Mark Coldiron - Corporate Quality Director. Mark shares his stories of working up the ladder, literally and figurately to achieve success in Quality Management.https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-c-06482922/ Mark has thirty years experience in the design, erection and installation of piping and piping systems in paper mills, refineries and power plants. This includes experience from craft level through Project Manager, as well as QA/QC and QA/QC Management to the Corporate level. He has also worked...
Jan 05, 2021•22 min•Season 2021Ep. 89
Explaining a Quality Management System-what it is, what it does, how it changes-seems to be a daunting task. In this episode, we use something fun to explain a lot of the terms that go along with a QMS. Every year for Christmas, our family does what we call Jingle Bags. We fill a bag with treats and goodies and drive a planned route. One of the kids gets out, sneaks to the door, leaves the bag, knocks loudly and runs back to the car. Basically, we have a fun excuse to play ding dong ditch. It’s ...
Dec 14, 2020•23 min•Season 2020Ep. 88
Injection molding is just what it sounds, using a mold, injecting it with melted material and hardening that material to create the desired product. It’s not as simple as it sounds, though. Everything that goes into injection molding must be a quality product to produce tight tolerances. In this episode, Adam describes to what tolerances he is creating parts as a supplier to OEM’s (Original Equipment Manufacturers). The molds sometimes must be prepped with a coating in order to preserve the qual...
Dec 05, 2020•24 min•Season 2020Ep. 87
During difficult financial times, either from the economy at large or individually within a single organization, Quality Management System “QMS” programs are often some of the first to be cut in cost savings efforts, and are impacted by cost reductions elsewhere in the organization. The growing digital work environment is providing many opportunities for new methods of managing and maintaining a QMS. The QMS provides the foundation for often required (either by customer or legally enforced) cert...
Nov 22, 2020•21 min•Season 2014Ep. 86
Quality 4.0, "BOK" Body of Knowledge, jargon and Quality Management lingo... So many terms, so difficult to communicate why Quality Matters. Its so important to understand we are marketing Quality Management principles to our team, our customers and our leaders. If it is not understood its not going to be implemented. Small Businesses are often excluded from the conversations, and lets face it most business in America are small business. Lets make Quality "Small Biz Friendly". Quality Culture in...
Nov 17, 2020•21 min•Season 2020Ep. 85
Originally the "Five Keys to a Successful Implementation" centered on implementing a software solution. But as we continued to dig deep into this idea, it soon became evident that these Keys apply to any aspect of your business be is software, management and/or personnel change, new process, new product lines or a new management system, you name it! We hope you enjoy this next episode on the Quality Matters Methodology. Ensure your support teams are part of the processCommunicate Communicate Com...
Nov 09, 2020•21 min•Season 2020Ep. 84
Quality is Quality because the fundamental principles are the same across any organization, you simply cannot escape them. Be sure to download the ISO Publication linked below Quality Management Principles. This week we cover Customer focus, Leadership & Engagement of People. The seven quality management principles are:QMP 1 – Customer focusQMP 2 – LeadershipQMP 3 – Engagement of peopleQMP 4 – Process approachQMP 5 – ImprovementQMP 6 – Evidence-based decision makingQMP 7 – Relationship managemen...
Nov 02, 2020•19 min•Season 2020Ep. 83
Quality is Quality because the fundamental principles are the same across any organization, you simply cannot escape them. Be sure to download the ISO Publication linked below Quality Management Principles. Engagement of People and of course the Process Approach! The seven quality management principles are:QMP 1 – Customer focusQMP 2 – LeadershipQMP 3 – Engagement of peopleQMP 4 – Process approachQMP 5 – ImprovementQMP 6 – Evidence-based decision makingQMP 7 – Relationship management Join us as ...
Oct 26, 2020•20 min•Season 2020Ep. 82
Quality is Quality because the fundamental principles are the same across any organization, you simply cannot escape them. Be sure to download the ISO Publication linked below Quality Management Principles. This week we cover Customer focus, Leadership & Engagement of People. The seven quality management principles are:QMP 1 – Customer focusQMP 2 – LeadershipQMP 3 – Engagement of peopleQMP 4 – Process approachQMP 5 – ImprovementQMP 6 – Evidence-based decision makingQMP 7 – Relationship managemen...
Oct 12, 2020•20 min•Season 2020Ep. 81
The firs step for us in understanding is to define the key words and topics. This might sound like such a glamorous method, but it provides valuable insight. For instance, the word Quality can often mean a characteristic of a product or process or even person. Where on the other hand, Quality can mean a standard of excellence. ISO 9000:2015 defines Quality as : These are basics of a good culture. Ultimatly we see that Culture = Quality. Stay tuned as we continue to dive further into the Quality ...
Sep 28, 2020•19 min•Season 2020Ep. 80
"The Quality Matters Methodology" - a success model for the development, implementation and maintenance of quality management systems. Simple Lessons for you, your team and your process. Follow us on this journey as we relay The Quality Matters Methodology to you. We start by learning from the lessons of others before you. From Simon Sinek's Start with Why an the idea of the Golden Circle to Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Jocko Willink's Extreme Ownership and lessons from s...
Sep 21, 2020•22 min•Season 2016Ep. 79
This is a fun episode where we go through the certifying process with a certifying company. Quality Management Company, LLC is a company the conducts steel fabricator and erector quality management system audits for AISC (American Institute of Steel Construction). This case study was authored by Roberta Marstellar and Sheila Alegria, although we are not sure which one did the journaling. Quality Management Company, LLC realized that they were not doing themselves the very thing they were asking ...
Sep 15, 2020•22 min•Season 2020Ep. 78
The world of quality management, processes, and improvements often seems overwhelming. It is a fact that children adapt to new ideas better than grown-ups. It is best to teach children a second language when they are very young because they are more likely to catch on quicker. So, why not start introducing teens to quality? Learning Lean Six Sigma Sunil Kaushik Sunil Kaushik is a Six Sigma trainer and wanted to introduce the concepts to students aged 10-23. In the beginning, he had difficulty be...
Sep 08, 2020•11 min•Season 2020Ep. 77
We’ve have said over and over that quality is not just for manufacturing or oil and gas. ISO 9001, quality management and policies and procedures can benefit any industry. This is a case study of a pharmacy that decided to look for opportunities for improvement. The article was written in 2005 and at that time staffing rates were down, for techs and pharmacists, prescriptions were up, and the increase in pharmacists projection wasn’t going to fill the need. This still seems true today as pharmac...
Sep 01, 2020•23 min•Season 2017Ep. 76
Police departments are under fire right now and are looking for ways to show credibility. We at Texas Quality Assurance and #QualityMatters back the blue and always support continual improvement. We have a number of times how ISO 9001 certification can help any sector or industry. The Phoenix Police Department Records and Identification Bureau decided to do just that many years ago. They started with process mapping, a favorite of Kyle’s, and used those maps to identify over 100 nonconformities,...
Aug 25, 2020•28 min•Season 2020Ep. 75
From sales, service, accounting and of course the production floor Quality Matters. Regardless if you implementing lean or continuous improvement in the office or shop floor management buy in is key, but don't neglect the folks doing the work day to day. Continuous improvement is more than the tools and processes but an overall change management journey. "If it is going to be successful, it has got to be a part of the everyday way people do their work" Learn more about our guest today, Matt Sand...
Aug 17, 2020•26 min•Season 2020Ep. 74
Racine Unified School District found themselves in a similar situation as other school systems and business, they were facing huge budget cuts and rising costs in education. The district wanted to provide high quality education to their population, just under half of which were economically disadvantaged. In a case study found at the ASQ website and authored by Dr. Stephen Miller, we learned that this school district turned to a quality management system to help them improve student achievement,...
Aug 10, 2020•32 min•Season 2020Ep. 73
The Kepner Tregoe Decision model is a useful tool to find the best possible choice, not a perfect solution. Your first step in this model is to identify the situation, define concerns and choose a direction. The next step is determining the problem and it’s root cause. I personally feel like root cause is often left out of the equation. Next you list alternatives and perform an analysis on each. The last step is to identify possible problems with the alternatives. Once you have created objective...
Jul 28, 2020•20 min•Season 2020Ep. 72
COVID-19 is still a very hot topic in the United States. Of course, we like to share with you how quality matters in all aspects of your life. Whatever you feel about COVID, masks, lock-downs, back to school, and the government, COVID affects you. We came across a Deming Institute blogpost about a man in India that used control charts to put into perspective the information that residents were getting daily. India is one-third the size of the United States, but about 4 times the people. As you c...
Jul 20, 2020•30 min•Season 2020Ep. 71
Matt Sands joins us as we discuss continuous improvement and quality and their importance when the oil and gas industry in a downturn. Don’t do the wrong things righter! Quality shouldn’t be something else that costs you money. Quality is getting your processes and procedures on paper and doing what you say you’re going to. This is important anytime, but especially during a downturn when you might be facing a shut down. Having your procedures in places helps to track everything from how much tim...
Jul 14, 2020•28 min•Season 2017Ep. 70
The title says it all folks, Mask Wearing & COVID-19 - Risks, Benefits & Requirements. What are risks and what are the OSHA requirements? Listen in as we discuss the very relevant topic of Covid-19 and the use of mask. In this episode, we review some literature from different sources assessing N95, P95, surgical masks, and cloth/fabric/cotton masks. We are releasing today's episode early in light of recent requirements in the state of Texas for masks in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ...
Jul 02, 2020•42 min
Who hasn’t heard of Deming’s Red Bead Experiment? A lot of people, probably. However, if you’ve ever worked somewhere that you’ve done your best, followed the procedures, and your performance still wasn’t good, you may be trapped in a red bead system. This episode shows us how important a system is that includes opportunity for employees to offer input on continual improvement. Deming, in a workshop, “hires” a few employees. Their job is to fill a small paddle with all white beads. The workers w...
Jun 30, 2020•13 min•Season 2021Ep. 68
Today we discuss continual improvement through top management change for the good of all interested parties. Darci absolutely loved this blog post. Kyle and Darci, in both personal and professional life, are improvement seekers. They both believe that change begins with you. This blog discusses that very phenomenon through Mike Duggan who was at the time the CEO of Detroit Medical Center. Deming Institute & Mike Dugan as CEO of Detroit Medical System Being the CEO, top management, Duggin was cha...
Jun 23, 2020•17 min•Season 2020Ep. 67
In this episode we discuss a blog post from The Deming Institute on why the Toyota production system is more effective than others. To fully understand this, you have to understand ‘part’ vs. ‘part of’. Darci had to have Kyle’s help understanding this one, but once she caught on, it was as simple as it sounds. The blog starts with a story of a Ford Motor Company assembly plant manager buying competitor’s cars to disassemble them and learn how they were assembled by reassembling them. In America,...
Jun 16, 2020•22 min•Season 2020Ep. 66
Mayo Clinic Part 3! In our last episode of sharing the case study of Mayo Clinic, we come to putting some quality measures in place. Mayo standardized one process after another with two ideas in mind: standardization prevents harm, eliminates waste or both and it would move Mayo to more perfect outcomes. We discuss how they standardized practices as simple as hand hygiene and as difficult as correctly dosing the blood thinner, Warfarin. As Mayo Clinic continued to grow, they realized they needed...
Jun 02, 2020•20 min•Season 2020Ep. 65
In our first episode of this mini-series, we discussed what led Mayo Clinic to developing a quality program and how they decided a blend of methods was best. We ended with Mayo Clinic assessing their system and knowing that to get standardized best practices across 50 locations, they would need fundamental changes toward customers, workforce, operation, and information and knowledge management. In this episode, we discuss all of that, and a little more. Customers: Mayo Clinic realized the immedi...
May 26, 2020•21 min•Season 2020Ep. 64
This week we begin a quality journey with Mayo Clinic discussing a case study posted by ASQ and written by Mary Beth and James Buckman. This introductory episode teaches us about Mayo clinic’s innovative mindset from their beginning in the 1880’s. Mayo Clinic decided from the beginning that they were going to be a physician led organization with a team approach. Early in the 1900s one of their pioneer physicians, Henry Plummer, pushed for “pooled resources,” wanting one place to keep all physici...
May 19, 2020•21 min•Season 2020Ep. 63
People Will Meet Your ExpectationsSo be careful what you wish for, you just might get it. Story of self-fulfilling prophecy from England when a computer mixed up the “bright” and “dumb” kids. The teachers taught according to the report and when admin found the error, they retested them. Results found that the actual group of “bright” kids had gone down significantly and the actual group of “dumb” kids had increased. The bright kids labeled dumb created the paradigm for the teachers to teach them...
May 12, 2020•14 min•Season 2020Ep. 62
Covey was asked to consult on a project with a large banking institution. They needed to evaluate and improve their management training program. At the time, they selected college graduates and put them through two-week assignments in each of the 12 departments, creating a 6-month training program. At the end of the 6 months, the trainees were assigned as assistant managers in different branches. To start, Covey’s consulting team tried to nail down objectives. What did the execs want the trainee...
May 04, 2020•21 min•Season 2020Ep. 61
"Efficient' scheduling and control of time are often counterproductive. The efficiency focus creates expectations that clash with the opportunities to develop rich relationships, to meet human needs, and to enjoy spontaneous moments on a daily basis." - Stephen Covey Learn more about #QualityMatters & Texas Quality Assurance :LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTubewww.qmcast.com | Texas Quality Assurance
Apr 28, 2020•19 min•Season 2020Ep. 60
