Manufacturing Quality

If you want to know how to do a gage R&R study, the short answer is this: have three operators each measure ten representative parts twice with the same gage, in a randomized order, then analyze the 60 readings to split total variation into equipment variation, appraiser variation, and part-to-part variation. The standard design most … Read more

Here is the CAPA process explained step by step: a nonconformity gets recorded, contained, analysed down to its root cause, corrected, checked against criteria you agreed before you started, and closed with evidence an auditor can read. The method works the same in a forty-person molding shop as it does in a regulated device plant, … Read more