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Auburn Clutch:
SQCpack is essential part of company's quality system
Through organizational changes and
market shifts, this dynamic supplier to John Deere and others has kept its
focus on quality for 70 years. SQCpack is part of its portfolio.
Learn more at SQCpack is essential part of company's quality system. Six sigma help: Breakfast gathering is
joint venture
This interactive overview sponsored by PQ Systems and STAT-A-MATRIX/SAM
will address special requirements for executives of small- to medium-sized
organizations, demonstrating how to embrace and deploy a Six Sigma
strategic initiative. All of this served with breakfast on November 8 in
Dayton and November 9 in Detroit. To find out more, go to Six sigma breakfast gathering.
Quality Quiz: Another quiz from
Professor Cleary--and last month's winners!
Winners of last month's quiz (and a copy of Quality Gamebox) are: Holly
Arnett (Industry Products Co.); Bob Brooke (Nike IHM, Inc.); Tommy Brown
(Advanced Technology Services); Robert Carmean (International Paper
Corp.); B.J. Favaro (Cisco Systems); Jean Flores (Andercraft Products,
Inc.); Danny Martinez (USDA, AMS, Cotton Program); Hector Roman (Procter
& Gamble); David Sudweeks (American Airlines); and Melinda Weinstein
(U.S. Post Office). Congratulations!
And now for our October question. After you have read the question,
click on the response that you think is correct. As in previous quizzes,
if you answer correctly, you can register to win a free copy of Quality
Gamebox.
After last month's fiasco, you transferred your quality manager to a
branch office in Cucamonga and gave him a new position where he could do
less damage. (He's thriving in the accounting department.) To replace
him, you've interviewed several people, and your screening decision will
be based on their responses to the following question.
You are producing a part for a customer who has a capability
requirement of 1.33 or more. A capability study reflects a Cp equal to 2.
Which of the following actions should be pursued?
- Ship the product. This high level of Cp suggests that no further
action is required.
- Check the Cpk to see if it is equal to or greater than 1.33.
- Verify that the process is in control.
- Verify that the process is stable, then check the Cpk (b).
- Check Cpk as in (b), then verify system stability.
The candidates who respond correctly will become finalists for the
position. If no one answers correctly, all candidates will be eliminated
and you will begin anew. Which answer will assure applicants that they may
have a future in your company?
Is Six Sigma a passing fad
or a sign of things to come? Stanley Marash predicts
Stanley A. Marash, Ph.D., predicts that as organizations face
challenges of the 21st century, the market discriminator will
be service. He explains why Six Sigma will be around to help
organizations. Go to Is Six Sigma a passing fad or a sign of things to come?.
Charts you can use: Election
turnout shows decline since 1960
Registering to vote is not enough, as this data about voter turnout
indicates. To see data for registrations and turnout charted, go to Voter registration versus turnout.
PQ Systems is headquartered in Ohio, how does Ohio's
voter turnout compare to the national voter turnout?
Sample ASQ's standards newsletter online
Select portions of THE INFORMED OUTLOOK, a newsletter on standards, are
now on the Web. You can read one complete article and executive summaries
from all articles in each issue. Member discounts are available, and you
can subscribe online. Visit the site http://www.asq.org/informed.htm/
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