What Sets Us Apart?

• ISO Manual and Procedures Development
• Business Excellence/Industry Knowledge
• Flexibility: Onsite Expertise and E-learning
• Hands-On: Process/Product Planning Control
• Cost Effective: We help you maximize your ROI
• Projects are returning eight to ten times our fees
• Specialization: We understand the needs of smaller companies
• Extensive Project Experience: Over hundreds of projects reviewed
• International Training Experience: North America and Europe

PFL can help in your journey toward a number of certifications, including quality management, environmental management, QSR/FDA requirements and others. Assist you in becoming compliant with a number of standards and customer requirements.

Our lead Quality Systems Consultant (Lewis Yasenchak) has over 20 year of experience and many publications on the subject:

MOLDMAKING TECHNOLOGY magazine:

        Dec.    2002 …  “Managing Maintenance Improvement Initiatives” (case study)

        Mar.   2002 ...    "Using Measurements To Improve Quality" (case study)

        Oct.     2001 ...     "Are You Ready for ISO Certification"    

        Sep.    2001 ...     "Getting Specific: Narrowing Down the ISO Standards"

        Aug     2001 ...     "How to Tackle the Labor Shortage and Training Issues"   

        June    2001 ...     "A Road Map for Organizational Change and Improvement" (case study)    

        May   2001 ...     "ISO 9001 - Is the Payoff Worth the Effort?"

        Apr.    2001 ...     "Exposing the Hidden Talent Of the U.S. Moldmaker"

        Mar.   2001 ...     "Management Session For Moldmakers"

        Feb.    2001 ...     "Profiting From the Changing ISO 9001 for Moldmaking, Molding And

                                       OEM/End Users"         

        Jan.     2001 ...     "Quality Certification for Moldmakers and Molders - Keeping Procedures

                                        Current with Quality Standards"

        Dec.    2000 ...     "A User-Friendly Quality Standard"

        Nov.   2000 ...     "Quality Training:  Methods With Performance Results Affecting the Bottom Line"

        Oct.     2000 ...     "OEMs Are Learning From Custom Moldmakers and Molders"

        Sep.   2000 ...      "Moldmakers' and Molders' Existing Procedures Are 80 Percent to

                                        ISO 9001 Global Standard"

        Aug.    2000 ...     "Moldmakers' Pioneering Spirit Will Guide Quality Standards Through

                                        This Millennium"

        Jun.     2000 ...     "Quality Issues as a Part of Good Business Operations"

APPLIANCE MANUFACTURER magazine:

        May   2001 ...     "Supply-Chain Integration Critical to ISO 9001:2000"        

MODERN PLASTICS magazine:

        Dec.    2000 ...     "ISO goal is quality upgrade, not entrenched bureaucracy" 

        Aug.    2000 ...     "Leadership and quality tools that improve manufacturing"

        May   2000 ...     "FMEA can head off potential problems before they occur"

        Feb.    2000 ...     "Revised ISO standard should aid processors"

            Oct.     1999 ...     "ISO revision allows processors to meet shifting quality needs"

 CLOSURES & CONTAINERS 2000 Sourcebook:  "Quality and productivity remain the goals as ISO adjusts to technology's growing influence."

Society of Plastics Engineers Annual Technical Conference May 1993:  “ISO 9000 for Plastics”