Quality Quiz from PQ Systems e-Line
Posted by: meikah | 12 April 2012 | 3:17 am
PQ Systems through it’s Quality eline newsletter brings us another quality quiz by Professor Leary.
For this month’s quiz, and a chance to win a copy of Quality Gamebox, submit your response by April 27 to be entered in the drawing.
Take the quiz:
Reed N. Wright, the third-generation president of Wright’s Write Right Manufacturing, has become aware of the rejections of products in the final inspection, reported by manager Justin Tyme and inspector Adair Yu. After devoting some thought to the issue, Wright has determined that the source of the problem lies with the middle managers, who, he has decided, are actually incompetent. He bases this determination on hours of thinking about possible contributors to the problem, knowing that the “buck stops” in his office, and he is the one who must find a solution.
Winners of last month’s quiz and a copy of Quality Gamebox:
Anne Brittain (Palmetto Health Alliance)
Sharon Genest (Saskatoon Health Region)
Kim Pedersen (Aquaknect Flexibles Pty Ltd)
Kevin Tinson (Lonza Biologics plc)
Alan Swain (Exacto, Inc.)
Congratulations!
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Quality Quiz from PQ Systems e-Line
Posted by: meikah | 14 December 2011 | 7:35 pm
PQ Systems through it’s Quality eline newsletter brings us another quality quiz by Professor Leary.
For this month’s quiz, and a chance to win a copy of Quality Gamebox, submit your response by December 20 (early because of the Christmas holiday) to be entered in the drawing.
Take the quiz:
Out of the Box, a major customer of Thick ‘N Thin Corrugated Paper Company, where Cliff Clymer is quality manager, has insisted that the company’s deadline is met for producing the 6” cardboard boxes it needs. Knowing that he must produce the needed order, Cliff complains to his boss, Sue Veneer, that some of the equipment required to fill the order is in need of maintenance, and if the service adjustments are not made, the boxes may not meet the customer’s exacting size requirements. Servicing the equipment, however, would mean that the deadline for production of Thick ‘N Thin’s materials cannot be met.
Joe Auchey (Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission)
Susan Brown (Mountain States Health Alliance)
Jonathan Downey (Schivo Precision)
Jane Johnson (Demmer Corp)
Sheila McLauchlan (OSI Foods).
Congratulations!
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Quality Quiz from PQ Systems e-Line
Posted by: meikah | 17 August 2011 | 2:04 am
PQ Systems through it’s Quality eline newsletter brings us another quality quiz by Professor Leary.
For this month’s quiz, and a chance to win a copy of Quality Gamebox, submit your response by August 26 to be entered in the drawing.
Here’s the quiz:
Facing the task of securing an assembly for Zero Defects, a critical customer of Xcelent Xtrusion, Nadha Klu is focusing on inspection of the outer dimension (O.D.) of the part as it comes to the end of the line. The O.D., he knows, should be 1.2 millimeters ± .2 millimeters for this part, so he takes a newly acquired micrometer to measure a part as it comes off the assembly line.
Winners of last month’s quiz and a copy of Quality Gamebox:
Kenneth Clemmons (Delnor-Community Hospital)
Brian Cunningham (Warrnambool Cheese & Butter)
Tara Glasgow (Erie St. Clair CCAC)
Adrian Huxley (Singer Instruments Co. Ltd.)
Ken Ulbrich (Bay State Milling)
Congratulations!
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Quality Quiz from PQ Systems e-Line
Posted by: meikah | 13 July 2011 | 3:58 am
PQ Systems through it’s Quality eline newsletter brings us another quality quiz by Professor Leary.
For this month’s quiz, and a chance to win a copy of Quality Gamebox, submit your response by July 22 to be entered in the drawing.
Here’s the quiz:
Nadha Klu, manager for Xcelent Xtrusion, continues to dither about pricing for a plastic part used in an assembly item for Zero Defects Company, a major customer. Nadha has met another eager salesman, Wiley K. Yotey, who has convinced him that the part that Wiley sells is exactly the same as the one currently used in the assembly process at Xcelent—but at a slightly lower cost if he buys it from his company, Bit Parts & Pieces. Wiley goes on to identify himself as the son of the president of his company, assuring him that “My dad would never cheat anyone.”
Winners of last month’s quiz who will get a copy of Quality Gamebox:
Congratulations!
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Quality Quiz from PQ Systems e-Line
Posted by: meikah | 19 June 2011 | 9:16 pm
PQ Systems through it’s Quality eline newsletter brings us another quality quiz by Professor Leary.
For this month’s quiz, and a chance to win a copy of Quality Gamebox, submit your response by June 24 to be entered in the drawing.
Here’s the quiz:
Nadha Klu, manager for Xcelent Xtrusion, is intent on securing the best price for a plastic part used in an assembly item for Zero Defects Company. He has been negotiating with Ben N. Jayle, a salesman from No Warranty No Worry Manufacturing. Ben has demonstrated a mock-up of a plastic part that his company has produced, based on engineering specifications provided by Nadha’s purchasing department. “I can save you money,” Ben urges, adding that “a part’s a part” when it involves such a small component in the process.
Winners of last month’s quiz who will get a copy of Quality Gamebox:
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Quality Quiz from PQ Systems e-Line
Posted by: meikah | 11 May 2011 | 4:57 am
PQ Systems through it’s Quality eline newsletter brings us another quality quiz by Professor Leary.
For this month’s quiz, and a chance to win a copy of Quality Gamebox, submit your response by May 27 to be entered in the drawing.
Here’s the quiz:
As Nadha Klu, manager for Xcelent Xtrusion, examined the Purchasing Department’s performance, he noticed a pending order for 200,000 units of a plastic part used in making an assembly to be shipped to the Zero Defects Corporation. Purchasing agent Val Cano was buying the part from the Center of Spec Company at a cost of $0.25 per unit, but an accompanying bid from the In Spec Company showed $0.24 per unit.
Winners of last month’s quiz who will get a copy of Quality Gamebox:
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Quality Quiz from PQ Systems e-Line
Posted by: meikah | 13 April 2011 | 1:41 am
PQ Systems through it’s Quality eline newsletter brings us another quality quiz by Professor Leary.
For this month’s quiz, and a chance to win a copy of Quality Gamebox, submit your response by April 29 to be entered in the drawing.
Here’s the quiz:
Last month, we saw Anna Nutherthing, quality assurance manager for Melt & Mold Industries, as she tried to enhance her career opportunities by teaching SPC to her entire staff. One of these, Jan U. Wari, insisted that the best way to make good products would be to adjust machines so all data points would fall between the control limits. Her rule: if a point falls above the X-bar, adjust the operation of the machine downward to compensate for the distance between the data point and the X-bar. If a data point appeared below the X-bar, on the other hand, she would adjust the operation upwards to compensate. “It’s important to assure that all data points fall between the control limits,” she said. “After all, that’s what they’re there for.”
Winners of last month’s quiz who will get a copy of Quality Gamebox:
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Quality Quiz from PQ Systems e-Line
Posted by: meikah | 12 January 2011 | 7:42 pm
PQ Systems through it’s Quality eline newsletter brings us another quality quiz by Professor Leary.
For this month’s quiz and a chance to win a copy of Quality Quiz Classics, submit your response by January 28 to be entered in the drawing.
Here’s the quiz:
Justin Tyme, quality technician for National Dairy Products, represents the newest threat to colleagues Marsha Mallow’s and Maura Thesame’s reputation as statistical experts, especially since he has his eye on their job. He recognizes the limitations of their understanding, and feels quite smug about his own statistical prowess.
Winners of last month’s quiz who will get a copy of Quality Quiz Classics DVD:
Angie Hicks (Appalachian Regional Healthcare System)
Juan Pardo (Worthington Steel Specialty Processing)
Eliazer Rivota-Ortega (Solar Spring & Wire Forms)
Kevin Tinson (Lonza Biolgics PLC)
Linda Willett (NPR Manufacturing LLC).
Congratulations!
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Quality Quiz from PQ Systems e-Line
Posted by: meikah | 10 November 2010 | 8:17 pm
PQ Systems through it’s Quality eline newsletter brings us another quality quiz by Professor Leary.
For this month’s quiz, and a chance to win a copy of Quality Quiz Classics, submit your response by November 29 to be entered in the drawing.
Here’s the quiz:
You just never know what will develop from something that begins as an exercise in using sampling techniques, especially when you put an idea on to simmer and hope that it comes to a full boil. When Russ T. Buckett’s boss, M.T. Pott, heard about Russ’ idea for developing and marketing a new exotic tea product, he was bubbling over with enthusiasm for the idea. Nonetheless, he wanted Russ to test the water, so to speak, to be sure that it represented a hot market for the new product.
Winners of last month’s quiz who will get a copy of Quality Quiz Classics DVD:
Noel Farrington (Flowserve)
Bartosz Jankowski (LG Electronics)
James Lauer (Caterpillar Inc.)
Carolyn S. Townsend (Clarian Health)
Kelly Whitehead (Ballard Power Systems)
Congratulations!
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Quality Quiz from PQ Systems e-Line
Posted by: meikah | 23 September 2010 | 2:39 am
PQ Systems through it’s Quality eline newsletter brings us another quality quiz by Professor Leary.
For this month’s quiz, and a chance to win a copy of Quality Quiz Classics, submit your response by September 30 to be entered in the drawing.
Here’s the quiz:
Russ T. Buckett, Quinn Quip’s boss at Quince Quality Quiche, continues to demand information about the citizens of Quincy, in order to enhance the company’s marketing efforts. He asks Quinn to survey residents’ views about the economy in terms of their assessment of the effect—positive or negative—that the current economic situation has on them. In other words, he wants a mini-assessment of the local consumer confidence level, so he can frame promotional campaigns to a receptive audience.
Winners of last month’s quiz and a copy of the Quality Quiz Classics DVD:
