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Lean in Manufacturing and Service Industries
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Manufacturing and Related Processes
Specific manufacturing process(es) & systems, materials, and related discussions.
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Process Maps, Process Mapping and Turtle Diagrams
Process Maps, Process Mapping and Turtle Diagram Discussions and Examples
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Service Industry Specific Topics
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National and International Business System Standards
Aviation, Space and Defense Standards and Requirements
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Business Continuity & Resiliency Planning (BCRP)
Business continuity planning (BCP) identifies an organization's exposure to internal and external threats and provides for effective prevention and recovery for the organization.
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CE Marking (Conformité Européene) / CB Scheme
CE Marking (Conformité Européene) / CB Scheme discussions - CE Marking and the CB Scheme help manufacturers improve their marketing efficiency by establishing a way to meet one Standard for their products which will harmonize with Standards from different governments.
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Environmental Related Standards
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Food Safety - ISO 22000, HACCP (21 CFR 120)
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Hospitals, Clinics & other Health Care Providers
JCAHO, CCHSA, HQA, ANAES, JSQua, ACHS, NZCHS, MSQH, NCAIO - Best Practices" accreditation organizations, in the US, Canada, UK, France, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia, and the CMS-approved (in the USA) accreditation organization.
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ISO 9000, ISO 9001, and ISO 9004 Quality Management Systems Standards
ISO 900x Quality Management Systems related discussions.
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IATF 16949 - Automotive Quality Systems Standard
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IT (Information Technology) Service Management
IEC 20000 is the first international standard for IT Service Management. It is based on, and intended to supersede, BS 15000.
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ISO/IEC 17025 - Calibration Laboratories
ISO/IEC 17025 - Calibration Laboratory Discussions
TL 9000 Telecommunications Standard and QuEST
TL 9000 is a two book standard created by QuEST (Quality Excellence for Suppliers of Telecommunications) Forum based on ISO 9001.
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IEC 27001 - Information Security Management Systems (ISMS)
IEC 27001 is part of a growing family of IEC Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) standards.
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Occupational Health & Safety Management Standards
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RoHS, REACH, ELV, IMDS and other Related Restricted Substances International Regulation discussion topics
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Supply Chain Security Management Systems
The ISO PAS 28001 addresses potential security issues at all stages of the supply process, thus targeting threats such as terrorism, fraud and piracy.
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Sustainability, Green Initiatives and Ecology
Sustainability is the reconciliation of environmental, social and economic demands - often known as the "three pillars". Ecology is the scientific study of the distributions, abundance, share affects, and relations of organisms and their interactions with their environment. ISO 50001 addresses Sustainability, Green Initiatives and Ecology.
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VDA Standards - Germany's Automotive Standards
Verband der Automobilindustrie e. V. (VDA) - VDA 6.1 is the German Quality Management System for the automotive industry. Based on ISO 9001:1994, it includes all elements of QS-9000.
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Other ISO and International Standards and European Regulations
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Various Other Specifications, Standards, and related Requirements
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Medical Devices, Medical Information Technology, Medical Software and Health Informatics Medical Device, Medical Information Technology, Medical Software and Health Informatics and related discussion topics.
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Medical Device Related Standards
Medical devices standards, national and international. Standards are published by standards writing bodies (such as ISO and IEC internationally, ANSI, CEN, CENELEC, CSA and others nationally) and are generally voluntary. You can use standards to fulfill regulations, depending on the way the regulation uses standards.
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Common Quality Assurance Processes and Tools
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APQP and PPAP
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Auditing Quality and Environmental Management Systems
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Capability, Accuracy and Stability - Processes, Machines, etc.
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Consultants and Consulting
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Contract Review Process
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Customer Complaints
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Customer and Company Specific Requirements
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General Metrology, Measurement Device, Calibration and Test Laboratories
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Management Review Meetings and related Processes
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Misc. Quality Assurance and Business Systems Related Topics
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Nonconformance and Corrective Action
Significant Systems, including 8-D / 7-D, etc. Can you proveEffectiveness (for example) of a Corrective Action?
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Philosophy, Gurus, Innovation and Evolution
Let's talk Deming! And who doesn't have a copy of Juran's 15 pound tome Quality Control Handbook? We all do. For discussion of Sarasohn, Protzman, Armand V. Feigenbaum, Crosby, Ishikawa, Taguchi, Shewhart, Imai and others. Philosophy, Gurus, Innovation and Evolution.
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Preventive Action and Continuous Improvement
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Risk Management Principles and Generic Guidelines
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Problem Solving, Root Cause Fault and Failure Analysis
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Quality Management System (QMS) Manuals
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Quality Manager and Management Related Issues
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Quality Tools, Improvement and Analysis
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Six Sigma
Love it or hate it, what ever six sigma is, it's been around for quite a while and looks to stay for quite a while.
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Software Quality Assurance
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Supplier Quality Assurance and other Supplier Issues
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