Improved Manufacturing, Virtual Communication, and Team Collaboration Tools with Focus on Auditing and Launch Reviews

by Chad Kymal published on December 18, 2020

Improved Manufacturing, Virtual Communication, and Team Collaboration Tools with Focus on Auditing and Launch Reviews

Speaker: Lina Bucci, VP of Quality, Magna

Recording Of Omnex's Year-End Conference:

"The Evolving Workplace - Technology and Workflow Implications"

The Virtual Event was held on December 18th 2020 where Omnex has explored some of the profound changes and themes that will impact the workforce that includes:

  • How will the workplace evolve?
  • What are the implications for the future of work - where and how will we collaborate?
  • How to design work processes for employees that focuses on efficient process outcomes?
  • How is Digitalization and AI empowering this change and what will its impact be?
  • What new Skills and tools will be required for the workforce?
  • How do we think about employee engagement, collaboration and culture while working remotely?

Speaker

Chad Kymal

Chad Kymal is the CTO and Founder of Omnex Inc. He is the author of seven books and more than 100 papers including several on integrated management systems. Chad is currently on the writing committees for several standards including TC 22/ SC 32/WG 8 for ISO 26262 (Functional Safety), ISO/TC 176 for ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management), ISO/TC 207 for ISO 14001:2015 (Environmental Management), and PC283 for ISO 45001 (Health and Safety Management Systems). He founded and was the CEO of an Automotive registrar for over 10 years and is familiar with conducting audits, being witnessed for audits, and also evaluating auditors and assessors. He authored and teaches a course for 3rd Party Auditors for Automotive Registrars on behalf of International Automotive Certification Bodies Association (IACBA). This course explains how 3rd Party Auditors audit IATF 16949 in an environment that includes ASPICE, Functional Safety and Product Cybersecurity. He is currently rolling out the course to global 3rd Party Auditors for IATF 16949. Chad has spent over 20 years in system, hardware and software development in various capacities. He assesses and works in automotive system, hardware and software for Agile, ASPICE, and Functional Safety ISO 26262. Chad is also currently an intacsTM certified Principal Assessor for Automotive SPICE.