OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness), is *not* just about your machines or downtime improvements, it's a holistic indicator of your plant's health, efficiency, and productivity. Learn about the benefits of OEE and how to get started calculating this "best practices" KPI with resources at hand.
Learn why Grupo Navis selected SafetyChain to handle a digital transformation that powers quality programs, operations, customer complaints, and continuous improvement.
Standard Costing can polarize rather than unite departments. Instead, get Production, Operations, and Finance all focused on the same waste reduction, productivity & financial goals. How? Support Lean Operations with these Lean Accounting principles. Learn more!
Re-evaluating your plant's key performance indicators (KPIs) can result in better-informed business decisions and improved Operations. Re-think the KPIs that maximize yield and quality and learn the difference between lagging and leading indicators.
Many companies face a unique dilemma: they’re data rich but information poor. Join Allise Wachs, Ph.D., for statistical concepts and methods that manufacturers can use to optimize products, processes, and decisions.
Learn the secret, frequently missing value in CoQ calculations, how to quantify conformance & non-conformance costs, ways to measure prevention, appraisal, and internal/external failure costs, why quality failures drain production capacity, and get tips for reducing CoQ in your facility.
Adam Doolhoff, Vice President of Research, Quality, and Innovation at Fresca Mexican Foods, discusses how unifying quality and production processes allowed his team to scale operations (to over 5 million tortillas daily) while maintaining an incredibly high standard of quality.
Auditing against a standard like ISO 9001 or one of the GFSI schemes isn’t easy and is rarely effective without the proper training, guidance, and tools. IJ Arora, CEO of Quality Management International Inc. (QMII) provides tips on the Internal Auditing process.
FSPCA Lead Instructor Christopher Snabes from TAG will review changes to the FDA Intentional Adulteration (IA) regulation, suggest several sure-fire ways to conduct your vulnerability assessments, discuss the 3 Elements approach, prepare you for Quick Checks.
Poor quality can waste 25%-35% of an organization's operating budget and cripple profitability. In this webinar on controlling costs of poor quality, Bill Levinson from Levinson Productivity Systems applies CoQ lessons from Ford, Franklin, Goldratt, and Imai to help manufacturers fix it.
What formula do leading manufacturers use to create process improvements that work … that actually stick? Join an experienced Ops leader as he shares how to create “sticky improvements” and uncovers obstacles that can prevent improvements from taking hold in your organization.
Developing and maintaining a robust and effective internal audit system provides meaningful and actionable improvements for your food safety and food quality processes. Avoid these top 10 mistakes.