Bluestreak Reading Time: 4 minutes For too many manufacturers, the cost of quality management is seen as an expense that’s necessary to maintain compliance or satisfy customers. They don’t view it as beneficial from an operational or efficiency standpoint. Poor quality control (QC) programs are reactive. Quality issues are discovered only after the fact or when they cause problems. QC teams are too busy putting out fires to work proactively. However, driving quality control d

Bluestreak Reading Time: 3 minutes How to Tell If Your Quality Control Plan Is Failing Unacceptable levels of scrap and rework might be two of the most obvious signs, but there are other warning signs that you should look for that indicate that your quality control plan needs work. These include: Missed deadlines and budgets Higher than normal maintenance and/or support costs Defect-related repairs or rework Failed audits (or too many audit findings) Customer complaints Failu

How can you ensure employee processes and quality checks are on track? When employees don’t follow process and quality standards, you won’t

Bluestreak™ Reading Time: 3 minutes Technology can be One of the Most Important Competitive Advantages Technology and software have become integral to the manufacturing industry. Irrespective of what the product is, manufacturers have recognized the role of good software in every aspect of their business. Right from design to implementation, production to shipping, employee management, invoicing, and client relationship management (CRM), – there is no function that can run ef

Quality is as much of a people issue as a process and technology one.