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Home » Topics » Columns » Mind Your Ps and Qs

Mind Your Ps and Qs
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Quarterly column from Jon Quigley, Jon has held engineering and management positions at Volvo Trucks, PACCAR and other companies.

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The Ship of Theseus: Lessons for Configuration Management

Jon Quigley
November 9, 2023

Effective configuration management enables organizations to navigate change, update configurations, and maintain the identity and integrity of complex systems.


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To Cut Costs, Think Beyond Procurement

Jon Quigley
May 2, 2023

Recently, I was consulting with a procurement group, one of its OEM customers, and a product engineering firm. The goal was to find ways to reduce the cost of a particular product.


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How to Adapt to Changes in Production Volume

Jon Quigley
January 30, 2023

Organizations often have more than one manufacturing site, and each location might have its own specific strengths.


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Know Your Manufacturing Readiness Level

Jon Quigley
October 21, 2022

The things I did when I was a kid or young adult are things I would not consider doing as an adult—well, most of them anyway. I started my exploration of transportation equipment with a tricycle. 


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Testing Tools Are Not Our Savior—But They Can Be Helpful

Jon Quigley
July 31, 2022

Recently, I hired professionals to cut down some large, dead trees near my house. I then used a chainsaw to cut the trees into smaller, moveable pieces that I could chop for firewood. 


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The automotive industry and the chip shortage

The Automotive Industry and the Chip Shortage

Jon Quigley
December 16, 2021
We take for granted that our supply chains will deliver the products we desire, or at least we once did. We don't care about their complexity. How could there be complexity? They have always delivered reliably.
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First-Pass Yield

First-Pass Yield

Jon Quigley
June 8, 2021
First-pass yield is an important manufacturing metric. It measures the effectiveness of a process and provides an indication of how well we are eliminating waste.
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Be Careful of Dogma on Assembly Lines

Be Careful of Dogma on Assembly Lines

Jon Quigley
March 29, 2021
I am fortunate to have had a lengthy career of more than 30 years. I have held a variety of product development positions, and these experiences have influenced my thinking about how best to get things done.
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Reward Proactive Action Over Firefighting

Reward Proactive Action Over Firefighting

Jon Quigley
December 10, 2020

What is it about running in and saving the day, like in old Westerns, that individuals and companies enjoy? We may say that we would rather not have such drama on the shop floor, but all too often we set ourselves up for it in the end.


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Understanding PPAP

Understanding PPAP

Jon Quigley
September 18, 2020

The automotive industry describes its approach to product development and manufacturing in the advanced product quality planning (APQP) process.


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