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Engineering drawings were reviewed as part of the assessment. Image: PPD Mechanical Department The Office of Quality and Best Practices is pleased to report that Fermilab’s site-wide design and engineering assessment is now complete. Between June and September 2012, OQBP, along with Division/Section/Center (D/S/C) quality assurance representatives, completed a series of design and engineering assessments, two of which were a combined effort with quality assurance staff from the DOE Chicago office. The assessments evaluated the implementation and effectiveness of quality…

The OQBP conducted interviews for this year’s procurement assessment. The Office of Quality and Best Practices is glad to report that Fermilab employees are following procurement policies and procedures. OQBP, along with Division/Section/ Center quality assurance representatives, completed a series of laboratory-wide procurement assessments between October 2011 and March 2012. These assessments evaluated the implementation and effectiveness of quality assurance controls in each division, section and center. The assessments were conducted by interview and review of documents, databases and Individual…

Failure costs generally exceed appraisal costs and may exceed both prevention and appraisal costs depending on severity of the failure. Cost of quality is a phrase that’s widely used, but widely misunderstood. The cost of quality isn’t just the planned cost of creating a quality product or service. It can also be the additional cost incurred from not creating a quality product or service and having to correct it later. Poor-quality products and services waste time and money and may…