My Blogs
A Menu of my Blogs is below. They are organized by subject matter. Each subject has links to related blog chapters.
Scroll further down the page, the blogs are posted with the most recent at the top.
Document Pyramid
A 7-part series on how to develop and manage your QMS required documented information.
Document Index
A 3 part series on methods to organize and quickly retrieve your QMS documented information.
Supply Improvement Program
A 5-part series describing the SIP method to manage your supply chain.
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cDouglas@QualityTLC.com
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Ridgefield, Washington
Document Index, part 3
In part 1 we organized our documented information inventory, choose metadata, now let’s finish building your Document Index …
Document Index, part 2
Organize the inventory of your documented information. Keep it easy to access and find what you need. Now let’s begin creating your own Document Index …
Document Index, part 1
The Document Index is a database of documented information to control access while allowing defined users to utilize, review, and change/refresh.
Document Pyramid – Review
We began our journey at the top Document Pyramid tier of Policy, then we traveled through Level 2 Procedures. Next, we descended into level 3 Work Instructions and …
Document Pyramid – Level 3: Work Instructions
Work instructions are an invaluable aspect of our lives and equally important in business. A well written and described work instructions enable someone to …
Document Pyramid - Level 2: Procedures, 2/2
In this 4th post in the series, we’ll dive deeper into procedures to provide guidelines for content. A procedure is used to convey the overall workflow of the macro process.
Document Pyramid – Level 2: Procedures, 1/2
In this 3rd post in the series, we’ll dive into the second tier of the document waterfall. At this plateau the process documents and high-level SOPs (Standard…