On August 16, 2016 we received an email from Eric Babbitt, Manufacturing Engineer for Burris Optics. Eric explained that Burris was having quality issues with plastic shims used in the manufacture of their scopes, the main problem was debris from the burrs on the shims which came off during assembly and testing. Eric wanted to […]
QDP, Inc. becomes a Federal-Mogul Approved Supplier
QDP has been working with Federal-Mogul’s System Protection Division in Exton, PA developing manufacturing processes and producing prototype parts for close to a year. Having successfully completed the processes and satisfactory prototypes it was time to begin the process of producing production parts. This required QDP, Inc. to have a quality audit to be approved as […]
Re-shoring is Reassuring
We were approached by Total Molding Services, Inc., who operates a molding business, about doing a stamping job that was currently being done for them in SE Asia. The part is an electrical stainless steel contact that is inserted into a molded housing. Total Molding Services, Inc. was having a difficult problem with the parts being […]
QDP, Inc. Achieves ISO 9001:2008 Certification
From start to finish, it took only nine months for QDP to attain ISO 9001:2008 Certification. There were a number of factors that attributed to this relatively short time frame. First, from QDP’s founding in 1995, the Quality Management System was set up based on an ISO-based standard. This was due to the fact that Stew […]