In this episode, Ryan Fleser, the Director of Quality and EHS at Uponor North America, shares how to take yourself and your team from fighting fires, to preventing problems from happening. This episode is all about preventing problems from happening. One of the biggest problems we all see that causes lower yields than what we’d like is scrap and day-to-day fluctuations in yield make it hard to figure out when your process is really reliable. So how do you prevent problem from happening and reduce variation to improve yields?

There are lots of ways to reduce scrap and improve yields like DMAIC or A3 but even they could present some level of “over processes”. A more straightforward approach with less complex tools like practical problem solving could be a great way for you to engage operators or technicians.

But most importantly is that you pick an approach so you can make the switch from fire-fighting to installing a sprinkler system to prevent these problems from getting out of hand.

Enjoy the conversation with Ryan Fleser, the Director of Quality and EHS at Uponor North America, as we talk about preventing problems from happening you’ll definitely appreciate learning from his 36 years of quality leadership experience.

Ryan Fleser is the director of Quality and Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) for Uponor North America. He holds 36 years of experience in the Quality field as well as 12 years in Environmental Management and has held director roles in various manufacturing companies since 1998, including Daiken Applied and Advantek. He has extensive training and experience in implementing Quality and Environmental Management systems that are certified to international standards, including ISO 9001, 140001, and 50001. For eight years, he served as adjunct instructor at the Dunwoody College of Technology in Minneapolis, Minn., teaching bachelor's completion degree courses in their Applied Management and Leadership Program. He has a Master of Science in Manufacturing Systems from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn., and a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Technology from Eastern Kentucky University. He is also a participating member of U.S. ISO Technical Advisory Groups 176 and 207, which involve the development and determination of the U.S. position for International Quality and Environmental Management standards.

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