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Quality Inspector Corruption: It’s Not All About The Money

by Renaud Anjoran on 16 Jan 2018 | 0 Comments

Quality inspector corruption is a huge risk in China, in Bangladesh, in Mexico, etc. Inspectors are trusted to go out on their own without supervision, and what they report can have a serious financial impact on a factory. There is obviously a lot of temptation to misreport reality. But what causes this corruption more often? Money, social pressure, or both?

The Expert Guide To Quality Inspection Software

by Renaud Anjoran on 27 Dec 2017 | 0 Comments

You receive an email from your factory in China. It can’t be good news so close to delivery date.

Yes, quality issues…again.

If this is a familiar story then you are no doubt considering how to improve your quality inspections, including the effectiveness of the inspectors who may let defective products pass by accident on occasion.

Implementing quality inspection software could help mitigate or remove these quality issues altogether, but before you can consider it to be a credible investment let us guide you through what it is in detail.

How to integrate quality inspection software with your ERP – Guide

by Renaud Anjoran on 18 Nov 2017 | 0 Comments

So your company has an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system – maybe SAP or Microsoft Dynamics if you are part of a large group, or something a bit ‘liter’.

At the same time, you want to structure and automate the work of your QC inspectors with a dedicated quality inspection software solution. I wrote before how it can save you time and money.

And, of course, you want both of these systems to communicate to each other. How would it work?

8 Reasons Why A Supplier Audit Is Different from a Quality Inspection

by Renaud Anjoran on 24 Oct 2017 | 0 Comments

Does your company employ quality inspectors and auditors? Do you tend to hire different profiles, and specialize your staff as much as possible?

There are good reasons for this, as we explore in this article. Note that we will be looking at second-party audits and second-party inspections. (Not at third-party audits, which are conducted as a step toward certification)…

6 Traditional Quality Inspection Process Fails (& Software Solutions)

by Renaud Anjoran on 22 Sep 2017 | 0 Comments

The traditional quality inspection process, often used in Asia especially, is laborious, error-prone, and time-consuming.

In this post I’ll outline 6 common fails found in the ‘old way’ of performing quality inspections, and the solutions to them provided by using a modern QC report software…

What Quality Inspection Software Is Ideal For Mechanical Products?

by Renaud Anjoran on 26 Jul 2017 | 0 Comments

Do you buy mechanical parts? Are you tired or writing your findings on paper or in Excel? Are you wondering what quality inspection software would be a good fit for your inspection team?

Let’s look at what is unique about quality inspections for high-precision mechanical products, and the kinds of features that the quality inspection software that you’d benefit from using needs to offer…