The Original "Introductions" Thread started in 2001 and split off October 2009

[Claes Gefvenberg]

Welcome all new members.

There are a lot of friendly people here from almost every country on earth - Helping each other as friends!

Yes, that is one of the things that make this place such a great asset: Our members come from all over the place, and each of us have our own outlook to add to the melting pot that makes the Cove.

/Claes

 

[Alan F]

My name is Alan Fawcett
I am the environmental superintendent for the company also a 9001:2000 auditor and Six Sigma Green Belt.
I am 48 years old, English, married with a 10 month old daughter.
I am a contractor working for the US Govt in the Sultanate of Oman.
We have had a quality system in the company for the last 6 years but have a large turnover of personnel so we are always converting people, its a long hard job commitment from the top is sometimes hard to get !!!!
Look forward to conversing with you all.

 

[Wes Bucey]

Welcome to the Cove, Alan
We hope you have a lot to share with our regulars and visitors.

 

[Phil mil std]

I have been commenting on issues on the cove for a while. This is who I am (I think)

Name: Phil

Job Title: Quality Specialist (says it all and I do it all)

Company/Location: Raypak / Oxnard Ca

Lenght of time in Quality: 15+years

Something that sets me apart: Having the ability to make floor personal not afraid of quality. Making them realize they do quality each day!!

If I could change the world of quality: Stop the: I am better because I know some quality words. Quality would be KIS (Keep it simple)

 

[PAMELAGR]

Pamela
Quality Systems Specialist QA/RA
Medical Device Manufacturer- A privately held company –Physician driven developer of Contrast Delivery systems for cardiologists and vascular surgeons.
Eden Prairie Minnesota
10 years
If I could change the world of quality, I would make sure that Engineering would understand that quality is their job too!!

 

[Sidney Vianna]

Pamela
If I could change the world of quality, I would make sure that Engineering would understand that quality is their job too!!

Pamela, this strikes a cord with me too. As an auditor, I can tell you that every organization is dysfunctional. Some more, some less. To me, it is mind boggling that certain clichés like: “Do it right the first time and every time” seems to apply only to manufacturing.

It is amazing how many organizations I have assessed allowed for incredibly dysfunctional Engineering departments. I have been to so many companies that have twice as many engineers and draftsmen doing rework by processing Engineering Change requests to fix design flaws than the number of engineers and draftsmen working with New product introduction projects.

I find incredible that corporate mindset that thinks that it is natural for poor design packages to be released for manufacturing and be debugged/fixed over the product life cycle.

To me, new product introduction is a VERY critical process and very few organizations make a good job of it. Under the excuse of time to market being essential, poorly developed design packages get released and when the quality problems pop up, nobody really point the finger at Engineering. Risk management is a foreign concept to these people, failing to understand that a poorly designed product can create tremendous risks and liabilities for the organization.

Even worse, I have seen some companies deliberately mis-selecting individuals from other departments to participate in the design reviews, so the “critiquing” of the design is less in-depth. Ineffective design reviews, another one of my pet peeves…. Enough rambling…. Welcome to the Cove.

 

[Wes Bucey]

Welcome, Pamela

Yep. Sometimes even the staidest among us goes off on a rant once in a while. It happens so often, we even have a smiley for it

 

[The Fast One]

1. Marco
2. Quality Manager, what I'm told..
3. FIA Formula 1 Motor Racing
4. An F1 Team in the UK
5. Not enough
6. Self obsessed, arrogant smart a*** - aka 2. Also good at remembering lists of questions
7. Quality, it's a sham
8. Sack everyone involved with "Quality" and get the Designers to Design it right in the first place

 

[qualeety]

1. charles
2. full time QA Engineer / part time instructor
3. Transportation
4. toronto
6. love teaching quality courses at various colleges
7. Quality = toilet paper...when s__t happens, you are wanted.
8. get rid of all incompetent auditors.

 

[Wes Bucey]

Welcome, Qualeety
How about if, instead of "getting rid of all incompetent auditors," we establish a good method for helping them to become competent?