Manufacturing Industry
Overdosing on traceability: calibration reports only need to deliver basic information.(Other Dimensions)
Quality, December, 2003 by Cox, Hill
I've never inhaled or injected any illegal drugs, so I have to rely on what the experts say such chemicals do to people. A list of expected side effects includes feelings of euphoria and distortions of the physical.
While having never used illegal drugs, I have to admit to inhaling much oxygen to avoid drowning in a sea of quality surveys and requests for all kinds of extra information on calibration reports. One day I realized that all the additional paperwork was creating the same sense of euphoria in manufacturers, by injecting quality systems with information, as was the euphoria created by smoking or injecting some illegal substance. While some of the information is necessary, in many instances the requests for all the extra information amounts to an...
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