by AMREP | Jun 27, 2018 | Industry 4.0, News
HANOVER, GERMANY – AMREP Supplier Management Services’ senior executives today launched the company’s ‘Quality 4.0’ Manufacturing Quality Assurance Innovation unit at the CEBIT 2018 Innovation Festival in Hanover, Germany. The company has, for more than 30 years, been...
by AMREP | Dec 22, 2017 | Managing Suppliers, Quality Management, Supplier Strategy
As 2017 draws to a close, at AMREP we have been reflecting on what kind of year it’s been for quality management and quality manufacturing. We think that it’s been a shocker. In the last three months, there have been some major unbelievable quality debacles,...
by AMREP | Jun 15, 2017 | Reference
Have you ever wondered what’s on the bookshelf in a supplier quality management company? Take a peek! We asked our staff members what they think are the best books on quality management and here’re what they chose: Poorly Made in China: An Insider’s...
by AMREP | May 20, 2017 | Managing Suppliers, Quality Management, Solar and Photovoltaics
A Canadian energy infrastructure provider enlisted AMREP to help them prevent quality problems with their ‘Made in China’ solar panels. They had used Chinese solar panels for some of their Middle East projects and their solar panel inspections teams had found...
by AMREP | Apr 17, 2016 | Managing Suppliers, Quality Management, Supplier Strategy
Over 30 years of working with demanding customers from around the world means that we have seen all sorts of situations where supplier quality problems can arise. The golden principle that we always tell our customers are: (1) Your quality problem begins at the...
by AMREP | Mar 15, 2016 | Managing Suppliers, Quality Management, Supplier Strategy
In How do quality problems arise? – Part 1, we spoke with our supplier quality engineers, auditors, and quality inspectors on what causes supplier quality problems. They pointed out that management resistance, poor training in manufacturing techniques, and the failure...
by AMREP | Feb 6, 2016 | articles, Managing Suppliers, Supplier Strategy
Some months ago, I gave a presentation to a major electronics retailer in Minneapolis on managing suppliers in China and how to utilise third party supplier quality management companies effectively. They were having product quality problems and it was too late to...
by AMREP | Jan 3, 2015 | Managing Suppliers, News, Quality Management, Startups, Supplier Quality Engineering
AMREP Supplier Management Services announced today that it would start providing its quality engineering expertise to product start-ups, entrepreneurs and innovators. The company has previously worked with startup companies, a notable one being Pure Digital...
by AMREP | Jul 11, 2011 | articles
Managing your outsourced suppliers is about applying the right quality management tools at the right time. Here is a quick run-down on some of the tools you can use: AQL (Acceptance Quality Limit): A scientific method for determining the maximum number of defective...
by AMREP | Mar 15, 2011 | articles
Our business is to manage suppliers for our outsourcing customers. Our services require us to work with different suppliers. Our work also provides us with an opportunity to gather information on the business activities of the industries which we are always engaged...
