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Quality management systems, tools, and methodologies used in high-tech engineering — from FMEA to ISO 9001.
Beginner — 3 topics
ISO 9001 is the international standard for Quality Management Systems (QMS). It defines requirements for how organisatio…
8D is a structured, team-based problem-solving methodology used to identify, correct, and prevent recurrence of quality …
CAPA is a quality system process for identifying, investigating, and eliminating the causes of non-conformances (Correct…
Intermediate — 9 topics
FMEA is a systematic method for identifying all the ways a product or process could fail, assessing the risk of each fai…
DFMEA (Design FMEA) analyses how product design features can fail to meet their intended functions. It is performed by t…
PFMEA (Process FMEA) analyses how manufacturing or assembly process steps can fail to produce a conforming product. It i…
APQP is a structured framework used in the automotive industry to define and establish the steps needed to ensure a prod…
PPAP is the automotive industry's method for approving new or changed production parts before mass production. A PPAP pa…
SPC uses statistical methods — primarily control charts — to monitor manufacturing processes in real time, detect variat…
MSA evaluates the measurement systems used to collect product and process data, quantifying how much of the observed var…
IATF 16949 is the quality management standard for automotive production and relevant service parts organisations. It bui…
ISO 13485 is the international standard for Quality Management Systems in the medical device industry. It builds on ISO …