Quality management in the automotive industry encompasses all aspects of doing business. This includes regularly making quality checks to ensure the products meet safety standards, prototype specifications, and other requirements before distributing a product. Prioritizing quality management increases drivers’ and passengers’ safety and satisfaction. It…
Working as a manager for an automotive company means you prioritize employee safety. This is important for maintaining employee health and attracting and retaining team members. Prioritizing employee safety also increases employee engagement and productivity and controls operating costs. Because your employees’ health is important,…
A drone air taxi designed by Airbus has successfully completed 114 test flights in Pacific Northwest skies. Airbus, along with its rival Boeing and many others, are striving to make flying cars an option for your urban commute. The enthusiasm around the test flight hangar…
On Wednesday, three scientists were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work developing lithium-ion batteries. In a complex, electrochemical process, lithium-ion batteries deliver power to many of the devices people use every day. They are in the mobile phone in your pocket, on…
The first Friday of October is Manufacturing Day. Back in 2012, when Manufacturing Day began, there was an ambitious goal of affecting the public’s perception of manufacturing with the goal of inspiring more people to pursue manufacturing careers. They wanted to correct the idea that…
Although new developments state there may be an agreement as early as the end of this weekend, the strike continues to take a toll on General Motors and the United Auto Workers union. The UAW moved to clear confusion about how the strike may end…
The AIAG Quality Summit is October 2-3, 2019 and is located at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi, Michigan. The Summit will examine the competency requirements in IATF 16949, provide insights on methods and tools for assessing quality competencies and share best practices from organizations…
Talks continued into the night but there was no end to the strike against General Motors. The walkout by upward of 49,000 United Auto Workers members has brought to a standstill more than 50 factories and parts warehouses in the union’s first strike against the…
Power up your performance September 25-27 at the premier automotive event of the south in the Music City Center located at 201 Fifth Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37203. Network, explore topics that interest you, polish your leadership skills, get inspired by new ideas and do…
Today, September 11, Sustained Quality remembers terrorists took aim against the United States. The attacks killed 2,996 people, injured over 6,000 others, and caused billions in infrastructure and property damage. Additional people have died of September 11-related cancers and respiratory diseases in the months and years since the attacks….
