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Happy National Aerospace Week!
This week, NC State Industry Expansions (IES) joins the rest of the industry in showing our support for National Aerospace Week, an annual, week-long event that recognizes the immense contribution aerospace makes to America’s economy, global competitiveness and national security. According to Select USA, the industry, in 2018, contributed $151 billion in export sales to […]
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Trinity Manufacturing Receives ISO 9001 Certification
Trinity Manufacturing of Hamlet, NC, has successfully completed its ISO 9001:2015 certification. ISO 9001:2015 focuses on quality management systems and performance and is the most updated standard of its kind.
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Quality, All Day
Southbend was subject to lengthy third-party inspection of its export products, resulting in sluggish shipping times and dissatisfied customers. With ISO 9001 certification, they were able to dramatically decrease time to international markets.
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Closing the Gaps: United Plastics Corporation Renews Focus On Quality
An outdated quality management system threatened the business relationships of United Plastics, an automotive industry supplier. ISO Overview Training from Industry Expansion Solutions helped realize annual cost savings of approximately $100,000, >$1m new investment.
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IES’s Phil Mintz featured in PNC newsletter
Industry Expansion Solutions’ Interim Executive Director, Phil Mintz, is featured in a PNC newsletter this week discussing how progressive business decisions expand continuous improvement in ways that help sustain long-term profitability and growth. “We, as engineers and service providers, often confine our thinking of continuous improvement to terms that limit us to plant-floor efficiencies or applications of recognized […]
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ISO 9001:2015 Revision
ISO 9001 is the internationally recognized quality standard that has helped more than a million organizations from more than 160 countries improve their quality and operational performance. Here are some Frequently Asked Questions about what you need to know for the ISO 9001:2015 update.
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BSCI, Inc. is Poised for Growth Following ISO 9001 Certification
Manufacturer BSCI, Inc. was recently awarded ISO (International Organization for Standardization) 9001:2008 certification. BSCI engaged NC State University Industry Expansion Solutions (IES) to help the company assess its current processes and put the new quality management system in place.
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ISO 9001:2015 Overview
Learn the requirements of ISO 9001: 2015 Quality Management System (QMS).
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ISO 9001:2015 Update – Tips for the Transition
Here is the good news: ISO is adopting the same “high level structure” for its ISO 9001-based standards. Now each time a standard is revised, it will consist of the same 10 sections as all the others. This approach is going to make it much easier to integrate multiple management systems.
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