Brewer Science, Inc' Where Innovation Takes Flight

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Brewer Science, Inc.

• Global Headquarters
• Rolla, Missouri

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Who is Brewer Science?

• Brewer Science is a privately owned business
  incorporated in 1981
• Corporate headquarters and manufacturing in Rolla
• Field offices in six states and five countries
• Manufacturing and sales partnership with Nissan
  Chemical in Japan

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The Industries We Serve

• Aviation
• Automotive
• Communications
• Semiconductor
• Data Storage
• Academia

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The BSI Quality Program

• The three quality functions at Brewer Science
• Corporate Quality Systems
• Quality Assurance- Equipment
• Quality Assurance- Chemicals

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The Brewer Science QMS

• Currently ISO9000, QS9000 and ISO14001
  (environmental management)
• Conversion to ISO90012000 with compliance to
  TS16949
• Registration to ISO17025 by 2006

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The Function of a QMS

• Facilitate continuous improvement
• Eliminate redundancies
• Reduce manufacturing costs
• Reduce product development costs
• Improve time-to-market

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Requirements of the QMS

• Document and data control
• Corrective and Preventive Action
• Audits
• Training
• Nonconforming Product Control

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Tools of the QMS

• Statistics, statistics, and more statistics
• Poka-yoke
• Experimental design (DOE) and mathematical
  modeling
• Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
• Problem Solving Methodologies

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Bringing It All Together

• A product is designed
• Product requirements change and a problem is
  encountered
• A corrective action is issued
• An investigation is undertaken
• The FMEA is updated
• A new product is designed

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Questions?