About QC Advisors
QC Advisors (QCA) is a quality/ISO/VDA consulting & services firm. It was established in 2019 by Erik Nebergall, its principal consultant. QCA is located in Cincinnati, Ohio and serves clients throughout the mid-west. Our experience has enabled us to serve a wide-range of companies from medical to aerospace and in specialties including machining, forming, molding (cast & plastic), fabrication, assembly and numerous service industries including calibration.
In addition to providing consulting and auditing services, QCA provides quality inspectors and quality managers on a temporary / part-time (within the greater-Cincinnati area); and has a sister company , Pro Assemblers, that does light assembly and disassembly/part recovery, both with intensive quality oversight.
ISO
QCA has experience in numerous ISO specialties including:
- ISO 9001 – Manufacturing & General/Other
- AS 9100 – Aerospace
- ISO 13485 – Medical
- ISO 17025 – Calibration
We offer a wide-range of ISO-related services, from implementing ISO programs to preparing and passing ISO registration & surveillance audits/assessments. For a more information on our services and experience in this area, please view our ISO page.
VDA
In simple terms, VDA is the German equivalent of ISO 9001, though it focuses more on process management than on a quality management system. QCA helps companies establish a VDA-oriented quality program and/or prepare for an external VDA 6.3 audit, including customer audits. To better understand what VDA is about and our services in this area, please view our VDA page.
Strategy & Operating Plan Development
QCA has developed an effective methodology to generate business strategy and operational plans. It looks at numerous factors that influence the organization, both internal & external and identifies and enables the prioritization of ideas, then helps define projects and plans to address them and facilitates the generation of a realistic and meaningful strategy and operating plan to execute them. For more information about this service, please view our Strategy page.
FAA Repair Station Creation & Maintenance
If you are faced with establishing a FAA repair station or confronted by the FAA to bring your repair staton up to date, QCA can help. Please view our FAA Repair Station page for the specifics.
How QCA is unique
In addition to our in-depth quality & ISO experience, we have an extensive background in manufacturing and process optimization, making us a good source for streamlining operations and implementing productivity improvement.
Many of the tools and aids we developed and use were perfected working with our clients. For example, we:
- Designed a comprehensive risk & opportunity assessment method and tool that we use to facilitate client’s COTO (Context-of-the-Organization) definition and reviews. This has proven to be a highly-effective process for developing effective operational plans and business strategies for our clients.
- Developed a tool for documenting the quality competency of employees. External auditors are now demanding more evidence than just training records to demonstrate employee competence. This tool not only provides this evidence, but also identifies weaknesses in employee competencies and evaluates the effectiveness of your training program.
- Created an ISO procedure and tool for developing an effective contingency plan, now a requirement of many ISO standards.
- Perfected the dated 8D corrective action process, making it far more relevant and effective. Please reach out to us if you would like a copy of the new-and-improved 8D+ process.
- In addition to providing throughout the US, QCA provides quality manpower – inspectors and managers on a temporary basis in the greater-Cincinnati area.
Some of our Clients
- Bear Mechanical – Railroad equipment manufacturer
- Die Craft Manufacturing – Large aerospace job shop
- Setco – Spindle manufacturer
- Harris Products – Welding equipment & HVAC component manufacturer
- Ohio Drone – Industrial drone manufacturer
- Imaxsal – Medical imaging system movers
- Broadwind Heavy Fabricators – Wind generation tower builders
- Precision Pro Golf – Golf range finder manufacturer
- Parts Consulting Group – X-ray machine parts reseller
- Strack Scale Services – Industrial scale calibration service
- FTI (Finishing Technologies) Metal cleaning & plating service
- West Troy, LLC – Metal stamping & plastic injection molding
- RK Metals – Metal forming & plastic parts assembly
- High Energy Devices – Aerospace surge suppressor manufacturer
QC Advisors • Cincinnati, OH
erik.n@qc-advisors.com • (513) 531-0300
ISO consultant
ISO audit & auditor
ISO audit prep
VDA consultant
VDA audit prep
Quality consulting
Quality inspection
Quality Manager
8D Corrective Action Process
Repair Station Documentation
Repair Station Creation
Quality Control
ISO Auditor
Strategic Planning Help
VDA 6.3
ISO 9001
ISO 13485
ISO 17025
AS 9100