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5 Examples of Quality Control Data Analytics that Save Costs

by Renaud Anjoran on 17 Nov 2020 | 0 Comments

Online retailers have had to become masters at data analytics. They have an ocean of data and can make experiments & get feedback quickly. They keep iterating on how to get visitors to shop more and come back more often.

At the other extreme, many manufacturing and purchasing organizations still live in the pre-digital world. They “touch” many data that are, unfortunately, not collected in a database for analysis. 

That’s a pity. Using relatively simple statistical tools can provide many actionable ideas for cutting defect rates, supplier risks, and operational costs. Machine learning should come much later.

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How To Plan & Arrange Product QC During Production?

by Renaud Anjoran on 25 Feb 2020 | 0 Comments

Most manufacturers have understood that placing inspectors at the end of the line is not the right way (or, at least, not sufficient) to manage quality. The key is to improve processes and to catch issues as close to their source as possible.

But, in practice, when it comes to checking quality during the manufacturing process, what are the most common options? And how to schedule them based on work orders issued by the factory’s planning system?

5 Important QC Inspections At Different Production & Shipment Stages

by Renaud Anjoran on 23 Mar 2018 | 0 Comments

Many buyers tend to focus on the final pre-shipment inspection only. However, there are many other inspection touch points along the production cycle, and even after shipping.

I’ve listed the 5 most common types of QC inspections that can or should be conducted in this post. If you aren’t running these, perhaps you can consider it…

4 Proven Tips For Enforcing Quality Standards In Asia

by Renaud Anjoran on 15 Mar 2018 | 0 Comments

Once you have established a quality standard for the products you are importing from China (or other low-cost Asian countries), you need to be able to ensure that the standard will be enforced and that quality levels won’t drop over time.

Keep reading for four suggestions that will help you to enforce your quality standards:

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?

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…