ASQ World Conference on Quality & Improvement

Omnex presented at the 2021 ASQ World Conference on Quality Improvement on the topic ‘Digitalization of New Product Development’

Today’s New Product Development (NPD) projects are mechatronic with a tremendous amount of electronics and software. In fact, data shows that 20-50% of warranty issues in vehicles include software as a root cause and this could be extended to similar complex systems. Today’s NPD digitalization efforts often include software, hardware, and global product development teams in implementations. The building blocks of prevention-based digitalization in NPD includes a planning tool for advanced quality planning, requirements management, bi-directional traceability, DFMEA/PFMEA product risk tools, supply chain planning and toolsets, AI/machine learning tools, and the ability to manage complex BOMs, PPAPs, or first piece inspection gates for flawless manufacturing launches.

The competitive advantages and concepts of NPD digitalization were shown with a case study in this presentation. Digitalization makes every field of data available for analysis whether inside the company or in the supply chain. With a tremendous amount of data available in the digitalization process, Business Intelligence, and analytics play a key role in utilizing that information.

This engaging session gave us the opportunity to connect with many industry experts and to explore our products and services in addition to availing deep insights on Digitalization of New Product Development.

Speakers :

Chad Kymal, CTO & Founder, Omnex Inc.

Chad Kymal is the CTO and Founder of Omnex and President of Omnex Systems. He is responsible for strategic direction and focus for Omnex and the EwQIMS software. His core beliefs include the importance of Collaboration and Digitalization, Virtual lifelong learning , and AI in workflows. Chad started his career at General Motors and has since spent over 40 years writing books, papers, and guiding Omnex customers on their best in class journeys.

Antony John, VP, Omnex Systems

Antony John is the Vice President of Omnex Systems. He has 19 years of experience transforming technology businesses across global markets and different customer industry segments, for profitable growth. Antony also possesses strong experience working in the Information Technology, Automotive, Aerospace, Oil & Natural Gas, and Insurance industries. He currently leads the Product Development of EwQIMS, a revolutionary software solution for managing Enterprise Quality for APQP, Integrated Management Systems / QHSE, and Supplier Quality used by Fortune 500 companies, OEMs, top automotive manufacturers, and large semi-conductor organizations across the globe.