HI Every one

Well thanks for such a good forum for ISO, it is really helpful for beginners.


I just wanna know that what should be displayed in the qc manager or qc office.In my office only qc policy is displayed on the wall which looks empty
i want to display something else so the qc office looks more attractive.

can any one help me out, thanks in advance.


sayed.

HI Every one

Well thanks for such a good forum for ISO, it is really helpful for beginners.

I just wanna know that what should be displayed in the qc manager or qc office.In my office only qc policy is displayed on the wall which looks empty
i want to display something else so the qc office looks more attractive.

can any one help me out, thanks in advance.

sayed.

Hi Sayed,

Welcome to the Cove :bigwave:

I moved your question to this section to get more responses. With regards your question, few things you can consider -

1. Have another small discussion table (circular) with some chairs useful for discussion

2. Have a cabinet to store books on Quality (be sure to read ;))

3. Company Vision and Mission statements

4. ISO certification certificates

5. Some plants in the room.

These are few tips.

Hi Sayed,

Welcome to the Cove :bigwave:

I moved your question to this section to get more responses. With regards your question, few things you can consider -

1. Have another small discussion table (circular) with some chairs useful for discussion

2. Have a cabinet to store books on Quality (be sure to read ;))

3. Company Vision and Mission statements

4. ISO certification certificates

5. Some plants in the room.

These are few tips.
A small quibble - usually, the bosses want the ISO certificate out in the front lobby as it is a "company" achievement, not strictly the QM's achievement

I always put my ASQ membership certificate in a frame on the wall. I also had beautiful framed color photographs of some of the components we made (the photographer made them look like jewelry when they were blown up to ten or twelve times actual size!) Has anyone seen the Sears Craftsman tool ad where they lay out the tools to look like a robot?

All in all, the decor of any private office is first dictated by the organization policy of what is allowed and then by the function of the office and, finally, by the occupant's individual sensibilities.

My office served multiple functions when I was a QM because I was also a corporate officer in the C-level suite, not down near the metrology lab. Besides working on Quality issues, I also busied myself with Finance and Marketing. Except for a small desk top rack of stuff that needed my attention immediately, I kept no paper files or records in my private office - they were in a file room accessible to everyone. Almost everything in the way of documents and records was maintained on our computer network after 1992, with printouts of active documents at the applicable workstation.

Typically, meetings were held in various conference rooms with whiteboards, projectors, TVs with video cameras and recorders, etc. while visits to my office were devoid of "presentation style" toys and were more likely to be of a private or confidential nature.

Most of the folks in my organization who had private offices decorated them with accouterments of their personal lives or desires. The colleague who had the office next to mine had a ten thousand dollar salt water aquarium in his. One guy across the hall had photographs covering almost every square inch of his walls with him and some celebrity or politician in some sort of pose. I also displayed some awards I received from charities and fraternal organizations for fund raising. I only had one group photo of me with my immediate family.

As I have written in other threads, my contract machining company had an open door policy for customers 24/7 to audit, see their product run, or just schmooze. Many times, such visits were transparent to me, since every employee from the CEO down to the janitor was empowered to conduct a visitor (insurance and safety required a guide) and produce pertinent records while maintaining trade secrets and confidentiality of other customers. We had one customer (chief of purchasing) who stopped in once a week (whether he had orders running or not) with donuts or sweet rolls for the break room and often just schmoozed with whoever was on hand. One time, I was told, he dropped in at 2:30 in the morning on the way back from the airport and waited at our place until his own (about 3 miles away) opened up at 6:00 am! Since most of our equipment ran "lights out" on the third shift, he ended up helping the third shift maintenance man load more steel bars into two turning centers for a long running component!

I once visited [B]his office - it was loaded with pictures from a photo safari he took in Africa sometime in the 1970's. There was nothing even remotely connected to his company or his education or his family in his office as decor.

:read:Hi Sayed,

Welcome to the Cove :bigwave:

I moved your question to this section to get more responses. With regards your question, few things you can consider -

1. Have another small discussion table (circular) with some chairs useful for discussion

2. Have a cabinet to store books on Quality (be sure to read ;))

3. Company Vision and Mission statements

4. ISO certification certificates

5. Some plants in the room.

These are few tips.

A few more suggestions;

Certifications - ie: ASQ, 6 Sigma, etc.

College Diploma

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A few more suggestions;

Certifications - ie: ASQ, 6 Sigma, etc.

College DiplomaOddly, I never displayed my various diplomas anywhere - in my mind, I reserved that conceit for medical doctors, dentists, and practicing attorneys. I guess it's what a person thinks is a milestone in one's career. Since I left academia more than forty years ago, no one has EVER asked me about WHERE I got a degree or even if I had one. I realize most gatekeepers today would DEMAND proof before I could be considered for a job. I'm not sure I know where any of my diplomas are - I'd probably have to write to the schools for duplicates.

Maybe some of us who have advanced degrees realize how little the degree itself means and that more value is placed on accomplishments, both by the graduates themselves and by the employers who are worth working for. That is not to say that I did not use personal connections I made in my schools, but then those folks already knew about my schooling. As my brother-in-law, a member of Yale's Skull & Bones, often says, "we all care more about character than the grades each other got."

In certain organizations, especially in finance, more folks care about who you know from school and how the relationship can benefit the organization, rather than whether you, personally, ever got a degree or what grades you got.

I have a home office and display nothing other than some artwork (a beautiful limited edition ink by Paul Fretts and a nice pencil of John Wayne from the "Green Berets" along with a couple of oils). I was kinda like that when I had a real world office as well. I've never been into the "I love me" wall thing.

I don't even know where the certificates are for my OHSMS and AS9100 Lead Auditor courses.

When I worked as quality director for a Florida software engineering company I had this picture of Florida on the wall.

http://www.dailytool.com/Images/gallery/NasaPhotoofflorida.jpg

I found it inspiring. To me the picture said, "Let's fly high."

It was a great conversation opener. I think you can tell a lot about a person by their reaction to a picture. (And the hard part of quality management is managing relationships with people, right? Anything that helps, say I.)

Some of my visitors would recognize Florida and launch into a discussion of Cape Canaveral and NASA, just a few miles away and a great example to us of how to do engineering well. (Well, mostly well, unless you were trying to hit a planet and hadn't decided whether to measure distance in meters or miles. Ouch.)

Others would see the natural beauty and talk about that. Or the weather. (It was taken from a weather sat.)

One or two didn't recognize Florida and thereby identified themselves as people somewhat lacking in edumacation.

And one memorable engineer didn't see Florida at all. He saw bits and bytes and pixels and awesome photo technology. Needless to say, he was one of our best engineers -- and almost totally lacking human communication skills!

Cheers,
Pat

Well, there are two ways you could approach on how to set up the office. First one would be for you, and the second would be for others.

I am kind of a weird fellow; I don't like things on the walls. Yes, I realize that makes it appear like a hospital or something! :lol: But.. that's me. However... it makes everyone very uncomfortable when they come to the office.

The second is creating an environment that is best suited for others coming in there. For example, maybe a nice plant or other relaxing type items would be nice for people coming in there to talk to you.

As far as degrees, certifications and such, that is totally your preference. Sometimes I find that stuff interesting; other times I get the impression that people are trying to "hide" behind their certifications/degrees.

Mainly, it needs to be comfortable and appealing to you, as you are the one in there the most. The best suggestion I would give is to keep it clean and organized. I have yet to see anything positive come from a disorganized, messy, cluttered office. But then again, that's coming from the guys who doesn't like things on the wall!:tg:

Might I suggest some calming scenery pictures, such as one would find in birthing rooms for the mother to "focus" on while having spasms.... did I say that? :notme: Heh

My office walls become a continous work space.

I usual end up with paper and post-its up on the walls as I work through things like document storage structure or the process map.

At present with are getting ready to change to Sharepoint for our kms and the pre planning work is again post-its on butchers paper. Nothing high tech for me. :o

But loved reading about others descriptions :tg:

I have a bulletin board next to my desk where I pin up my 7 year old daughter´s latest art work... it helps alot when the stress levels get high, looking at the art work reminds me WHY I´m there...

Plants (as already mentioned) are good... fish tank is great (just wouldn´t be able to afford a 10k one)....

When I worked in Singapore, most people would have a small table fountain - believed to bring good luck as per feng shui.

Also they would have small table frames displaying their family members :)

When I worked in Singapore, most people would have a small table fountain - believed to bring good luck as per feng shui.

Also they would have small table frames displaying their family members :)
At my age, a small table fountain would just give me the urge to use the WC a lot more frequently:o

At my age, a small table fountain would just give me the urge to use the WC a lot more frequently:o

:lmao::lmao::lmao:

At my age, a small table fountain would just give me the urge to use the WC a lot more frequently:o

Does that mean running water gives you that urge ? :confused:

Then what if it rains heavy for days together :notme:

I have a white board with fresh markers and post-it notes to help facilitate discussions and small sessions dedicated to process mapping. Pictures of products and sites is always good for promoting pride in what we do...and reminding me of why we are here. I also have a global map showing all of our locations - sites, yards, fabrication shops, joint ventures, etc. Lastly, I have a team photos of our dragon boating team. It reminds me that I come from a mill...that I am not Corporate. I may be part of Corporate now but I serve the mills and can never forget where I came from.

Here's the wall in my office.
Whether it beautifies or not is up to the beholder.
(Note: I am not responsible for the 70's era paneling)

http://elsmar.com/jpg/wallmap.jpg

Here's the wall in my office.
Whether it beautifies or not is up to the beholder.
(Note: I am not responsible for the 70's era paneling)

No wonder you´re not "out of the crisis" yet !! Lot´s of red little yarn strings to keep up with !! :notme:

When I had an actual office...

Located on one wall, comfortably viewable by guests and me, three full year calendars. Last year, this year and next year, with Julian dates. Last year to track serial numbers for warranty and returns purposes, this year for keeping track of audit schedules, and next year for planning.

Next wall, behind the guest chairs, bookshelves containing things like the CQE handbook and Management Review Record binders, Quality Manual, etc.

Wall behind me, a slightly enlarged version of the Quality Policy so guests had something to focus on if they needed to avoid looking me in the eye and wanted to stare at a point over my shoulder. Also, a framed painting of the Mississippi Queen and Belle of Louisville engaged in a race. If asked, I would use this as an example of the creative continuous improvement employed by these two crews to make the race ever more competitive. Another framed picture of a clipper ship (whose name I cannot recall) that broke a long-standing record for circumnavigation. A perfect example that, even in the face of facts that say things cannot be improved, there is always a way.

Finally, the fourth wall was blank and contained only the door and light switch. I would stare at this wall for hours.:biglaugh:

Updated 10-year-old and defective memory:
Here's the ship:Flying_Cloud. In the 1850's this ship cut New York to San Francisco sailing time in half, from 200 days to less than 100. In 1853, she set a record of 89 days that lasted for an incredible 136 years. BTW, the navigator was a woman.

I have picture from the ten football teams I have coached over the last ten years(on one wall) and a family picture (on the desk) to remind me what matters most. I have a maganatag corrective action board for the big issues. Process map laminated by the CA Board to help pinpoint were nonconformances to processes might have occured. I also have approval letters framed from the 6 big pharma companies that have approved us.

I have some micrometers on my book case passed down from my Granddad and my father. The case holds some of their books and mine including a 1st edition machinest guide well thumbed through (Grandad).

The tangled web we weave....I think I would prefer a nice glossy blown up poster generated by PC over the yarn though. I'm still at cubicle level in my career and therefore I try to keep it tidy without clutter. One filing basket, one photo frame and the rest of the surface is usually covered with paperwork through the day and cleared by the end. I don't really get into putting up awards or such as they are meaningless to visitors and some view it as arrogance. But, if I were looking to make my home office more beautiful, I think I'd go with nicely finished wood furniture, a well organized desk space, and a few paintings on the walls. I like the idea of the white board for easy to view areas when working something through with a group of people, other than that I don't think I'd post anything work related on the walls. I'm a big believer that stuff like that posted on the wall just becomes part of the scenery, so why have my Quality Policy posted as scenery? But that's just me.