Debra Mervyn- The Mervyn Group March 7, 2024 Recently, shocking quality lapses appeared in multiple industries. Food is being recalled for contaminants. Cars are being recalled for software errors. New electric cars have more to repair than expected—fewer parts, but more complexity. Appliance design life, long known for planned obsolescence [...]
By Debra Mervyn, The Mervyn Group and Paul Menig BusinessAccelerants.com Survive and Thrive as a Small Electronics Manufacturer in America in 2021 In the wake of 2020, Ascentron, like many Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) companies, is reassessing its business strategy. In the face of changing and fluctuating markets, government regulations, [...]
As explained in the last article, Deming and Drucker were instrumental in taking manufacturing from individual craftsmanship to modern automated production at volume with repeatable quality in all aspects of dimensions, performance, and characteristics. They were advocates of eliminating waste and continuous improvement. They even went so far as to develop [...]
Executives and managers often struggle with who is in charge. One of their battle fields is quality. Often executives do not see the value in quality systems, while managers more often do, but it is not guaranteed. Quality managers always do, but are unable to quantify the benefits in business-savvy terms. [...]