I am the Quality Manager for a small manufacturing company in the Eastern US. Our Quality system is ISO9001-1994 compliant but we are not registered (maybe someday). Due to current economic conditions and a few other issues we face, I may in the near future be asked to shoulder some Prodution responsibilities -- possibly even be Production Manager - in addition to Quality Manager. Of course, this immediately brings to mind the visions of the fox guarding the hen house. I have been in Quality for over 10 years and I am confident in my own ability to be objective in my quality responsibilities despite any production responsibilities, but I wonder how this might look to outsiders and, especially our current and potential customers. Long-time customers know and trust me, but...
Does anyone have any experience with this type of situation or any comments or insight that may be of help to me should this situation arise? Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
Mike
Does anyone have any experience with this type of situation or any comments or insight that may be of help to me should this situation arise? Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
Mike