Michael Rapaport

President

Michael Rapaport is president of IQS, which offers an integrated, web-based software solution to manage compliance with government regulations and quality assurance standards.

Tue, 10/21/2014 - 12:13
What Is ISO 26262? It may eliminate finger pointing when automotive recalls occur
Tue, 10/21/2014 - 12:13
If you work in the automotive industry, you should already be familiar with ISO 26262, the international standard for the safety of electrical and/or electronic (E/E) systems in series-production automobiles. Otherwise you’re likely asking, what is…
How Does Quality Management Link Into the Internet of Things? To benefit the value chain, insights collected via IoT must be actionable
Tue, 08/05/2014 - 12:30
If you are familiar with the technical concept of the Internet of Things (IoT), you already understand the impact this technological sea change will have on manufacturing. However, plenty of hype still surrounds the spread of IoT in manufacturing…
Selling Quality Management to Corporate Mindsets Five ways to convince boardroom skeptics
Tue, 03/11/2014 - 17:33
In my last column I covered five questions to benchmark your QMS project’s readiness for capital approval. The last of these five—and arguably, one of the most important—focused on aligning your QMS project with your organization’s goals. To help…
Five Questions to Test Your Readiness for Project Approval Can you show executives how an integrated QMS improves critical metrics?
Wed, 03/05/2014 - 12:30
T his four-part series of articles is intended to guide your organization toward a truly holistic and integrated quality management system (QMS), and covers how to prepare it for quick capital approval. The operational synergies enabled by an…
Harmonizing a QMS With Business Management Systems, Part 3 Integrating supply chain management
Mon, 01/27/2014 - 12:04
In many ways, supply chain management (SCM) systems close the loop on quality management processes. By including SCM integration in your quality management software stack, your company can tie product life-cycle management (PLM) systems together…
Harmonizing a QMS With Business Management Systems, Part 2 How MOM systems benefit from QMS integration
Wed, 01/22/2014 - 12:32
Editor’s note: Here’s part one. Sound quality management systems touch every level of your organization, from conception to post-market monitoring. Not surprisingly, manufacturing operations management (MOM) systems benefit from quality management…
Harmonizing a QMS With Business Management Systems, Part 1 QMS meets product life cycle management
Mon, 01/20/2014 - 17:10
In all likelihood, your company has already encountered difficulties harmonizing quality management systems (QMS) with product life cycle management (PLM) systems. Synergies between engineering, manufacturing, supply chain management, and service…