Supplier Quality Assurance

USING DATA TO ESTABLISH TRUST Revelations about fraud in Kobe Steel production facilities continue to expand the awareness of just how many large customers of Kobe Steel, the third-largest manufacturer of steel in Japan, are affected. The well-deserved finger-pointing is not going to let up any time soon. About finger-pointing, however, there’s an old trope: […]

We Are Stuck With Variability Variability is abundantly prevalent in our world.  For example, we very rarely leave the house at the exact same time every day.  Why is that?  Variability in timing includes what we had for breakfast, whether or not we set the alarm clock or how late we stayed up the night […]

Provides a critical component to extend the digital thread Chicago, IL (September 5, 2017) EMNS, Inc, the providers of GSQA®, a leading enterprise class supplier quality management and visibility application, joined the UI LABS network by becoming a member of the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDII).  This commitment helps DMDII extend the digital […]

My wife recently sent me to the grocery store to buy cream cheese. She said to me “Buy Brand X because they have a higher supplier and process Ppk and Cpk. Brand X always works in this cheesecake recipe.” She didn’t utter those words explicitly, but, that was what she was implying in her statement about […]

Whilst struggling to get my engineering degree, I was strongly encouraged to take a class in psychology. In that class, one of the more interesting discussion points was around Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. In a nutshell, Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is a well known psychological principle that describes an individual’s journey toward spiritual enlightenment. Gaining insight into […]

Two leading tire producers expand GSQA® usage, enhancing their management of supplier material performance and specification compliance, resulting in more consistent and improved global quality assurance. EMNS, Inc. announces GSQA® expansion in the tire industry. As automobile use has matured, mileage-per-year has steadily climbed. As more tires are purchased to keep pace, owners give more […]

Quality assurance professionals know their jobs are to make sure materials and products stay within specifications. As a corollary, this includes the ability to respond effectively when violations occur, requiring the skills, experience, and technology to quickly distinguish natural variability from an imminent threat. Ultimately, their mission is prevention – keeping a process from going […]

GSQA® makes life easier for suppliers by offering many paths for submitting their COA data. Broad conformance to a mandatory “COA with each shipment” policy depends on providing methods for data entry that match suppliers’ capabilities. From “mom & pop” operations to mega-suppliers their willingness to participate does depend on the range of input methods. […]