I feel like the pandemic brought about needed changes in the way many companies were running. Many companies and employees found out that production and work output barely changes when employees are w...

In my experience working, when looking for another supplier, my team would often send the blueprints to the supplier and ask them to make a small batch, which then we would inspect for the critical di...

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In many companies, it is said that if the company is not doing well then the employee's bonus will be affected at the end of the year. This can be used as a penalization method; however, in my experie...

In my experience, I have found that many times to create a brand new DFMEA, old ones from other devices are pulled. If the specific line item cannot be found in other DFMEAs, @sin3 mentions a good way...

I agree with many of the posts above about how ECOs are a good way to address an issue and mitigate the problem before it becomes any worse. I also believe this can be taken a step further. To sell pr...

I believe this is a good visualization method, however, it has no concrete implications. With that being said, many companies follow a motto which is "if it is not on a controlled document, it didn't ...

In my experience of working, this issue has happened a lot. There are various routes to take to address this. There can be a project initiated to address nonconforming aspects of the items shipped in ...

In my experience working in the industry, I often took part in design review meetings. Many of the meetings resulted in a change in the design or part of the design. I expected it to be more like a me...

Working in the industry has taught me that most projects that are associated with high risk will take time and resources to mitigate that risk. In many instances, low risks are often accepted. For exa...

Being a part of a team that handles various projects at a time, I have encountered and discussed many risks associated with my projects as well as my team's. One key aspect is to have all the projects...

I think @mb698 explains it really well as to the importance of the Risk Management Team being the same as the Project Management Team. I also believe that @ jl959 points out an important aspect of the...

In my experience, a lot of specifications have a tolerance enough where the manufacturer is able to make the product well and it doesn't compromise the integrity or functionality of the product. In ce...

As @ala26 mentions, I've seen some sterility and integrity tests as well as the burst tests referred to by@hc255. However, in my experience, I have seen additional tests that do not only comment on th...

I agree with @aij5 in that the most important factor is the patient market and identifying which projects have a significant effect on that. In my experience, there are some projects that are very muc...