I established QLR Focus LLC to provide consulting for startups, small and large businesses on a selective set of practices that have the greatest and quickest impact.
Quality Services include:
•	Providing training, Gap Assessments, Auditing, and Program Management for achieving compliance to international QMS Standards such as ISO 9001, ISO/TS16949, and AS 9100.  
•	Specialty skills include the ISO 9001-2015 recent upgrade.
•	Six Sigma Boot Camp.
•	Setting up Quality Management Systems for start-ups or small businesses.
•	Transforming complaint management systems from a customer detractor to a customer satisfier.
•	Training and implementation guidance on Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) methods.  Focused Workshops include:  PPAP, DFMEA, PFMEA, MSA and SPC.
•	Comprehensive Supplier Management services for both you and your suppliers.  Such as:  Supplier Health Assessments & Audits, Supplier Qualification approaches and performance monitoring using Supplier Report Cards, SCARs, and KPIs.
•	Expertise on how to effectively implement Statistical Process Control (SPC) methods that drive improvement and will satisfy Ship-to-Control or Maverick programs. 
Lean Transformations Services Include:
•	Guidance on how to use Policy Deployment techniques to coordinate organization wide improvement initiatives.
•	Lean Boot Camp Training and coaching that include: Value Stream Mapping, Visual & Daily Management, 5S, 5 Whys, Standard Work, SIPOC, TPM, SMED; and, Poka-Yoke.
•	Coaching on how to apply Lean Principles across your Quality Management Systems or other business processes. 
Reliability Services Include:
•	Reliability Data Analysis including: “Weibull”, Accelerated testing, Degradation analysis, MTBF/MTTF/FIT Rates.
•	Warranty Analysis from field failure data that builds models to predict future failure rates and forecasts. 
•	Experimental design and analysis (DOE).
•	Reliability demonstration, traditional and accelerated test designs.

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