About APLOMET

MISSION

We help organizations increase performance through consulting and education in quality management technologies.

PHILOSOPHY

Organizations shape their future through continual learning and action. Leaders ensure congruence of words, behaviors and systems, and demonstrate high ethical standards.

OUR CLIENTS

We’ve consulted to Fortune 500 companies, family-owned businesses, nonprofit organizations, and start-ups in the manufacturing, healthcare, education, government and service sectors in the US. Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Europe and Asia.  We’ve also delivered public workshops in partnership with many educational and professional training organizations.

 

 

 

 

Musings: My Blog

More from ChatGPT

Yes, it can be erroneous at times, but to fear it or not use it for what it's good at makes absolutely no sense.  I asked it what an organization might do if they're having "line clearance" errors, and here's what it said: Line clearance is an important process in...

New video added to YouTube page

If you've not checked out my YouTube page in a while, you might want to take a look.  Recently added a video on how to deal with delayed responses to corrective action requests. https://www.youtube.com/@dukeokes7499/videos

Even ChatGPT Knows!

Thought it might be interesting to see what ChatGPT might say about potential problems with incentive systems.  Here's what it came up with: Case Study: Incentive System for Management Leads to Short-Term Thinking Introduction A manufacturing company, ABC Inc., was...

Critical Thinking – The Most Needed Skill

In many ways the quality profession had just been going along with the program ... focusing on compliance and performance of organizations and their processes. I believe if we want to really have an impact we should shift or add a focus on Critical Thinking.  Adopting...

RCA/CA Maturity

If you didn't happen to see my post on LinkedIn where I submitted a maturity matrix for evaluating the Root Cause Analysis & Corrective Action process you can get it here on my website. I've also added more videos to my YouTube channel, which can make for good...

Podcast on RCA

I was recently interviewed by Jon Taber who hosts a bi-weekly podcast on auditing.  Brief but good discussion of root cause analysis. https://podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/episode-34-root-cause-analysis-duke-okes/id1590407172?i=1000577361463

More RCA Videos

I always enjoy seeing how others approach root cause analysis.  Here are links to a couple of videos that are pretty good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D77iE0kSkLc   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk7Hg4w1Jsg

Long time, no see!

Yes, it's been several months since I've posted, although that doesn't mean I've not been musing.  Just too many things on the plate. However, here's a short collection of thoughts. Webinars: 1) One of the most frustrating things I've experienced in the past couple of...

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