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ISO Compliance

Asked on Oct 5 2006 9:46:11:000AM

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We just initiated our lean journey and while it is all good, I am a little concerned about the Quality System requirements, (ISO) vs some of what we're doing to eliminate work orders, routings, material ID on individual parts and inspection/test status requirements. Is there a document/white paper that covers ISO compliance in a lean environment?

Mark Banks, Newport, NC
AOne of the few non-profit sites that doesn't have any personal agenda is the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center. Check out both the Quality and Six Sigma resource sections. I recommend starting here.

There are lots of "white papers" available from consultants who are plowing the Lean Manufacturing field. (Just put "quality management + lean manufacturing" in a search engine and "see what is returned!) They are of widely varying value, require you to register (opening the door for markeing follow-up by the vendor), and are of widely varying utility.

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David Alschuler

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David has been an industry analyst in the enterprise software sector for 10 years and was a software marketing executive for the prior 15 years. He currently follows manufacturing software solutions for Industry Directions. From 1998 to 2005 he directed the Enterprise Applications research teams at Aberdeen Group. Before joining Aberdeen, David held executive leadership positions including: VP of Sales and Marketing at Xchange, Inc., a leader in customer relationship management; SVP of Sales and Marketing for Work Management Solutions, a developer and marketer of project and program management software for Fortune 1000 IT organizations; VP of Marketing for leading PLM vendor Parametric Technology Corporation; and VP of Alternate Channel Distribution for Computer Corporation of America.
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