in Saudi Arabia, in one of Engineering Company. I got the link to this site when I googled for document mangement system. so here I am ....

Hi, pls find some of the things about me..so nice to be here
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
CH Ching
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
QA Engineer taking care of Quality System and QA and QC
3. Industry you're in or have been in
Repair industry, lead frame industry (previously)
4. Company you work for and location
Jabil after Market services, Penang, Malayisa
5. Length of time in quality function
5 years
6. Something personal that sets you apart
7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration)
OBA yield not meeting target and not effective CA
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?


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See you down life's highway!

Eric

HI my name is Brandon, I am a Production manager for a division of Meyers Industries.
Before I came here I worked for Avery Dennison for 8 years.
I live in Northeast Ohio (I dont recommend it).
I stumbled across your little piece of the internet last week while looking for information on some upcoming SMED projects.

Thanks for all the usefull info!

I live in Northeast Ohio (I dont recommend it).


Welcome. I know what you mean about not recommending living in Northeast Ohio. Ever since Phil's in Mentor (the BEST ribs in the whole world) burnt down....

Of course, there still is Shade Tree Powersports in Middlefield, so not all is lost.

Welcome. I know what you mean about not recommending living in Northeast Ohio. Ever since Phil's in Mentor (the BEST ribs in the whole world) burnt down....

Of course, there still is Shade Tree Powersports in Middlefield, so not all is lost.

:agree1: Haha, YES - I know exactly what you mean, I actually used to live in Mentor (now live in Concord) and I work in Middlefield!

1. Name = Eric L
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do = Quality System Administrator, site ISO rep, site Responsible Care rep, and several other hats...
3. Industry you're in or have been in = chemical manufacturing
4. Company you work for and location = BASF
5. Length of time in quality function = 18 years
6. Something personal that sets you apart = :notme: just a normal guy, trying to get by...
7. Your pet peeve in quality = management of change has always been a big pet peeve or rather lack thereof...
Another pet peeve is when management makes a decision, it does not mean it is automatically / magically implemented. Some decisions require planning, continued support and execution to see them through to completion.
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? = Contingency planning would be executed a little better as people move around the organization or leave the organization. And, while it may be nice to fantacize about Eloy's idea, it would not be practical without contingency planning... :lol:

8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?
I would hold Upper Management accountable for QMS implementation and effectiveness and if they do not want change I would take them out back and have them shot.!!!!!!!!!!

1. Name = Eric L
7. Your pet peeve in quality = management of change has always been a big pet peeve or rather lack thereof...
Another pet peeve is when management makes a decision, it does not mean it is automatically / magically implemented. Some decisions require planning, continued support and execution to see them through to completion.

From the top of my head this made me think that perhaps "management" (I'm never sure when this is one person or a group) often regards the QM as steering and coordinating the "warring fractions" - oops, I mean the various departments - down the straight and narrow.

Years ago a guy I regarded as my mentor said, "Why have a guard dog and stand at the door yourself and bark?"

Assuming the QM has the ear of management and participates in top management meetings, then this would be the forum to (diplomatically) point out weaknesses and suggest how to improve and/or implement quality enhancements. I'm sure many QMs could delegate instead of feeling it was all on their shoulders.

My name is Nini
Management Representative(QA Manager)
Design
Design Company, Ploiesti, Romania, 60 employees
4 years experience
I have to manage a new QMS, certified one week ago.
Thank you and God bless You.

1. Name - Nini Comnoiu
2. Job Title - Management Representative(Quality Assurance Manager)
3. Industry - Currently: Designing Oil Industry
4. Job Ploiesti, Romania
5. Length of time in quality function - QMS - 4 years
6. Something personal that sets you apart - - I have 3 kids
7. Your pet peeve in quality - mentality of the old staff
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? - eliminate it - companies are going to make good or bad product iregardless of what we do - I say let them sink or swim on their own (I know, that would put me out of a job)
I would like learn from anyone, I have manage a new QMS, certified one week ago, I need by your advice to improve the system.
GOD BLESS YOU!

Name: John
Title: Quality Assurance Manager
Industry: Manufacturing
Experience: 19 yrs of Quality, 2 yrs Machining, 10 yrs of lithographic and flexographic printing
Quality experience in my company: a ship in a vast sea
Looking for answers and retaining knowledge from all of the quality people on this site.

Name: John
Title: Quality Assurance Manager
Industry: Manufacturing
Experience: 19 yrs of Quality, 2 yrs Machining, 10 yrs of lithographic and flexographic printing
Quality experience in my company: a ship in a vast sea
Looking for answers and retaining knowledge from all of the quality people on this site.

Hello John. Welcome to the site. Nice to have another printing industry rep. here! I can smell the ink......

Andy

1. Name - Beth
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do - Documentation Mgr, IT
3. Industry you're in or have been in - animal pharmaceuticals
4. Company you work for and location - GA, USA
5. Length of time in quality function - 4 years - 3 in product quality and 1/2 in IT quality
6. Something personal that sets you apart - I landed in this domain totally by accident, I love to play pool/billiards
7. Your pet peeve in quality - its not important until its a 483
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? make people see that the sole purpose and pleasure in quality is not to make their lives more difficult or to create paperwork for paperwork's sake

I'll go first!

1. My name is YH Wang
2. Quality Engineer focused on Customer Quality service.
3. Medical Device Industry
4. ETHICON Endo-Surgery, a Johnson and Johnson Company. Located in Cincinnati, OH
5. 13 years in quality and 8 in Operations. 7 years in the military before that.
6. Play guitar and raise water lilies! Got the "Greenraisin" tag in college when a friend started calling me that. I asked him why and he said, "Just how normal is a green raisin?" The rest is history!
7. My pet peeve is the lip service given to quality
8. If I could change the world of quality, I would REQUIRE rotation from operations and other functions through the quality organization or function. The best ops folks are the ones who've been through QS, QA, or QC, and the best QA folks have the scar tissue from ops!

My degree is in Business Administration

Originally Posted by Greenraisin
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?

1. Debs (Bob is a nickame)
2. Compliance Manager
3. Working for a company who sell Body Armour to Defence & Security organisations
4. VestGuard UK - Essex, England
5. Only been in Quality for a few months - although had some previous experience with other companies
6. I drive a TVR at weekends (5ltr Griffith for those who care) but would love a Corvette
7. Pet peeve is most external auditors appear to lack personality
8. I would make the world of Quality more user friendly and less jargon obsessed.

Welcome, 'Debs' - 'Bob' - whoever you really are......:lol: A 'fellow' Essex-ite! where abouts in the much-maligned county?

The personality thing? Yeah, it is removed when they attend Lead Auditor training......LOL

A TVR you say? Awesome! It has to be better than a Corvette! Especially since the company went broke - they're all collectors cars now....

But I do have a line on a $73,000 body kit to turn your 'Z' car into something else......:yes:;)

Welcome, 'Debs' - 'Bob' - whoever you really are......:lol: A 'fellow' Essex-ite! where abouts in the much-maligned county?


Just outside Tiptree.

I have an unhealthy interest in cars and motorsport and post on some car based forums. It is easier to pretend to be a bloke than deal with the small amount misogynistic of car fans - so I am "Bob"

Parvez Khan
Business analyst, specially IT process improvement, process design, ERP process improvement.


IT, Steel Fabrication

Zamil, Saudi Arabia

I am still out of Quality but am working in some layer that is in between, process improvement and IT

I will make things simple fpr the language that is used for Quality perspective.
Why cant we have the images that convey the Quality message in place of text.

1. Rina
2. Purchasing
3. Medical manufacturing wheelchairs, x-ray equipment, electronics
4. Canada
5. 12 years

1. Name: Manoj K. Tripathi

2. Job Title or explanation of what you do: Quality Assurance manager

3. Industry you're in or have been in:IT

4. Company you work for and location: Siemens Information Systems, India-Bangalore

5. Length of time in quality function: 9 Years

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

Most of the problems are because things are very unsystematic. So it very important to develop a good system and use it effectively. Upgrade it with the help of day to day lesions.

Name:verachai
Job Title: GM

Rubber manufacturing

Hitech-Elastomers
Thailand

nagesh
QA head
software

I'm probably not the only one to think this but I'm not exactly famous for being a diplomat so I'll write it.
Some of the recent introductions are so short that they "feel" impolite, and which I'm sure isn't the intention. I hope they are more communicative in real life :)
Nope, I didn't think that at all. If they want to say just a little, that's fine with me.
Nagehs kumar
QA head
Brilliant response!

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 (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration)
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?


Eric



1. Name
Dick Webb

2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
Quality Manager

3. Industry you're in or have been in
Sheet Metal Fabrication

4. Company you work for and location
Bloomingdale, Illinois

5. Length of time in quality function
Since 1989

6. Something personal that sets you apart
Associating with you folks

7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration)
C of C's

8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?
Make everyone write on the blackboard 1000 times, "A packing slip and a P.O do the same thing as a Certificate of Conformance":agree1:
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See you down life's highway!

Kumar
MS (QM)

1. Name Dick Webb

8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?
Make everyone write on the blackboard 1000 times, "A packing slip and a P.O do the same thing as a Certificate of Conformance":agree1:
!


hahaha...very true! Assuming the P.O. can be retrieved easily that is...and it's not 112 pages thick! Not sure the tree-huggers would thank you for that... :notme:

Hi all,

Here is my details

1. FATMA
2. Assistant Manager of Quality
3. Freight Forwarding Industry
4. Freightworks in Dubai, UAE.
5. 3 years in operation and 6 months in quality
6.: ?
7. New to quality and So much too know about quality
8. ISO

hello, all you guys, here is profile.
1. Frank.
2. project engineer
3. automobile
4. work for an ITW company, China
5. 3 years
:biglaugh:

Hello,



1.My name is Olivier BRUNEL
2. Quality Consultant.
3. Leather industry, Medical Device Industry, Automotive equipment, Aeronautic
4. QUALITAIRE Company - Service provider for industry Located in NANTES - France
5. About 12 years alternately with other functions bound to production.
6. I have a passion for caving, and put a lot into underground exploration.
7. In spite of a good quality performance, a company can be dropped by its principal.
8. I would explain it’s not worth to reinvent the wheel, only make it turn on well.

Hello, my name Peter.

I have been a Quality Manager for three years at a Tier One Automotive Supplier to GM and Chrysler. We provide forgings and precision machined parts. Also, I have been in Quality for about 20 years as a Quality Inspector, Quality Engineer, Senior Quality Engineer , and recently a Manager in the Manufacturing and Service Industries.

My pet peeve in Quality, some people in Quality only go through the motions and fulfill somewhat the requirements of the customer; never truly using the methodology of continuous improvement and using the customer requirements to their advantage to better Quality and the companies bottom line in the long haul.:cool:

Hi All,

I am a Mechanical Designer at an engineering consultancy in Cairns Australia. We have recently undertaken to implement and certify a 9001 QMS and I have been given the task of helping us achieve the certification.

I've have completed the same job at a previous company so I have a little bit of experience with 9001 certification.

This is a great site and I look forward to picking your collective brains on many an occasion.

Cheers
Anthony

HI,

good to be here to share technical knowledge!
Mechanical engineering
Inidia

Welcome all newbies to this great knowledge bank where you will see people help one another and where many of the questions get answered to the utmost satisfaction.

:bigwave::bigwave::bigwave:

good to be here to share technical knowledge!


Any specialty in particular? ;) For example, do you have a specialty?

Hi, My Name is Vic de Beer (not related to the diamond folks)
I have my own business doing contract work as a Quality Consultant, Quality Manager or Quality Inspector.
I am currently in a 1 year contract working as a Quality Specialist taking care of day-to-day NCR's, CAR's and acting as a go-between for the Project General Manager and client and large construction site. My last contract was that of Quality Lead in the Alberta Oilsands industry.
I have many years experience in the construction industry but have only in the last 10-12 years focussed mainly on quality functions and have completed Lead Auditor training courses in ISO 9000-2000 as well as OHSAS 18000.
My favourate passtime is sailing, having sailed from South Africa to Canada some years ago.
Being in the Quality business, I have natural curiosity as to what contacts I will be making through this forum.
Manage

1. Dan Waterstraut
2. QA Mgr.
3. Aerospace
4. TruForm Machine, Inc.
5. 35 Years (!)
6. Graduated from the school of seat of your pants Cum Laude
7. College Graduated Engineers with no shop floor exp.:bonk:
8. KISS

Hi, I've been wandering in this forum for a while and found some valuable answer here. This is me:
1. Name: Vinh Le
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do: Quality Assurance, focus on QMS and CI
3. Industry you're in or have been in: Aerospace and Medical Device. We 're working on AS9100 and ISO 13485
4. Company you work for and location: Spartronics Vietnam, Vietnam
5. Length of time in quality function: 4 yrs
6. Something personal that sets you apart: Vietnamese, and studying Industrial Engineering
7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration): People around me sometimes look at QA as an "assuring" guy, doing tedious, extra and usually redundant work.:bonk:
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do??


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Hi,
My name is RJ and I'm from Ireland. I work for a company that manufacture medical devices and I am in charge of all aspects of Quality Assurance. I have an electronics background but have progressed more towards documentation control and quality assurance over the last number years. My pet peeve about Quality is that others look upon you as someone who will catch any mistakes made before the product goes out the door instead of saying to themselves that if I make this product error free then I have done my bit in helping someone who needs this product. I am looking forward to getting some sound information regarding regulatory aspects of Quality Assurance so that I can build up my knowledge base and from what I have seen so far in this forum, I have definitely made the correct choice in joining.:D

hi team
1. Name : sunder raj
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do :works manager
3. Industry you're in or have been in : automobile - wiring harnesss
4. Company you work for and location: bangalore - karnataka
5. Length of time in quality function:in R&D 26YEARS
6. Something personal that sets you apart :
7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration)
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?
:D

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See you down life's highway!

Eric[/QUOTE]

1. Name > I'm Alvin
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do > As of July '09 holding a position of QA/QC Supervisor, My QA/QC Manager transferred to R&D and I'm currently looking after our department acting as Dept. Head. Just recently assigned to be the company's QMR.
3. Industry you're in or have been in > Fabrication, Machine Shop, Ship Repair, Purchasing, Coal Mining, and Cathodic Protection
4. Company you work for and location > Now in working in Middle East
5. Length of time in quality function > 5 years as Quality Practitioner
6. Something personal that sets you apart > Certified QMS Lead Auditor, Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and Mechanical Engineer

Hi
I'm Jose Silva
Project Engineer for Husil Industries in Toronto.
Our main activities are: design + construction of dies, injection and blow molds.
Part mfg.
Regards to all

Hi everyone,

My name is Latoya Manning.
Quality Engineering Technician with the drive of becoming a Quality Engineer.
(Computer Industry)
Jabil- Circuit , Memphis
4yrs at this company
I sing and play the piano and i am to myself at all times mainly.
Miscommunication between the team.
:lol:

Hi, I'm Ponzelle Royster and I've held numerous positions in Quality and Regulatory in both large and emerging companies for the last 25 years. I have managed quality systems and maintained compliance control for medical devices, biologics, and the device constiuent for a drug/device combination product.

I am honored to be a part of this forum as I have been gleaning information for quite some time from participants. Perhaps I can weigh in and also provide some insight when opportunities present themselves.

I am honored to be a part of this forum as I have been gleaning information for quite some time from participants. We're honored you're joining in! Perhaps I can weigh in and also provide some insight when opportunities present themselves. We are happy to have all the help we can get, and we appreciate your participation!

Welcome to the Cove!

hahaha...very true! Assuming the P.O. can be retrieved easily that is...and it's not 112 pages thick! Not sure the tree-huggers would thank you for that... (originally posted by Mike H)

You don't have to retrieve it you just have to reference it - per P.O. # xyz - should do it. If it comes down legal issues or whatever the P.O. is the document that trumps all others. What in the world does a c of c actually do but take up space in a file cabinet? Get rid of them and the tree huggers will like me!

Have a great weekend!

Hi! I'm Juan Hector Garcia, QMS/EMS Specialist at Dana Mexico Cardanes Plant, automotive tier1 supplier. Previously I've worked for Polaroid and some small businesses from the education, computers, and construction sectors. My current employeer is located in Queretaro City, Mexico, I've been here 13 years doing basically the same function.
Something that sets me apart from other people managing a QM or EM system I've known is that I belive zero nonconformities in a third part audit is a side effect, not a goal. You could say that's also my pet peeve.
I dream of quality as those special effects in the movies that are so real and seamless that you don't notice them, until you realize the scene couldn't have been done without them.
BTW, it's good to be here.

Hello; Barbara here. I am now headed in a new direction.
I am contracting to a large company, this company has just bought out another company. They are both automotive manufactures. So, the bought company has been operating even while being bought.
The direction is to try to get us ready for Oct. ISO/TS audit.
It will be a challenge for me, I have been involved in audit preperatrions, internal audits, even revamping systems to prepare for audit (this one in 1992 for ISO).
The company I am working for is ISO/TS but the facility will not be under the umbrella. The bought company has been ceritified as well so that helps. I think the 1st thing to do is evaluate the bought companies QMS and go from there, the floor operations have NOT changed, basically all I can tell that has changed is the sign and logo.
This was just to say hello "RI"GHT" sorry.
Hope all are well.

Barb;)

This is probably the most viewed thread in The Cove as all want to meet the ”newcomers”. I’ve browsed through the search engine to see if anyone has touched on the following subject previously on a thread but can’t find anything comparable. I fully expect this contribution to be moved when it’s deemed to have been read by a suitable number of “old hands” as well as “newcomers”.

The two points that have always fascinated me most in introductions are:

7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration)
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?

For number 7, there's this thread: My pet peeve - what is yours? (http://elsmar.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=35533)
For number 8, this one may be close: What would you change in your Quality department (http://elsmar.com/Forums/showthread.php?p=70810#post70810)

Hello; Barbara here. I am now headed in a new direction.
I am contracting to a large company, this company has just bought out another company. They are both automotive manufactures. So, the bought company has been operating even while being bought.
The direction is to try to get us ready for Oct. ISO/TS audit.
It will be a challenge for me, I have been involved in audit preperatrions, internal audits, even revamping systems to prepare for audit (this one in 1992 for ISO).
The company I am working for is ISO/TS but the facility will not be under the umbrella. The bought company has been ceritified as well so that helps. I think the 1st thing to do is evaluate the bought companies QMS and go from there, the floor operations have NOT changed, basically all I can tell that has changed is the sign and logo.
This was just to say hello "RI"GHT" sorry.

Hope all are well.

Barb;)

Congradulations on your new assignments.Since your earlier company is already TS certified you will be able to cope up with the new responsiblilities.Following are 6 steps in achieving TS for the new company.
1)Rewrite the manuals and procedures.This may involve just changing names.doc.nos. and dates from the Manual of your Ist company which is already TS certified.
2)Display SOP/work instructions on each machine and work area in the new organization.
3)Train staff on TSI6949 awareness,SPC,MSA,FMEA and internal audit.
4)Prepare process flow,FMEA and control plans for all products family wise. etc.,etc.
Wish you all the best in your challenging task.
V.J.Brahmaiah

Hi All, I started off as a Data Analyst II and am now a Bus Info Analyst II, diff? Dunno. I'm here to learn and share.

Have a great day!

Hello My name is Guy Condon from Chicago IL.

My title is Lean Six Sigma Manager.

I have my Green Belt and am working on Black.

I was an Automation eng. for 12 years prior to that in the packaging and Healthcare fields.

I have gotten a ton of help from this site and am glad it is around.

I am looking for examples of a fractional DOE in Minitab. It has been some time since I have done one and could use some help.

VJBrahmaiah: Thank you for your response and encourgement. It'll be fun......

1. Ty
2. SMS-OHS
3. Rail
4. Federal
5. 7 Years FT; many more PT
6. Nothing
7. Senior Executive's Lack of Grounding
8. Senior Executive's Lack of Grounding

1. Derrick
2. Quality Engineering Supervisor
3. Telecommunications (fiber optic cable and hardware)
4. Corning (NC)
5. 4th year in a quality role but has been a passion for my entire career.
6. Sets me apart: I genuinely love people and seeing them succeed.
7. Pet Peeve: The fact that people silo their area and do not see how interwoven processes are.
8. Change the world of quality...open up more sharing of benchmark information. I believe in competitive advantage but lots of times if the financials are good...we settle and stop growing. VOC for management says it is good enough...however society is better served by continuously eliminating waste.

okay

1. Name - Edward
2. Job Title - Quality Engineer
3. Industry - Currently: Cable assembly
4. Job Shop South of Chine
5. Length of time in quality function - 3 years

Hi everyone! Been a while since I've been on here. It seems I only come here when I'm investigating something or needing something...just being honest. Wish I had more time to chat and help others out

Here's a bit about me..

Name: Matt Halpin
What I do:Quality Assurance - ISO Systems etc. etc. etc......
Industry: Automotive
Company you work for and location: Martinrea Heavy Stamping - Kentucky
Length of time in quality function: 13 long hard years
Your pet peeve in quality: No sense of urgency for issues that require it.
If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? Eliminate 'it' from the face of the planet ;)

My name :Nicoleta
Country: Romania
Pharmacist
Job: Consulting Company
for certification ISO 9001:2000
expert pharmaceutical field

Hi all. :thanks: for letting me join your site.

I am a QA/QC Manager for a new company registering for AS9100 recognition. I have worked in Quality all my life and enjoy it.

My pet peeve in quality is misinterpretation of code requirements, i.e., not enough, as well as, too much.

If I could change the world of Quality, I would dull a little more the side of the double-edge sword that Quality personnel occasionally run into.

Mike :cool:

Hi everyone! :)

1. Name - Frieda
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do - I'm writing a research paper on ISO Compliance
3. Industry you're in or have been in - student

Wow! Lots of interesting newbies!
If I can provide one bit of good news, it's this:
You have joined one of the best forums for getting answers you just can't seem to get anywhere else to those tough questions about quality and business, especially when it comes to advice about maneuvering through a minefield of tyrannical customers, stickler auditors, sneaky suppliers, untrained employees, and heartless/clueless bosses (much like the pointy-haired ones in the Dilbert comic strip.)
Welcome to the Cove!:bigwave:

Hi I am Linxin Shi
From Shanghai, China
Have been in Power Generation Industry for 3 years (Quite new^_^)
My job title is Advanced Procurement Engineer currently. I have been working as a field engineer in past 3 years.
I've just stepped in the supplier qualification field. I really learned a lot from this forum. Thank you guys all!

can any body tell me about numbering system as per DIN-EN-10204/3.1
qty shown in mtc is 2.000 in place of 2000 or 2,000 (two thousands)

kk joshi
dodsal:agree:

can any body tell me about numbering system as per DIN-EN-10204/3.1
qty shown in mtc is 2.000 in place of 2000 or 2,000 (two thousands)

kk joshi
dodsal:agree: Technically this is an introduction thread, not a discussion thread. Please start a New Discussion Thread to ask questions so this thread is not derailed.

Thank you!

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Hi
My name is Andy Nguyen
I am from Ontario Canada, I am a Cmm Inspector working for a Tool and Mould shop
I have been working in this field for 15 years, I really get a lot of useful informations from this site.
Thanks

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Welcome to the Cove! People Helping People!

Hi my dear friends

1. My name is Gaurav Agarwal
2. I did M.Tech E&EM the MBA in production & operation management. I am a Production Engineer focused on Manufacturing Drugs.
3. Pharmaceutical Industry
4. TEVA API INDIA LTD, India.
5. 5 years in manufacturing.
6. Play chess and driving fast bike.





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Hello, all! My name is Aileen.

The company I work for is a very small medical laser manufacturer in California. I have a host of titles right now including Document Control Coordinator, Quality System Coordinator, Internal QMS Auditor and I guess they are making me take over for our Quality Assurance Manager. That's why I'm here, I guess--trying to survive this!

As for my experience, I have very little to speak of. I have a degree in Music, but when you move to California from Michigan you take whatever job opens up, right? I took an internship here two years ago in Document Control. With no direction from Management I had to find something to occupy myself with, and it started with fixing the spelling and grammar of the QMS Procedures. But when I started finding holes and contradictions I took to studying ISO 13485, rewrote the system, and here I am today practically in charge of everything.

The information here has already been incredibly valuable, I hope I can contribute to the community!

1. Vikki Brauer
2. Quality Manager
3. Plastic Injection molding (1 1/2 years and previously thermoforming
4. Total Source Molders, Reinbeck, IA
5. I have been in Quality for 16 years. Quality Engineer, ISO Coordinator, Quality Manager
6. Interests - winetasting, biking
7. I agree with many of you - Management says they want quality but really don't or the middle management wouldn't say "Good enough"
8. I think rotation would be good as stated above. I did notice in a previous company that the supervisors that shared an office with quality ended up being alot more quality minded.

This site is a great. Thanks to all who have helped me out already.:thanx:

I'll go first!

1. My name is Eric Frischmuth
2. Quality Engineer focused on quality system development.
3. Medical Device Industry
4. ETHICON Endo-Surgery, a Johnson and Johnson Company. Located in Cincinnati, OH
5. 13 years in quality and 8 in Operations. 7 years in the military before that.
6. Play guitar and raise water lilies! Got the "Greenraisin" tag in college when a friend started calling me that. I asked him why and he said, "Just how normal is a green raisin?" The rest is history!
7. My pet peeve is the lip service given to quality
8. If I could change the world of quality, I would REQUIRE rotation from operations and other functions through the quality organization or function. The best ops folks are the ones who've been through QS, QA, or QC, and the best QA folks have the scar tissue from ops!

My degree is in Business Administration.


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See you down life's highway!

Eric

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

Hi Eric,

My name is Bruce Johnson with Johnson Consulting Services, LLC and ASQ say hi to Bill Davis. :bigwave:

Hi Eric,

My name is Bruce Johnson with Johnson Consulting Services, LLC and ASQ say hi to Bill Davis. :bigwave:

Bruce,

You're reponding to an 8-year old post. Plus this member is inactive..

Stijloor, Forum Moderator.

I love this place! Thanks to those who have already been so nice to me. I can't stay away now - they'll all blame you.

They call me Yankee, but that was already taken, so I am Yankeee. More than 50% of the time I am called "Yankee" in real life too!

I am a Project Controls Consultant - usually I work as a Scheduler, but I can do other stuff too. My jobs are normally in the utilities (nuclear and fossil) industry or construction (T&D). I'm currently working in WI.

I'm a bit of a girly girl when it comes to my likes and taste, but only because I have been surround by MEN my entire life. I grew up with two brothers, had two sons and have almost always worked in male-dominated industries. My dog is a girl for a reason. We buy pink stuff!

My kids, my huband, my Harley and my scrapbooking room see me the most when I'm not working. That's about it!

1. Name
Steve Moore

2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
Contractor/Consultant
Wearing several hats right now, working with a heat treating facility (HT & HIP) get some of their environmental, process, and quality ducks in a row.

3. Industry you're in or have been in
Heat Treaing, now.
Before this, I spent a l-o-n-g time in pulping (30+ years).
No idea what's next.

4. Company you work for and location
Contracting through MIC in Beaverton, OR.

5. Length of time in quality function
Since 1991 -- but not all of that "quality time".

6. Something personal that sets you apart
3 dogs, 5 cats (all rescues), and a roomful of computers.

7. Your pet peeve in quality
Finger-pointing.

8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?
Get rid of the finger-pointing.

only take this to reply quickly :
Hi,all, i am glad to join in this forum , let us comunicate each other and learning and make progress,tks.

1. Name: Steve Dong
2. Job Title: material management manager
3. Industry: ATM manufacture
4. Company you work for and location: CBPM-keba, Beijing, China
:cool:

Hello everyone, I have found so much useful info here, I just had to join! In answer to the introductory questions, here goes:-
1. My name is Mel.
2. I am an ASNT NDT Level III, with 34 years NDT experience.
3. Obviously NDT has been my working life, with over 20 years in management/quality roles.
4. I am self-employed, and carry out a lot of consultancy work.
5. As above.
6. Just an ordinary bloke!
7. What really annoys me is the way some people/companies pay "lip-service" to quality.
8. Get people to realise how vitally important the quality side of engineering is.

Am looking forward to joining in some great discussions-who knows, maybe I could be of help to someone out there!

Bye for now.

:thanx:

Good morning to all my fellow Quality people!

This site is so helpful, so I figured that I would take a minute to introduce myself!

1. Tarrah
2. Quality Analyst - which pretty much means a little of everything
3. Medical Devices- ISO 13485, 9001
4. Medical Device manufacturer on the East coast
5. about 3 years (I am new!)
6. We are allowed to have a personal life? :lmao:
7. How can I pick just one? I guess it would be the lack of knowledge/compliance with regulations.

Hi guys,

My name is Will.

I work in the USA for a FAA 145.

I am here just to join in disscussion that have to deal with Aviation repair procedures. :bigwave:

Hi everyone,

I'm Michael and I'm Purchasing & Materials Manager in an Irish company.
We are looking to implement ISO9000 QMS and I am hoping to get some good pointers from this forum.
I have been charged with the responsibility to implement this by myself so i am quite daunted by the task.

Welcome! Here's hoping your time here will be well spent and that you find the help you are looking for!

And don't forget to help others when you can!

People Helping People!

Hi everyone

My name is Paul and I am a teacher in lean and sustainability. If there are any others in education, please drop me a line as I am trying to set up a network.

1. Name: Paul Sherry
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do: Teacher (tertiary)
3. Industry you're in or have been in: Education and Manufacturing
4. Company you work for and location: Gordon TAFE, Geelong, Australia
5. Length of time in quality function: Decades
6. Something personal that sets you apart: Interest in sustainability
7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration) : Paperwork!
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? Raise the bar

1. Name: Melvin Gao
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do: QA manager
3. Industry you're in or have been in: Medical device
4. Company you work for and location: Biobot Surgical Pte Ltd, Singapore
5. Length of time in quality function: 1 year
6. Something personal that sets you apart
7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration)
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?


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Eric

Hi everyone.

My name is Gerald. I am an environment officer with a facility management company in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Im relatively new in the company i work for (been around for a year now) and the reason for most of the head aches I am getting these days is because we are embarking on an ISO 14001 based EMS. At the moment I am just looking for ideas on how we can come up with a really good process for evaluating our aspects. This is a major problem as we are getting new projects regularly. As a result we are constantly evaluating the new aspects that come with the new projects and adding them to our aspects amd impacts register. This forum seems to be a good place to exchange ideas and get new perspectives from experts in the field so I had to join:D.

I guess what sets me apart is that I have to be one of the few (if not the only) Zimbabweans on this forum.

Welcome Everybody. We look forward to see your active participation.

..........At the moment I am just looking for ideas on how we can come up with a really good process for evaluating our aspects. This is a major problem as we are getting new projects regularly. .......

Gerald, you have some interesting views and problems. Why not post it in the ISO 14001 forum for further discussion?

Name: Bill LeRoy
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do: Compliance and Information Security Analyst
3. Industry you're in or have been in: Software Companies
4. Company you work for and location: netForensics

1. Paul Tanski
2. Director of Compliance and Quality
3. Plastic Molding (now), Medical Device Class II and III (past 23 yrs)
4. MedPlast, Westfield PA
5. 23 yrs
6. I was a licensed Funeral Director
7. Lack of communication within and between organizations
8. Eliminate the Quality Cop persona, be part of the solution to problems

1. Name
Terry
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
Business Improvement Manager
3. Industry you're in or have been in
Helicopter Maintenance
4. Company you work for and location
Sikorsky Australia - Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Southern Hemisphere
5. Length of time in quality function
15 plus years
6. Something personal that sets you apart
Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, Master Chef, All round good guy
7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration)
Managers paying lip service and the nodding head syndrom
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?
To open peoples eyes to what quality is really about