Re: Thoughts on auditing

"Craig Cochran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Wayne,
>
> I enjoyed your comments, but what the heck did they have to do with
> auditing or anything I said about auditing? Just curious...
>
> Craig

Reflections on the direction quality assurance is taking. From back when the
process was developed quickly and scrapping 5% of the output after careful
inspection was the norm during and shortly after WWII. A response to the
need to get millions of war items out the door as quickly as possible.
Then the fabulous move to statistical process control as demonstrated as the
prime cause for Japan's sudden dominance in the world of quality.
To the today's over emphasis on documentation, ISO standards and so much
stuff that adds not one cent of value to the effort... I used your post as
an example of just how this ISO system is hampering progress by putting so
much into the quality process and so little in the manufacturing process.
Today's QA seems to belong to the consultants and not the manufacturing
engineers. If the money spent on all audits and ISO paperwork were put into
better machines and systems, the world would be much better off. Who needs
an inspection and quality system when we can make a process capable of
yielding 130% of what we want?

Wayne
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