Is there any age fixed for career planning?

The answer of this questions is -NO.
Whenever you feel that you are sailing into a wrong boat, try to change it. As a faculty in a MBA institute , I have experienced that many veteran professional are turning to acquire more knowledge and skills.
Career planning can be done at any stage or any age. The thing is - You have to mature enough to do your SWOT ( Strength , Weakness, Opportunity and Threats ). When you will do your SWOT, do it with a open heart and limitations.
Then decide , you are in a right boat or you need to change it. Make some SMART Goals ( Specific , Measurable , Achievable , realstic and Time bound ) Goals and analyse them and see the changes within you.

Some Terminology used in Quality Management

ISO – International Organization for Standardization
TQM- Total Quality Management
TPM- Total Productivity Management
CMMI – Capability Maturity Model – Integration
5 S – Seiri , Seiso , Seiton , Siketsu , Shitsuke
ISMS – Information Security Management Systems
SQC – Statistical Quality Control
QMS- Quality Management System
SQA – Software Quality Assurance
JIT- Just In Time
FIFO – First In First Out
LIFO – Last In First Out
PPM- Parts per Million
DPM- Defect per million

What is Control Chart in 7 QC tools?

Control chart are one of the 7 QC tools. Control charts are actually the graphs on which the quality of the product is plotted as manufacturing or servicing is actually proceeding
Mr. Shewart, an American, has been credited to develop the control charts for variable and attribute data at Bell Telephone Industries.
Control charting enables everyone to make decision and to know the degree of confidence with which the decisions are made. There may be some margin of error. No technique, even 100% automated inspection, can guarantee the validity of the result; there is always some room to doubt.
Control chart graphically, represents the output of the process and us statistical limits and patterns of plot, for decision making
The elements of control chart are :1. Horizontal axis for sample number; 2. Vertical axis for sample statistics e.g. mean, range, standard deviation of sample, 3. Target Line, 4. Upper control line, 5. Upper warning line,6. Lower control line, 7. Lower warning line,8. Plotting of sample statistics, 9. Line connecting the plotted statistics.

What are 7 QC tools in Quality Management?

7 QC tools are very effective in quality management system. These tools are used to identify the problem, help in diagnose the problem and give a clear path to make any decision.
These 7 QC tools are : 1) Check sheet, 2) Pareto Diagram, 3) Cause and effect diagram, 4) Stratification , 5) Scatter diagram , 6) Histogram , 7) Graphs and control charts.

These 7 QC tools are the weapon for any quality engineer. These quality tools are used separately or in combination according to the need and severity of the problem and help the investigator to do root cause analysis.

I will explain each tools in later posts. Keep reading........

What is ISO 9001:2008 QMS ?

ISO is an International body which stands for International Organization for Standardization which regulates the standards of different type all across the globe headquarter at Geneva.

ISO 9000 is a series of standard which includes three standards – ISO 9000, ISO 9001, ISO 9004 and for certification purpose , only ISO 9001 is applicable and other two standards are reference standards.

ISO 9001:2008 QMS is a standard developed by ISO-Technical Committee-176 and accepted worldwide and today, thousand of thousands companies are certified for this standard. This is a requirement standard which does not conforms the product quality but ensure the fair practices in your products or services.

The main requirements of this standard are – Quality Policy, Quality objectives, Quality manual and processes/ Formats/ Records.

The focus of this standard is customer satisfaction and better control on your processes and functioning.