1. Name
Nicolas
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
Quality HEath & Safety Environment Manager
3. Industry you're in or have been in
Air Polution Control Engineering
4. Company you work for and location
Hamon Environmental Belgium
5. Length of time in quality function
10 plus years

Hi,

I would like to explose tool avialable on the site spcially on Six Sigma and other topics.

Regards,
Gaurav

Name: Bruce Johnson
Job Description: Quality Improvement & Project Management Consultant
Industry: Healthcare and medical devices
Company: Johnson Consulting Services, LLC in Cincinnati
Currently working with two major clients, 1 hospital and 1 medical device manufacturer working on FDA approval and cGMP compliance.
Length of time in Quality Functions - 20+ years.
Current Need: Road map for cGMP compliance for class II medical device
Misc Comment: This forum is terrific. I found many documents that were very helpful in setting up our QMS.

1. Name: Paul
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do: RA/QA Manager for Medical Device (Dicom) Co.
3. Industry you're in or have been in. I've been in the Aerospace Electronics industry for 32 years and now i've switched over to Med Dev.
4. Company you work for and location. NAI Tech Products, Auburn Ca.
5. Length of time in quality function. 33 years
7. Your pet peeve in quality. People who think that "If it's ISO", It's MY job alone.
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? Convince folks that the statement "We've been doing it that way for 30 years now" is NOT forward thinking in today's techno environment.

1. Name- Bob Marks, C.P.M., A.P.P.
2. Job Title- Supply Chain & Procurement Manager
3. Industry-Aerospace Development - Startup
4. Company- TSC (The Spaceship Company), Mojave, CA
5. Length of time in quality function- Informally- 15 years, Formally- What Time Is it? :D (16 years in Purchasing)
6. Something personal that sets you apart- ISM Certification, have spent entire carreer in bleeding-edge aerospace and/or technology
7. Your pet peeve in quality- Transistion from R&D to Production is frikken' hard! :lol:
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? Find someone else to do it!


This site is a goldmine! :agree1:

1. My name is BUDS MOLINA FERNANDO
2. Total Quality Management-ISO-Development Management-OD-HRM consultant
3. Government - agriculture - education - Non government organization
4. SUBIC BAY METROPOLITAN AUTHORITY
Total Quality Management Dept.
Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Philippines

Founder-President
INTEGRAL TRANSFORMATION GROUP, INC.
Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Philippines

5. More than ten (10) years in quality function
6. I am a vegetarian, yogi, reiki, tai chi, and organic farmer/agriculturist practitioner & teacher. I am also a part-time college professor & public lecturer.
7. My pet peeve is workers and managers not walking their talk.
8. If I could change the world of quality, I would require all workers to upgrade their education & training continuously on quality.
:D:cool::thanx:

1.Chandler Larsen
2.QA Manager, hired to champion and maintain ISO certification
3.Underwater electrical connectors
4.SubConn, Inc.; Burwell, NE
5.About 2 months (recent graduate)
6.At 6'4" and 225lbs, I don't necessarily "blend in". Laid back with a good sense of humor.
7.Too new for pet peeves in quality, but will update as soon as I get one
8.Same as above.

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?


hello. i'm triad :)

hello. i'm triad :)

Welcome! Please provide us a with a little bit more information about yourself.. ;)

Stijloor.

1. DMAgIC is more official :) (look to profile)
2. Administrator of Russian website/Quality Consultant/Engineer
3. Electronics/Health Care/...
4. Probably here should be my website (See profile)
5. Around 8 years
6. Playing a father and paintball. First one is more painfull :)
7. I have read posts above, so will not tell something new
8. In my oppinion world of quality is dependant on mindset, all I want to change is just mindset. Pretty easy, isn't it :)

Hi,

This is Shyam.
1. Sr. Executive Quality Assurance.
2. Clinical Research Industry.
3. Interested in Quality Management System - Implementation.

Hi Everybody,
Nice to meet all of you here.
My name is Noreen
I am Chinese and working in Quality control company.
I work here almost 13years.
I have to handle the ISO 9001:2008 every year.

Name: Kranti Rishi

Job title: V.P Quality Assurance , for a fabrication exporting Industry.

Industry have been : Tractor Manufacturing , Automotive Industry, Fabrications for export presently.

Length of Time been in quality is about 30 yrs.

Something setting apart: is that each individual is unique in one self,and came to do his Karma., so am I. Still seeking !!

The business compulsions and Standard practices do not match some times.

Changes for quality , starting point is attitude, commitment, which is required to be inculcated in the formative years of life. The education system must have this as basic requirement.

1. Robbin Cramer
2. QA/QC/Production manager of an OEM for Radiation Detectors
3. Above is current job, was auto mechanic (ASE Cert), DJ (AM and FM), tire jockey, musician, the list goes on...I used to graduate thermometers, when it was done by hand.
4. S.E. International, Inc. Summertown, TN
5. In quality all my life (and why is it there's enough time to do it over, but not enough time to do it right the first time?), but been paid for it since 1996.
6. I am always looking for a good pun, a smile and a new tune.
7. Newest pet peeve RoHS...they actually think the public should accept appliances that only last 3-4 years.
8. Make stuff that lasts. I have a 1951 International Harvester chest freezer that still works like a charm. Oh, sure, it may cost an extra dollar a month to run, but it's all metal and doubles as a work bench...

see ya'll
R:agree:

Hi Q. A. Jones
Quality Coordinator for a flexible packaging company
Peachtree City, GA
10 yrs in Quality
I like to spend time volunteering with children at church and a kids club. :D
Pet peeve: way too much paperwork. :)

If I could change the world of quality, I would eliminate some of the paperwork.

To all The Elsmar Cove Newbies!

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

We're very happy that you found us. :yes:

Please visit often, ask questions, and help others!:agree:

Oh yes, and tell other about this great resource. :thanx:

Stijloor, Forum Moderator.

Hi all,
I'm Khabonina form South Africa. I'm in the Manufacturing Development field and have been in this sector for- say 4 years now. I am 30 yrs of age and still learning a lot and eager to read as much as I can so that I can equip myself as i'm going to be in this industry for a long time to come - it scratches me the right way you see...

Hello Friends,

My name is pramod patil. I am working as a Quality Assurance Officer in pharma company. I am very happy to be with you.






Regards,


Pramod

Hello Shyam,
My self pramod. I m working as a QA officer in pharma company. Would you like to give some guideline to me on this as you are sr. executive in clinical.


Regards,

Pramod

Seng Teck LING.
Malaysian working in China as Project Engineer of an Taiwan OEM/ODM/EMS.
New to medical products.

Hello all,

I work as Quality Assurance Manager for a machine shop in Pennsylvania.

I am currenly working to move our company into the ISO world, particularly AS9100.

I love aquariums, they tend to keep me sane.

I look forward to reading everyone.

Thanks for having me.

Mark

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
- hello, i'm boboy :bigwave:

2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
- internal auditor

3. Industry you're in or have been in
- food industry

4. Company you work for and location
- i refuse to mention my company name but it's located in the Philippines

5. Length of time in quality function
- more than a year now

6. Something personal that sets you apart
- unique individual

7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration)
- if someone pretends something they don't

8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?
- reach it out and be made accessible to everyone.

1.peter is my name
2. ii'm a diemaker by profession working in a boxmaking company in Kenya East Africa
3.i want to improve the print and die-cutting in my firm
4,.i shall be a good listener, mature debator and ready to learn
5. i will equally need advice and support from you as i believe i'm the first person from East Africa to visit ur site so i count on you.
Tool and diemaker is my title

regards

Peter

Married with a family

hello to all of the persons who are registered at this site

My name is Ajay khosla.
I have just joined Aspee sprimgs limited.
I have 2.5 years of experience in quality systems and working as quality engineer now.

hello every body
my name is saber
am a quality assurance sspecialist working on an intergrated quality managment system
also am a single searching for a Beautiful bride.....am joking

1 Urias Martin
2 Quality Assurance Manager/ HACCP Coordinator
3 Agricultural livestock and petfood
4 Jones Feedmill Ontario Canada
5 Total newbie in QA, 3 years in HACCP
6
7 Double negatives in a sentence
8 Haven't been in it long enough to rate an opinion.

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

Hello Mark,

AS9100 is very simular to ISO 9001, with more traceability. The most important thing that I have learned (32 years in Aerospace) is that when a company decides to go ISO, everyone thinks it's the Quality Manager's job to get you certified. Wrong!!! It takes an enormous effort from ALL of management to develop the system. I have told management in several companies that if you just want an ISO certificate to use as a placemet (with matching napkins) while you are having customers in, then you don't need me. ISO is a tool for improvement, and a good tool it is if used properly. Since you are just beginning to go down the ISO route, be firm on who is going to be the Prcess Owner, and have them create the process documentation. Your function is to make sure that the process is described properly and that it will support the ISO requirements. Good luck, have fun (just kidding) and feel free to contact me directly if you would like to have me express more angles on the subject. Certainly not angry, just been there. Paul,

PS, I have created ACCESS databases to support ISO, so if you would like a copy and understand ACCESS well enough to re-structure them to fit your needs, let me know, I'll send copies. Unfortunately, I'm busy enough during the day that I'm not able to provide a lot of support in ACCESS training.

Hello, I'm new to this site although I have used it occasionally to get some great information.

I am currently Director, QA/RA at a small medical device company and wear all the hats of all aspects of QA and RA. With more than 20 years in either position at large and now a small organization, the challenge is great. Small companies don't have the resources but have to comply and sometimes even the most standard parts of the quality system - like design control - are difficult to implement and get buy-in.

It is always comforting to know that there are other colleagues out there that share my quest for a compliant system. It is also good to have a forum that keeps up with the latest regulations, guidances, and standards.

While I will count on this forum for information, I will also share information as I have experienced almost all aspects of Regulatory and Quality Assurance.

Thanks for all your contributions.

Hello !

I am Hemendra Varma, just registered on this Forum. I am an engineer by qualification and a management consultant by profession.

Our major area of work is Operations Management (mainly World Class Manufacturing practices like 5S, JIT, SMED, TPM, Kaizen) and Organisation & Human Resources Development (Developing HR Systems, Recruitment and In-company Management Training).


hemendra varma

Hi All,

My name is Sipho and have just registered on this site even though I've used it for the last 2 years for some great information. I am a Quality Manager in a Global Hydraulics Manufactirung Company and am tasked with rebuilding Quality as a Department & function.

I will be counting on this forum for information while sharing my little know how.

Ta!

Paul, welcome to Elsmar Cove. By becoming part of this great group you have made available to yourself a wealth of information and assistance. If you can't get an answer here, you can't get one. I myself am a 37 year veteran of Honeywell, basicly retired but consulting part time, living in a suburb of Tucson. If there is anything you need don't hesitate to consider Elsmar Cove.
Good Luck
Bob Bonville

1) Hi my name is Michael H.
2) Production Quality Assurance - Manufacturing Excellence
3) Background in Technology companies, and Aerospace (Currently in fuel cell industry).
4) ClearEdge Power - Hillsboro Oregon
5) I stopped counting the years in Quality... Now I just enjoy them > 19 years :)
6) My endurance and ability to get the job done and physical attention to the value added details that count...
7 and 8) My peeves: Management that says the "Q" word but never get up out of their chair to visit the workplace to see how well they are managing their company. My other peeve is the tarnish and stigma that is attached to the word "Quality" but I am working to fix the perception of Quality by winning over one person at a time and leading by example.

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 Chris G
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do Unemployed Toolmaker/ Grad Student
3. Industry you're in or have been in Manufacturing
4. Company you work for and location University of Dayton, Dayton OH
5. Length of time in quality function lmao Internal, External, or Consumer based quality? In other words it is my personal belief that every function has a quality aspect
6. Something personal that sets you apart I have taught my kids that having all their toys out at once isn’t being messy, its MULTITASKING.
7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration) Companies that place nonconforming parts in the hands of the military.
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?

Simplify it and make qms easily assessable to more manufacturing organizations

5. Length of time in quality function [/B]lmao Internal, External, or Consumer based quality? In other words it is my personal belief that every function has a quality aspect
6. Something personal that sets you apart I have taught my kids that having all their toys out at once isn’t being messy, its MULTITASKING.

Loved your remarks to 5 and 6 :lol:

1. Name Sheree
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do Environmental Health and Safety Manager: Establish and Maintain Environmental and OSHA Compliance
3. Industry you're in or have been in Manufacturing
4. Company you work for and location Industrial Coatings in Southern California
5. Length of time in quality function 1 year
6. Something personal that sets you apart: Usually, I can't wait to get home, get to sleep, wake up, and get back to work. I love my career.
7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration) When my own employees ignor Quality Procedures that THEY HAVE WRITTEN and then complain when the customer is dissatisfied with the product-which would have been perfect had they followed their own procedures.
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? I don't think I'm knowledgeble enough in this area to have an answer of any value.

1. My name is Gabriel Chinedu
2. Quality,Health, Safety and Environmental Professional (QHES)
3. Oil & Gas cum Construction
4. I worked with WEST AFRICA GAS PIPELINE COMPANY. Located in Nigeria, Republic of Benin, Togo and Ghana respectively
5. I have been working over 12 in QHES Profession
6. Being single and traveling here and there without having time to search for Mrs. RIGHT.
7. My pet peeve is the Deviation standard from companies’ services.
8. If I could change the world of quality, I would require management commitments, morespecially from Construction and Engineering department to corporate with me without in ascertaining quality without cutting corners, counting on cost of implementation or compromising to get more production without thinking of quality services.

Regards

Gabriel

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

Glad you found us and we're looking for questions and answers. :yes:

Stijloor.

I am new in this group, trying to relax and see how it works in here.

AT the moment i,m searching for a QMS with a flow chart to compare my work.

Thanks for your encouraging support

I am new in this group, trying to relax and see how it works in here.

AT the moment i,m searching for a QMS with a flow chart to compare my work.

Thanks for your encouraging support

Welcome Gabrich, :bigwave:

Are you looking for QMS documentation such as flowcharts?
Feel free to post a question the appropriate Forum, and responses will follow.

A new thread has started. Look here:Looking for Process documentation (http://elsmar.com/Forums/showthread.php?p=333802#post333802)

Stijloor.

I am new in this group, trying to relax and see how it works in here.

AT the moment i,m searching for a QMS with a flow chart to compare my work.

Thanks for your encouraging support The software is a bit complex, but most software is. It takes a while to get comfortable with it. If you're looking for files attached to posts, Search the Post Attachments List (http://elsmar.com/Forums/fileslist.php). Often times, what you are looking for has been posted.

From the other angle of "...how it works in here...", reading through posts will give you a view of tenor of how we interact. And don't forget the Elsmar Cove Forum TOS and Forum Policies (http://elsmar.com/Forums/forumdisplay.php?f=152).

If you can't find what you're looking for, just ask and someone will try to help. That's what it's about here - People Helping People.

Welcome to the Elsmar Cove!

Hi my name is Mick Haines and I am a Quality Engineer working within the aerospace industry. At work we have identified a need to update our training scheduler 'database' having found that the Excel Spreadsheet version we have been using has become corrupted and no longer works and is not up to date either. Having searched the internet I ended up within this forum and would like to try the database that was posted in here to see if that will provide the solution to our new managers.

Hello everyone,

I am Sherwin Ycay, 30 years old, Filipino National and currently working as Safety Engineer for a construction company in Abu Dhabi.

I am currently a graduate student of MSc in Occupational Safety and Health Management at Central State University of New York, Dubai Extension Campus, and stumbled upon this forum during my research about OHSAS 18001.

The discussion here in the forum regarding OSHMS has indeed helped me a lot in my presentation.

The pet peeve that I have found in my current company is the absence of QMS itself which is totally a shift with my previously ISO Certified employer in the Philippines.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Sherwin Ycay

I'm going to err on the side of caution until I become comfortable with the security of this site.

1. Puddlejumper
2. General Manager/Sales Manager
3. Automotive
4. London Ontario Canada
5. 5 years, + 25 in Consulting - business management
6. artist
7. Pet Peeve- Autocrats! - GIVE THE PROCESS A CHANCE TO WORK:mad:
8. How would I change how quality is implemented? - I would not start something I couldn't Implement, measure & achieve

I'm going to err on the side of caution until I become comfortable with the security of this site.


Would you care to elaborate? You'll have me looking over my shoulder ;)

I'm going to err on the side of caution until I become comfortable with the security of this site. Hi! I'm Marc. I 'run' the Elsmar server and I am your host here. If you have a security concern please don't hesitate to tell me what it is and I can answer your questions.

How To Ask A Question or Start a Conversation by Starting a New Thread in a Forum (http://Elsmar.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=18980)

You might want to post it in this forum: Forum News and General Information (http://elsmar.com/Forums/forumdisplay.php?f=74).

I take security here very seriously.

If you have a security concern that you would like to communicate with me about privately, you can contact me via email (http://elsmar.com/Forums/sendmessage.php), or call me. My telephone number (or Google Voice 'widget') is at the bottom of each page.

Would you care to elaborate? You'll have me looking over my shoulder ;) Gordon - This isn't the thread to be trying to get off topic discussions going. Please follow my lead. Thanks!

Hi guys, I'm Daz from the UK.
20 yrs in manufacturing, 3 aviation and 17 automotive.
Kaizen/TWI to the core and beleive strongly in learning by doing.

Daz

Hi guys, I'm Daz from the UK.
20 yrs in manufacturing, 3 aviation and 17 automotive.
Kaizen/TWI to the core and beleive strongly in learning by doing.

Daz

Welcome to the Cove! :bigwave: Are you The Doctor with the Tardis and sonic screwdriver? :agree1:

1. Name
Adelfo Fuentes
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
Materials management superintendent - engineering storeroom
3. Industry you're in or have been in
Services, port facilities
4. Company you work for and location
Asian Terminals, Inc. Manila, Philippines
5. Length of time in quality function
3-years
6. Something personal that sets you apart
n/a
7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration)
n/a
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?
n/a

Hi folks, my name is Sonny.I am an HSE Expert by profession. I have been employed in Emergency Medical Services, Facility Management, Real Estate Development and Government Social Sector Services.I am presently working in Dubai, UAE in a government sector. I have been involved in QHSE and Business Continuity for the past 10 years

Aside from quality my other passions are project management and information technology. I am frustrated with the inability of organizations to respond to the speed of change due to breaucratic controls. If I could change the world of quality I would like to put emphasis on realistic approach to implement new standards and regulations in correlation to the mindset of existing culture of an organization.

Hi! This is Rakesh. I am a software professional involved in Project Management and Quality Management

Hi & Greetings to All,

1. My Name's TS Khoo
2. Job Title - QA Manager
3. Industry - Precision Tooling & Manufacturing
4. Company - Prodelcon, location - Penang, Malaysia
5. Length of time in QA - errrrr......just appointed May 2009.
6. Experiences - Originally from Tooling environment as Semiconductor Mold Designer. Has been a designer for the past 25 years, designing IC molds - PDIPs, BGAs, TOs, QFNs, QFPs, PLCCs, etc. conventional & automold types.
7. General - Hope to strengthen portfolio & experiences in QA environment.

Greetings to all the new members! We certainly hope that all your needs are met, and that you will all stick around to share your expertise with us. Working together we can truly do some amazing things!

1. Name Elizabeth
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
ISO Coordinator/ Document Control
3. Industry you're in or have been in: Automotive, Coatings, Textile Dyes, Metal Fabrication
4. Company you work for and location: Metal Products South Carolina

5. Length of time in quality function 11 years

6. Something personal that sets you apart: Sassy? Doesn't really set me apart as I've met numerous Sassy Quality Divas

7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration)
Upper Management continuously choosing Production output versus Quality input
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?
Make all manufacturing associates aware of how imperative a quality mindset is to function in the black profit margin as opposed to the consistent red state.

1. Name
- Richard Lam
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
- Quality Engineer / In-process Quality Assurance
3. Industry you're in or have been in:
- Fastener Manufacturer
4. Company you work for and location:
- Acument Malaysia Sdn Bhd / Malaysia
5. Length of time in quality function:
- 11 Years
6. Something personal that sets you apart:
- Aggressive, innovative, implementor, pusher for quality perfection
7. Your pet peeve in quality
- Nope!
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?
- Couldn't change the world, but hopefully could change my current company to have mindset of quality instead of productivity.

Cheers!

1. Name
- Worthey Brisco (No, I'm not kidding!)
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do
- Deputy Director of our Program Management Office (PMO)
3. Industry you're in or have been in:
- Environmental Engineering/A&AS
4. Company you work for and location:
- TEAM Integrated Engineering/ San Antonio, TX
5. Length of time in quality function:
- First time working in an area where I will be directly engaged in day-to-day activities that will promote/ensure quality accountability. Spent past 37 years working in Ops (29 of those years as an Air Force logistics officer.)
6. Something personal that sets you apart:
- Love for music/singing (bass) ... passion for excellence in all I do.
7. Your pet peeve in quality
- "We can't do that."
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?
- Quality is more than just a byword ... it's a way of life. Too many American companies treat quality as an add-on, an attachment ... it's got to be embedded and become a part of the business culture to be fully successful.

Hello!!, My name is Claudia, Im from Mexico, Im Studing The Master Degree, Im Electromecanic Engineer and my last job was in Quality Assurance area, I don´t have a lot of experince but I really want to learn.

Regards :)

Can anyone help me send a soft copy of ISO 10015 and ISO 17021? I lost my soft copies of these 2 ISO. Thank you. Please send it to BUDS FERNANDO.

Thank you very much. You are a kind soul!:yes:

Can anyone help me send a soft copy of ISO 10015 and ISO 17021? I lost my soft copies of these 2 ISO. Thank you. Please send it to BUDS FERNANDO.

Thank you very much. You are a kind soul!:yes:

Hi Buds, welcome the the Cove! :bigwave:

It's against the forum Terms of Service (TOS) (http://elsmar.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=8831) (which you agreed to when you registered) to share copyrighted documents. Please don't request copyrighted documents here.

Thanks!

Forum Moderator

1. Craig
2. Divisional Quality Manager.
3. Precision Machining. Previously Automotive, Electronics, Telecomms, Consulting.
4. Parker HCSE, Somerset, UK.
5. 21 years overall, Current - 3 months.
6. I have been a kaizen practitioner for over 20 years. I was trained in Brother and Toyota in Nagoya, Japan in the 1980's.
7. The continued inability of Western management to understand and apply even the most basic principles of quality.
8. Go back to the mid-1980's and take the guys who wrote BS5750 out into the yard and shoot them :)

Hi, I have joined recently, Let me introduce my self-
1. Name : Sunil Chaturvedi
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do-Sr.Manager, Global Quality-Complaince-AP Region.
3. Industry you're in or have been in- Medical devices, Pharma.
4. Company you work for and location Bausch & lomb, India
5. Length of time in quality function- 13 Years
6. Something personal that sets you apart: Keep going
7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration) - What disturb's me is mindset " Quality is for QA people"
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? Just do things in lothical, ethical, safe manner.

Regards

Sunil:agree:

Welcome to all the new folks.:bigwave:

If you were looking for answers, I hope you found 'em. If you are still looking, may I suggest you start a thread with your question. If you are expert in some field, we welcome your expertise to our "group mind."

1. Name: Rick
2. Job Title: IT Management Consultant
3. Industry: Big Pharma
4. Company: Self
5. Length of time: 32 years IT / 20 years IT Quality
6. Something personal: I hand-carve rubber stamp art
7. Your pet peeve: Pharma only does quality because of the FDA
8. Change: People have to die before the FAA will make a corrective action

1. Name: Zed Ruhlen
2. Position: Quality Manager (new to this position and struggling to fill it)
3. Industry: UAV Electronics
4. Company: Sagetech Corp. OR/WA
5. Time in quality: 9 months
6. Something personal that sets you apart: Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound
7. Pet Peeve: Bullheaded adherence to flawed documentation is my pet peeve because I keep having to justify it.

How many Psychiatrists does it take to change a lightbulb?

Just one, but the lightbulb has to want to change.


We in Quality are here to look at the overall processes and identify the failings of ths system (not the people, of course). Yet when we do, we get the verbal (or non-verbal) response "Looks like a lot of work, forget it. It's been good enough so far".

After 33 years in Quality I am still amazed that for little or no cost we can make improvements that will pay off down the road. I believe that most of upper management is looking for todays bottom line, and somehow if we're still in business a year from now, THEN we'll think about it. That is also the recurring theme a year from now.

Good Luck, and if you come up with a Super Secret Magic Phrase, let us all know.

Hi, I have just joint to this, let's me introduce myself
- Name : Bui Thi Nhan
- Position : GA staff ( My duties : making shipping documents for export and import, Quality managerment and ISO Auditor..... except for Accountant)
- Industry : Chemical for water treatment
- Company : Tetsugen VN Co., LTD ( Japanese Company invested and operated in Vietnam)
'- Length of time : 5 years

I am very glass to jointing in this forum especially know you.


All best things for you :

Nhan

Hi to all at Elsmar

Names Ray

Group Quality Manager for A small to medium size Fabrication Company in southern UK
in charge of ISO9001 & TS Quality management systems plus all the other customer specific needs

Been a Quality Professional (yuk!!) now for the best part of 26 years working from a Goods in inspector to my current desk bound level

What sets me apart ........ my drive and passion to continue in Quality i suppose

what buggs me ... why is the language of Quality not universal .... the concept is!!
oh and why is the first cut when times are hard the Quality budget!!


Wishing you all much luck and sincere happiness specially through these hard economic times both sides of the pond

Ray C

Hi All,

1. You can call me Mr. Shiver

2. Im a Safety Engineer/Officer

3. Currently assigned in a photovoltaic module assembly company

4. SUNPOWER(Module Assembly)- Philippines

5. Been here for 3yrs

Im looking forward to talking with you all...

Hello there!:bigwave:

We certainly are appreciative of all our new guests dropping by and saying hello!

Feel free to ask any questions. :D

I have really gotten a lot out of this forum and all of you who participate. I was curious, though, who all of you are and what you do. How about letting us know a little bit about you and your background?
1. Name: Narayan
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do:Teacher
3. Industry you're in or have been in: Mechanical production
4. Company you work for and location: Bangalore
5. Length of time in quality function:More than 10 years
6. Something personal that sets you apart: Management Systems
7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration):Vague communications
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?:Change peoples attitude to becoming curious and finding out things they are interested in:
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See you down life's highway!

Eric
Happy exchange of knowledge

1. The Gunny (Dave)
2. Quality/Safety Manager
3. Oil and Gas equipment Manufacturing
4. Currently working for a large machine shop in North Louisiana
5. Been working in Quality in different forms for over 25 years
6. Being a Marine for 20 years gave me the drive to teach things the right way and expect people to give their best and set the bar high
7. I can not stand when I am told “Well that is how we have always done it”.
8. If I could change the world of quality I would want management to understand that when done right they make money. Also I would want people to talk and be open to a different approach and not just get by.

1, Quentin Liu
2, Supplier Quality Engineer
3, Automotive industry
4, AAM, China.
5, 5 years for supplier quality. And before that, 7 year as manufacturing enginner for machining.
6, Play Ping-pong, badminton, watch TV or movie, read books
7, Still lot of supplier don't use SPC correctly. Most of them still rely on 100% inspection.
8, No comments.

1. My name is Roderick Yun
2. focus on safety .
3. Consulting Industry
4. 1years in field

My degree is in Environmental Engineering.

Hello

1. Name : Sebastien Burtin
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do : Quality assurance and regulatory affairs director but My degree is engineer in mechatronics
3. Industry you're in or have been in : Medical device/navigation system for surgery
4. Company you work for and location : french start up in Grenoble
5. Length of time in quality function : only 1 year
6. Something personal that sets you apart : 8 years as customer service engineer for medical device, and my bad english
7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration) Not enough listen, not enough read, not enough questioned
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? not enough experience for me to give a comment

1. Chris Randle
2. Quality assurance Lead Maternity Services
3. Worked mainly in the car industry
4. Coventry And Warwickshire NHS Trust
5. 15 years from inspector to Manager
6. I know from experiance 90% of faults are from bad mangement
7. Quality manager that just take the role on cause the name sounds good and manger straight out of unervisity with no knoledge how life actualy works
8. Get Quality manager out of meeting for the sake of meeting and get them actualy talking to the workforce

Hi I am Joan Gonzaga, QC Engineer for a manufacturing company for ultrasonic transducers. I've worked for about 9 years already, 4 in a lighting company and 5 years with my current company. I've been assigned relatively long jobs within scope of Production but has only been in QC just 4th Qtr last year.
I wish to gain more knowledge and background on QC especially on Acceptance Sampling by joining this. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? I've not enough experience for me to give a comment too.

hello every body
my name is saber
am a quality assurance sspecialist working on an intergrated quality managment system
also am a single searching for a Beautiful bride.....am joking

A beautiful bride??? ;) I am positive there are many good canditates here in the Elsmar community, not only beautiful but also very smart and hardworking, unfortunately most should be either too busy or "married" to their jobs :lol:

Welcome to Elsmar and I hope you can soon achieve this measurable quality objective. I found mine 16 years ago, but not in Elsmar.

Hello Everyone

Hi , this Prakash , Iam management system consultant.

I need HACCP plan for potable water. Where i can get the details.

What is the difference between HACCP and ISO 22000.

Hi , this Prakash , Iam management system consultant.

I need HACCP plan for potable water. Where i can get the details.

What is the difference between HACCP and ISO 22000.

This is the Introductions thread, so any answers to your questions would only be confusing things and get lost in the hundreds of posts in this thread.

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Hi Every one, I just joined the forum and found it to be very interesting and useful......Here's a bit about myself.
1. My name is Rolec (Female)
2. Quality Assurance Officer focussing on Quality Management
3. Catering and Hospitality management
4. NCS Limited on Lihir Island, Kavieng, New Ireland, Papua New Guniea
5. With QA dept for 13 months
6. Thinking of my late angel......
7. My pet peeve in quality is when supervisory are have to be reminded time and again to comply with procedures.



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Rocks

Hello everyone,
my name is Pete.
Currently working as Quality Manager for a Defence supplier in Australia. Have been in this role for 2 yrs.
Previous to this role, worked in the Automotive industry for a tier 1 supplier for 12 yrs (Until they went bust)
Current employer is Chemring Australia, located in Victoria Australia.
Have worked in the Quality Management side for approx 6 yrs.
Something personal that sets me apart? - I dont care for excuses. But I do listen to those who offer or provide input into the solution
Pet peeve in quality is that is seems to be the responsibility of the quality manager, not everyone.
Change to the world of quality would be that we need to design the processes, not the product.:notme:

Greetings to all,

I am a new member with experience in manufacturing. In particular, I am looking for help to publish an introductory newsletter for a 5S program and looking for suggestions.

Michele

<snip>In particular, I am looking for help to publish an introductory newsletter for a 5S program and looking for suggestions. Welcome the Cove!

You'll probably want to start a thread for the suggestions you're wanting:

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Thanks! And again, Welcome to Elsmar!

Hi Eric,

I'am Kumar,

Resident of Malaysia and am employed with the Ministry of Human Resource handling HRM.

You have quite an impressive job function.

Kumar

:)1. Name----Alex sun
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do----Supplier Quality Engineer
3. Industry you're in or have been in----Automobile
4. Company you work for and location----Shape
5. Length of time in quality function----Six 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)
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?----

1) My name is Mitch Komarmy
2) I am the Quality Manager for my employer's operation in Georgia.
3) We make driveline products for the automotive and truck industry.
4) We are located in Gainesville, Georgia.
5) I have worked in manufacturing engineering and quality for 26 years.
6) I enjoy distance running, hunting, and annoying Democrats.
7) Pet peeve - Mindless check the box mentality when it comes to quality and process planning.
8) Require all designers to follow current GD&T standards.

I worked at GM and Ford powertrain manufacturing for 23 yers prior to my current job, and have a BSME from Western Michigan and a MSIE from Wayne State.

1) My name is Burcin Erek
2) I am the Management Representative for my employer's operation in Turkey.
3) We make medical device products for orthopaedic surgeons.
4) We are located in izmir.
5) I have worked in manufacturing engineering and quality for 6 years.
6) I enjoy computer, solving hidden puzzle
7) I need how to implement new revision of 93/42 directive to my system
what has changed on technical and design files and also quality systems.

<snip> and annoying Democrats. <snip> This is not the place to bring in politics.

Thank you.

Hi Every one, I joined the forum awhile ago but never got to introduce myself. This is one of the best forums going .....Here's a bit about myself.
1. My name is Eamonn (Male)
2. Regulatory Affairs Officer focussing on Global Regulatory Management
3. Pharmaceuticals, Medical Device and Food
4. Kora, Dublin, Ireland
5. More than 15 years
6. Singing
7. My pet peeve is having to deal with marketing people

Welcome Eamonn :bigwave:

we have a strong community of Pharma and Medical Devices professionals and hope to have your valuable contributions at the earliest.

Pl feel free to chip in and take party in the questions and answers :)

1. LaToya B.

2. Quality Assurance Laboratory Supervisor in a small pharmacy compounding company

3. I'm currently in pharmacy compounding, similar to pharmaceuticals. I've worked in regulated labs for 10 years. In those years, I worked for the FDA for a year in microbiology.

4. Chemistry, trying to achieve a smooth operation in my lab under GLP.

5. Small pharmacy compounding company in Sugar Land, TX. I have worked for Wyeth Vaccines in the RTP, NC area as well as Baxter BioSciences when it was in Rochester, MI.

6. I'm a Red Belt in Tae Kwon Do.


7. My pet peeve is working for a company where quality is seen more as a marketing ploy than upper management actually caring about doing what's right.

8. If I could change the quality world, I would make companies realize quality is a lifestyle and totally worth the cost.

Welcome Latoya ... your experience would be very helpful for Covers and hope to see your active participation :bigwave:

Hello there!:bigwave:

We certainly are appreciative of all our new guests dropping by and saying hello!

Feel free to ask any questions. :D
1. Name: Mukesh Bhalse
2. Deputy Manager (Quality Assurance & Systems)
3. CRCA Steel Strips and Coils
4. Ruchi Strips & Alloys Ltd. Indore India
5. Length of time in quality function:More than 10 years
6. Something personal that sets you apart: Management Systems
7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration):Vague communications
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?:Change peoples attitude to becoming curious and finding out things they are interested in:

hello every body
im quality control manager
my company is autofeeding industries company
im internal auditor iso ts 16949
im internal auditor iso 14001
im green belt six sigma
now i studieng black belt six sigma
im 31 years old
from egypt
i hope afull support from you about anew ideas and examples help me in my black belt six sigma project

My name is vijayant ghai
1. Quality Engineer focused on quality system development.
2. automotive/it hardware industryIndustry
3. 13 years in quality and 8 in Operations. 7 years in India

4. 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.

Name: Rick G
Position: Quality Engineer
Location: Just outside Philadelphia PA
Previous to the world of QA - A bit of everything: IT, office manager, just about any job in a vending company, and commercial painting...
Pet Peeve: "We've always done it this way"
Change to Quality: Make people do each other's job once in a while. (Really would be a good idea in almost any industry)
Personally: Interested in jeeps and railroads. (Mainly Eastern PA lines)

Hello everybody there on blog

Greetings

I am working with India major automaker M&M as Dy. Manager Supplier quality

I have 6 yrs of experience in the fields of vehicle quality and supplier quality

Vinayak

Hello everybody there on blog

Greetings

I am working with India major automaker M&M as Dy. Manager Supplier quality

I have 6 yrs of experience in the fields of vehicle quality and supplier quality

Vinayak

Hi Vinayak,

This being an International forum, pl refrain from using initials that are locally used. :)

For the benefit of others, M & M stands for Mahindra and Mahindra, which is one of the auto major in India.

Good morning everybody

Im so happy to be one of the site members

My name is Samy

50 years old
just moved to Egypt 3 months ago after i lived in the states for almost 15 years.

My position now is the quality control manager in a company has 5 resorts by the red sea and there is more coming soon.

The quality control department in the copmany is new so i have to creat everything .

So i think i will need alot of your help guys.

Im sure i came to the right place to do my job the way i want.

Thank u everybody.

1. Name: Daniel Wong
2. Manager (Operations)
3. IP Equipment
4. InnoMedia Pte Ltd
5. Length of time in quality function:More than 10 years
6. Something personal that sets you apart: if I knew I wouldn't be apart
7. Your pet peeve in quality (pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill a great level of frustration): People doing it and not wanting to find out why
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?:Make statistics compulsory education for pre-schoolers :)

My position now is the quality control manager in a company has 5 resorts by the red sea and there is more coming soon.

Wow ! Nice job !!

Welcome all new Covers !!

Hello friend,

I am Dinesh. recently joined this forum.

It looks to be quiet informative and open forum helping each others to improve the workings.

I have tried to lean few points here today.

I am from Telecom ( past automobile) Industry, worked as quality and cost professional.

I promise to contribute in best possbile manner to enrich the forum.

Thanx a lot.

Regards.

Dinesh

Hello friend,

I am Dinesh. recently joined this forum.

It looks to be quiet informative and open forum helping each others to improve the workings.

I have tried to lean few points here today.

I am from Telecom ( past automobile) Industry, worked as quality and cost professional.

I promise to contribute in best possbile manner to enrich the forum.

Thanx a lot.

Regards.

Dinesh

Hi Dinesh,

Welcome to the Cove :bigwave:

Thanks for your promise to contribute to the forum

Everyone -

I'm Jon Lambert, a Quality Manager at a government test lab at Rock Island Arsenal here in Rock Island, Illinois. We're in the process of pursuing ISO 17025 accreditation for a number of measurements we perform and I'm personally assembling uncertainty computations for these measurements.

Being new to this forum, I'm particularly interested in locating informational sources and partnerships to assist with CMM, shock/vibration and transportation related proficiency testing. If anybody is already 17025 accredited and interested in partnering for transportation-related proficiency tests. Please let me know.

Thanks,
Jon

Welcome Jon,

We have several excellent contributors in the ISO 17025 forum. I am sure they will be able to help you.

Hi all

I work as a QA/QC Manager, for a company in South Africa, that manufactures and assembles parts for the motor industry. I have been involved with the QA/QC function for the last seven years and earlier this year took over management of the systems from the previuos incumbent, who was retrenched.

As well as being responsible for the QA/QC function, I am also responsible for the maintenance of our ISO14001 EMS System.

As a company, we have just completed our 1st 3 year cycle of TS16949 Certification and are due for our re-certification in about a week and a half so I am busy preparing for that.

While I enjoy my job, I get peeved off at people who pay lip service to quality and only apply the requirements when it suits them. The only other aspect of my job I do not enjoy is handling of warranty claims and customer rejects/complaints. People take huge chances and get very annoyed when you reject their claims.

Regards to all and I am sure that you will be hearing from me.

1. Karen Harding
2. QA
3. Medical Field
4. Dilon Technologies, Virginia
5. Over 15 years
6. Just being me
7. Everyone thinks Quality is out to get them (make a job harder)
8. More people to tune in to places like this so they could understand quality is a good thing

Hello,

My name is Art and its only my American name. I was born in Shizuoka-ken, Japan in 1953. I did good in academia. Most say I went all the way.

My past is all about learning and doing things to perfection. Sacrifices? Sure, months and years of lab and field work. Studying sciences, human factors, robotics and business.

The work I have done has been fulfilling and looking back, I have contributed to numerous Fortune 50 companies and the US govt.

I originally planned to retire at 45 but as luck would have it, I am straight oriented and the wives I have had took 50% or more. It doesn't matter because I am now through with pursuits of materials and into helping companies that I choose along the way. My current work is all encompassing but it still leave time to help out, gratis. My current project is a machine shop in the Bible Belt. It has tripled in volume and in gross income within a year and now I am considering ISO 9001:2008 compliant QMS for them.

With my contacts, I am certain that I can get them the contracts they require to exponential growth. I have worked with the small company for over a year and their quality acumen has become their trade mark. They are ready for the next level.

My strength is technical and combining organizational skills. I have worked with numerous mentors and have taught engineers and executives. I am always humbled by those who are enlightened enough to give of themselves to others and not ask to receive. Their fulfillment seems to be greater. After this company goes to the next level and I am confident it will, my reward is to take a year off sipping drinks with little umbrellas on them on sandy beaches as white as sugar. My dog Lexie, adopted from the Helen Woodward Animal Center in Santa Fe, California, my boat, sandals and a bunch of outrageous Hawaiian shirts! Of course it can all be a dream and I go to the next project!

I have been in teams or spear-headed troubled companies for assessments or venture start-ups at various stages of business development. I value my experiences and hope to learn from you all. Humbly, thank you.

Well, Art, I have a hunch your "secret asian man" heritage is no longer a secret. Thanks for a refreshing new take on our old and venerable tradition of introducing yourself. I hope you have time to provide help to a lot of our newbies trying to wend their way through the Quality maze BEFORE you retire to the white sandy beach with little umbrellas in your beverages.

If you do make that retirement, I'd like pina coladas when I come to visit and I'd be willing to drink them out of a Mason jar without umbrellas!;) I'm pretty sure I can convince my colleague, Akio Miura, from Tokyo to join us.

(If you want to serve our beverages in coconut shell halves, I am expert in opening coconuts with no muss, no fuss. I learned the technique when I spent a few months on the beach.)

Welcome to the Cove!:bigwave:

1. Trudy Quinn
2. Microbiologist
3. Shellfish Processing
4. Errigal Fish Ltd, Donegal, Ireland
5. 20 years on and off
6. I left Errigal 5 years ago to have my sons and they've asked me to help them achieve BRC accreditation by working from home on the documentation
7. Being regarded as a "necessary evil"
8. I like management to realise that Quality is everybodies responsibility, and not just the Quality Department.... and that Quality Control does not mean DOGSBODY!!!!

1. Name: Zoltán Czibere
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do: Supplier Quality Assurance Engineer
3. Industry you're in or have been in: Power tool production
4. Company you work for and location: Robert Bosch Group Hungary
5. Length of time in quality function: 4 years in rail vehicle construction as quality co-workers then quality manager. After that 4 years in a multinational automotive supplier as quality assurance engineer. I'm currently dealing with supplier development, this is my third workplace.
6. Something personal that sets you apart: I am 31 years old and I have a beautiful bride and a 14-months son. My hobbies are music, sport fishing, and hiking. I like good movies and science-fiction staff. In a part of my free time I give advice for smaller companies in ISO 9001 projects.
7. Your pet peeve in quality: Many of today's leadership still believes that "The quality assurance department is sole responsibile for the proper quality of products." or "The purpose of the quality system that complies with the auditors" and so on.:)
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do?
I have some proposal, only a few... For example to restrict the free market competition of certification bodies, to assign exclusive competence for certain quality jobs, or all the important thing is missing here:)

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Hi everyone. My name is Pat Soriano
I'm a Supplier Quality Engineer for a medical device manufacturer in NJ. I'm new to this industry - just a little over a year, having worked in Cosmetic Manufacturing for 10 years in the same funciton. This industry is not as glamorous as my old gig, but Quality is the same song and dance no matter where you go. I don't think any one thing sets me apart from my fellow quality bretheren and sistren, although I still get slightly surprised when a production order isn't "hot" until it gets to MRB or Quality is "holding it up". A personal pet peeve of mine would be passing judgement. A friend of mine said that you can't judge a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. By then, he's already a mile away you have his shoes and you can say whatever the hell you want! I don't know if that quote is his, but it's a good one. I've never thought what I would change about Quality...the negative stigma applied to it perhaps? Or maybe make it mandatory in a production environment for every employee to be trained as an inspector - from the CEO to newest employee in maintenance.

I came to know this website through an external auditor. Its very good. I want to improve my knowledge on root cause analysis, corrective and preventive actions in Quality Management System. I am management representative in one multinational diagnostics company. :agree:

Hi,
my name is Silvia and i came from Italy
i've worked in a multinational pharmaceutical company for three years and now, i think that i've finally found my job!! i am a senior consultant in a private society since 2007. we work in regulated environmental (phramaceutical, chemical, medical device, cosmetics, and many tohers). my principal occupations are quality system and CE registration for medical device and computer system validation (principally ERP and LIMS) in pharmaceutical industries.
i am very happy to find this forum :D so we can share the topics...
bye bye
Silvia

Good Morning All,

I was given the link here from my company's Quality Engineer. Here's a little about me:
1. John Tinker
2. Operations Support Engineer - A mix of Production Engineer/Process Engineer/Trainer
3. Currently cable assemblies but have previously worked in street lighting, torque limiters etc
4. Newbury, Berkshire
5. Not actually in the Quality department but get involved in process improvement, problem solving, FMEA, FRACAS etc that I might as well be.
6. I play rugby and am a prop forward that has a BEng(Hons), plays the piano and is studying for an MSc. Apparently that makes me not a standard prop.
7. My biggest pet peeve is, when I ask "Why do we do it that way?" being automatically given the answer "Because we've always done it that way."
8. Get people to look at what they are doing and ask "Why?" in a constructive manner as opposed to "I've been told to do this, this is what I am doing."

1. Name - Steve D.
2. Job Title - Quality Assurance Specialist
3. Industry - Print
4. Print Shop in Minnesota
5. Length of time in quality function - Brand new (1 month)
6. Something personal that sets you apart - I probably have less experience with quality than anyone on this board
7. Your pet peeve in quality - so far...status quo and C.A.V.E. people
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? - Help people understand that you need quality at the source, you can't rely on us to "inspect" every thing you do.

1. Tommy Slaaen
2. Quality, enviroment & safety manager
3. Paper industry.
4. Hunsfos Fabrikker AS / NORWAY
5. Quality manager for one year. Been 16 years in production, 9 years in sales and I finally found my home last year in the quality department :)
6. Football as we say in Europe (Manchester United), got 3 kids within 2 years, yes the last ones are twins.
7. hard to say
8. Get everyone in the company to enjoy the ISO system as much as I do :)

I have really gotten a lot out of this forum and all of you who participate. I was curious, though, who all of you are and what you do. How about letting us know a little bit about you and your background?
1. Paul Van Metre
2. President
3. CNC Machine shop
4. Pro CNC Inc. - Bellingham, WA - ISO 9001:2000 and AS9100 Certified
5. 12 years in the trenches
6. Done everything from machine operator up to president.
7. Poorly designed parts with bad tolerance schemes.
8. More training for engineers on the design side which would make an enormous difference for quality personnel.

Paul

Hello Everyone

Back in quality again. I had try to get something else but it didnt work out. I may have the best of both worlds though if I can learn about the product and how to be of service to my company when marketing is a priority.
I would love to hear from others who may be working with small appliances. Most of the product is made in China; the design is done at the warehouse I work in. I did think of design checklist but the engineers do this on their own.
ISO and such does not come to play at least not at this plant at this particular time. Returns are tracked and have had some success with them to start using the date codes.
Is it a qustion of the product life, use, etc.

Bad economy definetly hitting the sale of such things as blenders, toasters, etc. I would like to know more about marketing and quality mix.
Can anyone shed some light?
Thank you

hello:
I am eanhek, I am form China, I work as quality system engineer in a multinational company which produces flexible PCB. I like this website very much due to everybody shares his/her viewpoints and provide help to others.

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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Eric
hi I am venky. I am an engineer and starting a small aerospace wire harness company in india. can somebody help me with AS9100C standards? so that i setup the comany on firm footing and go for standardisation. thanks.

hi I am venky. I am an engineer and starting a small aerospace wire harness company in india. can somebody help me with AS9100C standards? so that i setup the comany on firm footing and go for standardisation. thanks. Welcome, kvvenky!

Just start a new discussion thread in the AS9100 Aerospace Standard and Requirements (http://elsmar.com/Forums/forumdisplay.php?f=95) discussion forum and ask your question(s) about AS9100. That entire forum is dedicated to AS9100 questions and discussions so you might want to read through some existing discussion threads to see if your question has already been asked and answered.

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1. Name: Bharat Agrawal
2. Job Title: Currently i am Research Assistant and Student in College.
3. Industry: Pharmaceutical
4. Company: Interested in working for some company where i can develop and polish my skills.
5. Length of time in quality function: I am in this field since last 5 years. I got education in this field since last 5 years and looking forward to get practical on field

Hello Folks,

Introducing myself, I' am Clinical research professional into CDM - Quality control.

Looking forward to elsmar COVE learning-sharing.

Thanks-Yeshpal

Welcome Bharat and Yeshpal :bigwave:

Yeshpal - I suppose CDM stands for Clinical Data Management, right ?

Hello Ajith,

Yes! CDM is Clinical Data Management.

A helping hand in this domain (ISO 9001 or ISO 27001 applicability & implementation in clinical research data management for scope, role, Code of Federal Regulations' compliance etc...) is greatly Appreciated.

Thanks-Yeshpal

Thanks for the opportunity to join this forum.
I’m Harry Griessel a SHEQ manager for TENTE Castors in South Africa with more than 25 years quality experience in the (Manufacturing / IT - Software Development / Weapon Systems Development and refinery construction) environments. I am very much for the implementation of proven quality systems and the optimization for specific applications. My "pet peeve" as you call it is the time and effort to change people’s attitude towards the implementation of quality if they have been working otherwise for many many years.
To change the quality world I would introduce awareness to the youth at a very early age.

Harry

Hello...I am QE trying to find a site that I can use as a reference for statistical related questions. I work for a Japanese Automotive company in the SE US. Nice to meet everyone, James.

My name is Lorenzo. I'm a R&D Engineer in an italian company that produces X-Ray equipment. I'm an electronic but it's about a year that i work in the quality system of my company. I am really an apprentice in this matter and i hope to find good advice in this forum...I will try to bring here my little experience...


(PS:I'm sorry my english is not good :frust:but I'm working on)

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?

1. Dennis.
2. Engineer - Production Guy - I.S.O. Dude
3. Not allowed to tell you this.
4. Not allowed to tell you this.
5. Approx. 6 years
6. Buddhist
7. The gall of certain larger corporations holding smaller companies to standards that they themselves do not uphold when it comes to quality standards and the lies they tell to keep their selfish objectives above water.
8. I'm not at all a fan of tattoos therefore all upper and middle management personnel should have a piece of construction paper stenciled with the letters "W. Edwards Deming" stapled to their respective foreheads.

Thank you for allowing me to lurk here. I've had every one of my questions answered and I've learned a lot of stuff! :thanks:

I'm glad to join the forum, and also very pleased because there's a lot of people hoping to help in here!!!

1) Eduardo Rosas
2) Quality Engineer
3) Trim & Seewing Operations
4) Lear MTO
5) I've been working in quality during the last 9 years.
6) My pet peeve in quality: You should never "assume", if so, you will be making an "ass" of "U" and "me"....

This forum is expected to be a source of knowledge in the areas I am interested. This is who I am:

1. Martin Crowther
2. Strategic Business Development with focus on Marketing and Sales Processes
3. Materials Industry
4. AB Sandvik Materials Technology, Sandviken, Sweden
5. I do not work in a "quality function" but I use the methods and tools there to promote better working practices in marketing and sales.
6. My pet peeve is silo thinking in a global enterprise

Hello! I have been reading Elsmar for a few yrs now but never have posted. My name is Cherie.

I am a regulatory affairs specialist for a medical device manufacturing company. I have been doing this for 5 yrs now. We manufacture dental equipment. We're ISO 13485 certified. I am an internal auditor here too.
I really learn so much from all of you. Thank you for sharing all you know.
Cherie

What is silo thinking?


Moderator Note: See Information silo

Hi everyone - My name is Shiloh Dorsett
I am an analyst with an Ecommerce company that specilizes in feed management for CSE's. I do data control, IT control process, A+ responsiblities, SQL tracking ect ect
I am a student still - even at 34 I am still learning - and learning and learning!
Hope I will find much needed insight into processes I am not currently implementing

Hello!
1. Name: Jennifer
2. Job Title or explanation of what you do: Clinical Project Manager
3. Industry you're in or have been in: medical device
5. Length of time in quality function: I'm not really quality, but have aspirations of understanding quality folk.
6. Something personal that sets you apart: I like to watch the Godfather on stormy days.
7. Your pet peeve in quality: 'were is the documentation?'
8. If you could change the world of quality, what would you do? add it to high school curriculum!

I'l looking forward to learning from the community.

Hi All,
My name is Amit Dave and I am a Quality Engineer. Thanks for having such a useful forum on Quality Management Standards.

regards,
Amit

hi to all..
1. im Ma. Liezel Serrano
2. QA/QC for almost 3 yrs at 25 yrs of age..
3. manufacturing compny major in fabrication of both metal and plastic
4. Ubana-Philippines
5. Im working as QA almost 3 yrs already
6. im tend to be critic sometimes in our compny..very outgoing person and love to dance
7. im always get irritated on someone whos pretending that they know much on a particular subject while obviously their not and that cause a conflict in a process.
8. Quality can change of what you are...

hi to all!!
can anyone help me to diffirenciate corrections from corrective action??im confuse because we have a different opinion of our QMR.

hi to all!!
can anyone help me to diffirenciate corrections from corrective action??im confuse because we have a different opinion of our QMR. Welcome, liezel_maria!

Just start a new discussion thread in the Nonconformance and Corrective Action (http://elsmar.com/Forums/forumdisplay.php?f=40) discussion forum and ask your question(s). That entire forum is dedicated to Corrective Action related questions and discussions so you might want to read through some existing discussion threads to see if your question has already been asked and answered.

How To Ask A Question or Start a Conversation by Starting a New Thread in a Forum (http://Elsmar.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=18980)

Instructions --> How To Use the Forum Software (http://Elsmar.com/Forums/forumdisplay.php?f=86)

Forum software FAQ (http://Elsmar.com/Forums/faq.php)

NOTE: This is the Original Introductions thread. Because of its length and the number of posts, this thread is now Closed. Please post new "Hello!" posts in the new --> Continuation thread here (http://elsmar.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=37252).

Thanks!