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TRAC Celebrates Tenth Anniversary

First, I would like to thank the 50+ clients that have believed in my company and enabled me to keep the business going strong heading into year 11. A special thanks to the number of customers that have been with me in various capacities since day one; your loyalty is greatly appreciated. I am also proud to announce a 100% certification track record with my clients across the international standards of AS9100/ISO 9001, ISO 13485, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, IATF 16949, and MIL-PRF-31032.

The company was founded September 30th, 2013, so while the actual 10-year anniversary was last September I am extending the celebration as there will be a special anniversary offer extended to all of my clients over the past 10 years. Separate emails will be sent out to these clients with details, but a summary of the offer is outlined below.

 

10-year QMS Upgrade

Every year I make changes to my core Quality Management System that improves, simplifies and increases efficiency. The system is also updated based on the constantly changing auditor preferences and interpretations of the standard(s). This will be a one-time QMS upgrade that incorporates all the improvements over the past 10 years and that can be accomplished over a one-month period via onsite and online meetings, including training to the new upgrades. Typical results are a 40-50% reduction in procedures, forms, tasks, etc., with an ROI of only 6-months or less. The number of clients in any given month will be limited to allow appropriate time to each client, but the offer will  be extended as many months as needed to accommodate all that are interested.

Once again, many thanks to my clients in helping to achieve this milestone, and I look forward to the next ten!

Steve

 

Contact me for all your quality needs

Steve@tracQMS.com

920-841-3478

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Leadership 101 – The Law of Sacrifice

Early in my career I had no idea what I wanted to do; I got into this business because printed circuit board manufacturing was the family business; back then it was just a starter job and I had no idea that it would turn in to a 47-year (and counting) career path.

After years of working, hearing both internal and customer complaints and noticing what things work and what did not, I began to find my groove and decided to position myself to make a difference and change the things I could influence. Click here to read the rest of the article http://iconnect007.uberflip.com/i/1464867-pcb007-apr2022/77?

 

TRAC is here for all your quality & leadership needs.

Steve@tracQMS.com

920-841-3478

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Alloy Products Corp. Receives ISO 14001: 2015 Certification

PRESS RELEASE

The Right Approach Consulting

July 18, 2022

Waukesha, WI

Alloy Products Corp. Receives ISO 14001: 2015 Certification

I am proud to announce that client Alloy Products Corp. (APC) has received certification to ISO 14001: 2015  for Environmental Management from registrar TUV. This adds to the company’s certification to ISO 9001: 2015. President Betsy Bear-Hoff created and chaired an environmental “dream” team of Todd Schlicht, Tanya Tavernia, Emily Lynch, Nick Dunne & Ray Woo that were charged with accomplishing this significant task in under two months. The results were a perfect audit! Congrats to the team and appreciation for all the cooperation & hard work.

Bear-Hoff stated:

“Environmental protection and compliance have always been a core strength of APC, but going through the certification process definitely has raised our game and made us a better environmental partner.”

About Alloy Products Corp

A leader in the fabrication of stainless steel and other alloys since 1929, Alloy Products Corp. consistently meets or exceeds the most rigorous industry standards. APC manufacturers portable pressure vessels & fixed pressure vessels manufactured to ASME and UN specifications used in a variety of sanitary, industrial and general purpose applications. The pressure vessels are constructed of stainless steel and other modern alloys. These pressure vessels are designed for dispensing, mixing or storing hazardous, corrosive, high purity or flammable products to 13.8 bar (200 psi). Few manufacturing facilities can match their superior craftsmanship and quality assurance in designing and manufacturing a wide variety of stainless steel pressure vessels and containers.

For more information, they can be reached at 800.236.6603, or through their website https://www.alloyproductscorp.com

Contact me if you want to add ISO 14001 or ISO 45001 to your company, or with any QMS need.

920-841-3478

Steve@tracQMS.com

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Simplify Your QMS Documentation Thru KISS Pt. 2

While QMS documentation is often viewed as a necessary evil, it is a very important aspect of any quality system, but needs to be functional. The documentation system needs to be lean, mean and user friendly to the workforce. Read Part 2 here http://iconnect007.uberflip.com/i/1319500-pcb007-dec2020/69?m4=

Missed Part 1: Taming the Big Hairy Monster? Read it here http://iconnect007.uberflip.com/i/1309864-pcb007-nov2020/95?m4=

 

Contact me to simplify your (QMS) life!

Steve@tracQMS.com

920-841-3478

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Ventec California Receives ISO 9001: 2015 Certification

I am pleased to share the below press release from client Ventec on their recent ISO certification:

We are proud to announce that we have passed the ISO 9001:2015 audit for our Quality Management System at our US-facility in Fullerton (California), following an audit by certifying body Intertek. This follows the certification of Ventec’s Chicago facility earlier this year.

ISO 9001:2015 sets out the criteria for a quality management system and is based on a number of quality management principles including a strong customer focus, the motivation and implication of top management, the process approach and continual improvement. The hard work put in by Anthony Guerra, Julie Vance and the entire Ventec Fullerton staff, supported by Steve Williams from TRAC has ensured achieving a perfect audit with official certification being issued this month.

“Further to successfully certifying our Chicago facility in April of this year, I am very proud that our Fullerton facility now has also successfully passed the ISO 9001:2015 audit without any instances of non-conformity,” said Jack Pattie, President Ventec (USA). “It recognizes the hard work of the entire Ventec team and confirms the success of our quality strategy for the benefit of all our customers.”

“Ventec’s global emphasis on implementing and maintaining a seamless QMS that adds value to the business is second to none. Jack and the entire team in Fullerton embraced the process and were highly engaged in the development and implementation. The results speak for themselves; a perfect audit for Fullerton to match Chicago’s results earlier this year. It is a pleasure working with an organization that gets it,” added Steve Williams, President of TRAC.

“Ventec maintains robust quality management systems in all its facilities around the world including AS9100 Rev D and IATF 16949:2016, ensuring that all our customers receive reliable, consistent, good quality products and services from us through our fully controlled global supply chain,” said Mark Goodwin, COO Europe & Americas.

Contact me to start your QMS certification journey!

Steve@tracQMS.com

920-841-3478

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Taming the Big Hairy Monster

While QMS documentation is often viewed as a necessary evil, it is a very important aspect of any quality system, but needs to be functional. The documentation system needs to be lean, mean and user friendly to the workforce.

Read my latest article here: http://iconnect007.uberflip.com/i/1309864-pcb007-nov2020/95?m4=

Contact me before YOUR big hairy monster eats up all your profits

Steve@tracQMS.com

920-841-3478

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Your QMS can help you understand your customers! (pt 1)

Understanding your customers may seem like a no-brainer, but talking with company leaders across various industries the past seven years demonstrate just how difficult this can be in practice. One of the newest requirements to both ISO 2015 & AS9100 2016 is expanding the whole concept of who is a customer. The traditional definition of a customer is organizations that pay us for our product. The new requirement is to define the “Interested Parties” to the business, and to identify what their needs are.

Interested Parties are defined as any party that has an interest in how your company performs. This includes traditional customers, but also adds parties such as owners/stakeholders, employees, suppliers, banks, and the community. Only parties that have an interest in how your company performs and impact the QMS need be examined, although this should be a very short list. Because, as I preach to my clients, a “B” can be functionally swapped out for the “Q” in QMS as it is actually a Business Management System for the entirety of the organization.

How can this help? Excellent question, because any requirement comes with the expectation that something must be done. A simple analysis at the next management review meeting will suffice, using a tool such as my attached Interested Parties Worksheet. Refreshing this activity then becomes an annual exercise.

Stand by for Part 2, and contact me to help with your Interested Parties analysis

920-841-3478

Steve@tracQMS.com

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SlingShot Assembly (formerly BEI Electronics) Receives AS9100D: 2016 Certification in Record Time!

PRESS RELEASE

The Right Approach Consulting

August 5, 2019

Franksville WI

SlingShot Assembly (formerly BEI Electronics) Receives AS9100D: 2016 Certification in Record Time!

I am very proud to announce that client SlingShot Assembly has received certification to AS9100D from certifying body DQS. The company had long been certified to ISO 9001, and through the transition to AS9100D, realized significant process improvements and simplification of the QMS. Quality Engineer Stefan Mundt was the SlingShot point person on the project with constant support and guidance from Quality Manager Rich Lasko, and the entire SlingShot staff put in the effort to get the job done in an expedited timeframe. President Kevin Ryan and General Manager Mark Hoehnen recognized the need for AS9100 and were the support behind the project.

 

About SlingShot

SlingShot Assembly (formerly BEI Electronics) is a high mix, medium volume Electronics Manufacturing Services provider in Franksville, Wisconsin, delivering high quality printed circuit board assemblies, from engineering & manufacturing to final product.

The Franksville WI facility is a subsidiary of SlingShot Assembly in Denver Colorado, a quick-turn EMS provider. SlingShot is committed to building both facilities by serving its partners and employees to position itself as a leading Electronics Manufacturing Services provider.

More information can be found at:

http://www.beielectronics.com

https://slingshotassembly.com

 

Contact TRAC for all of your QMS needs.

Steve@tracQMS.com

920-841-3478

 

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PRESS RELEASE: United Electronics Corporation receives ISO 9001: 2015 Certification

PRESS RELEASE

The Right Approach Consulting

April 1, 2019

Franklin Park, IL

 

United Electronics Corporation receives ISO 9001: 2015 Certification

 

I am proud to announce that client United Electronics Corporation has received certification to ISO 9001: 2015 from registrar Intertek. The company has a strong quality history from many years of certification to prior revisions of the standard, and the upgrade to 2015 was extremely smooth. Quality Manager Raj Govani, Engineering Manager Shan Nadarjah and the entire UEC team were highly engaged and instrumental in the success of the process.

About United Electronics Corporation, from owner Ramesh Patel:

 

United Electronics understands your technical challenges. Whether you need quick prototypes, a cost-effective solution for your flex, rigid-flex, mixed dielectrics or our metal clad PCB’s, we have the experience, the people and the technology to meet these challenges. We compete in time and must go beyond our current boundaries to provide competitive PCB’s and services outside what is considered normal service.

We pride ourselves with a unique global capability and can manufacture printed circuit boards on virtually any substrate. any size, and any shape. Technology types include RF/Microwave printed circuit boards, rigid printed circuit boards, metal clad boards, flex, and rigid-flex circuits.

We have several patented materials which augment our Thermal Management Solutions offerings.

 

 

For more information go to http://unitedel.com

 

 

 

Contact me for all of your QMS needs.

 

Steve@tracQMS.com

 

920-841-3478

 

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What’s Your Excuse…

…for not starting ISO 2015?

  • I don’t know where to start ISO 2015 implementation?ISO_2015_Excuses
  • How do I gain management support and prepare my ISO 2015 project?
  • What are my first steps in ISO 2015 implementation?
  • How do I convince my company peers to follow a new ISO 2015 process?
  • Can I speed up the ISO 2015 implementation?
  • The processes are in place, how do I prepare for ISO 2015 certification?
  • I’m worried about maintaining the business processes once ISO 2015 is operational?

Contact me to find out how I can help you solve these challenges.

920-841-3478

Steve@TheRightApproachConsulting.com

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