Short pieces on how US plants really run, built only on public sources. Every note links its sources.
A 2012 rule of thumb from the Elsmar Cove quality forum says the line should find the most. What practitioners have said about clean first-layer sheets since 2005, read as questions for whoever runs the program.
The grading scale used in the Medical Device Single Audit Program adds a grade when a nonconformity comes back, FDA warning letters read repeat failures as a leadership problem, and forum members explain why a repeat can point to the corrective action process.
Ten US conferences, in date order, where the people who run quality, continuous improvement and operations in plants go to hear from each other.