#QualityMatters Archives

Ep 143 Real World Risk Based Thinking & Contingency Planning

Darci Chambers / July 11, 2022

What are risks, risk based thinking, preventative actions and contingency plans? Today we’re discussing in more detail what the difference is between these, how they are related, and what you can do in your business. FREE Resources https://texasqa.com/free-resources-downloads/Risk & Contingency Planning https://texasqa.com/free-download-risk-opportunity-contingency-planning/ #QualityMatters podcast is streaming on:iTunes | Spotify | Google | Audible | Stitcher | TuneIn Learn more about #QualityMatters & Texas Quality Assurance […]

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Ep 142 – Metrology theory and practice w/ Robert Mims from ThermoTemp

Darci Chambers / July 5, 2022

Countless measurements are made daily to ensure “quality” work, and behind all these measurements is the theory and practice of metrology. Have you ever wondered how you know your measurements are good? From the pipes and machinery running on every industrial site and building to medicine and electronics, what you measure matters. Even more so

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Ep 141 – What’s the certification process look like? w/ Chris Carson from DEKRA Certification

Darci Chambers / June 14, 2022

We’re joined today by Chis Carson, Sr. Director of Auditing & Business Operations at DEKRA Certification North America. DEKRA is one these scary certification bodies, that maybe are not so scary after all. Join us for the conversation today and decide for yourself. You might be surprised to hear how the certification bodies go though

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Ep 134 – All the responsibility and none of the authority – Management Representative vs Quality Manager

Darci Chambers / February 11, 2022

Quality Coordinator / Management Representative, Quality Manager, what’s the difference? Well, we’re going to tell you in this episode. ISO 9001 really doesn’t give much direction other than leadership and top management, but generally accepted is the role of the “Quality Manager”. This means and is important that your Quality Manager has management level authority.

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Ep 133 – Don’t Fall Trap to the “An App for That” Nightmare

Darci Chambers / February 7, 2022

One more new thing, UGH! This is a struggle in the workplace, we’ve all heard it there’s “An App for That”. It seems that there is always a new flashy program that’s going to make things easier, better, faster, greatly improve how we do things.

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Ep 132 – Big Changes Coming Soon to the #QualityMatters podcast

Darci Chambers / January 30, 2022

We are excited to share with you some new changes coming to #QualityMatters. Kyle recently launched a poll on LinkedIn to see what you, our listeners thought of the content and would like to hear. Your responses were heard. You all want more about tips and tricks and running a QMS, less about case studies.

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Ep 131 – Medical devices gone wrong with the Dalkon Shield

Darci Chambers / January 24, 2022

The Dalkon Shield was an IUD developed in the 1960s by OB-GYN Hugh Davis with electrical engineer Irwin Lerner. They brought in a lawyer, Robert Cohn, to help them form The Dalkon Corp. Because The Dalkon Corp had no sales force, they decided to sell the product to another company. That company was AH Robins,

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Ep 130 – Just do it yourself environmental clean up US Navy in Japan

Darci Chambers / January 18, 2022

The U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center (SRF/JRMC), Yokosuka detachment has thousands of gallons of oil routinely drained from ships coming into dry dock. Special teams have to be on standby and ready at any given time to remedy a spill. Shop X-99 consists of 65 members, 28 of which are

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Ep 129 – Dumpy Level & Gradient Measuring Tools

Darci Chambers / January 3, 2022

In 2006, Singapore’s Housing and Development Board wanted to improve work processes and better support it’s own mission. They enlisted the help of Accessway V2 Innovation & Quality Circle to help. Accessway V2 used the Lotus Blossom Technique to identify problems and solutions. They decided the problem with the most potential solutions would be the

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EP 128 – API part 3 – API Spec Q2 with David Miller

Darci Chambers / December 16, 2021

This week’s episode is the third and final in a series with API the American Petroleum Institute. We had the pleasure of speaking with David Miller, PE, F.ASCE Senior Director, Standards Development | Global Industry Services about the latest edition of the API Spec Q2 management system standard for Oil & Gas Service providers. If