Qualifications
With 25+ years of experience in auditing, evaluating, and approving Quality and Manufacturing Systems for Honda of America Manufacturing I am uniquely prepared to identify weaknesses in your Quality and Manufacturing systems, and provide potential solutions to improve your Quality, Efficiency, and Profitability.
Expertise
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Design of Quality and Manufacturing systems to prevent the creation and/or passing of non-conforming parts.
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Auditing of existing Quality and Manufacturing systems to identify weaknesses and countermeasures to permanently eliminate or prevent the passing of non-conforming parts.
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Process layout design and analysis to promote a smooth efficient product flow.
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Design and creation of data collection, data analysis, data retention, and reporting tools in Excel and Power Point.
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Failure analysis of non-conforming and/or returned parts to identify root cause of the non-conformity or failure mechanism.
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Design of re-creation testing to confirm the accuracy of root cause analysis and counter measure effectiveness.
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ISO 9001:2015 pre-audit preparation.
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On site training for your employees on any or all of the above categories.
Services
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Evaluation of Quality and Manufacturing systems to identify and countermeasure the root cause(s) of current quality issues.
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Evaluation of internal and Customer required documentation to identify and countermeasure current weaknesses.
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Design and support the creation of data collection and tracking systems to support quality goals
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Training of your employees on how to perform any of the above mentioned Quality processes.
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Evaluation of Quality and Manufacturing systems to identify and countermeasure the root cause(s) of current quality issues.
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Evaluation of internal and Customer required documentation to identify and countermeasure current weaknesses.
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Design and support the creation of data collection and tracking systems to support quality goals
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Training of your employees on how to perform any of the above mentioned Quality processes.
Philosophy
I take a hands on approach to all phases of Designing Quality or Mfg. systems, and problem analysis. I believe that:
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Problems are not solved by sitting in a meeting room talking about what happened.
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That the 3 A's (Actual parts, Actual place, And Actual situation) are the best way to begin an investigation.
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That the people that run the processes(s) are the process experts and that their input is invaluable in a problem investigation.
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That if your Quality and Manufacturing systems are designed properly, that no non-conforming parts should be shipped from your facilities.
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Should you choose to use my services, be prepared to spend a significant amount of time in the Manufacturing areas. You need to understand what the total actual situation is before the true root cause(s) and countermeasures can be applied.