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Corrective action is a measure taken to eliminate the cause of a problem and prevent its recurrence after it has occurred. Preventive action, on the other hand, is a measure taken to prevent a potential problem from occurring in the first place. In problem-solving, both approaches can be used to improve processes and prevent similar … Read more
Quality Assurance: In the manufacturing industry, quality assurance can be described as a set of processes and procedures implemented to ensure that the manufactured products meet or exceed the specified quality requirements and standards. These processes and procedures are used to identify, prevent, and eliminate defects, thus ensuring that the products manufactured are consistent, reliable … Read more
The Seven Quality Control (QC) tools are a set of graphical techniques used to identify and solve problems in manufacturing and other industries. Below are the benefits of 7QC tools: Flowcharts: Flowcharts are diagrams that visually represent the steps in a process. They are used to map out and understand a process, identify bottlenecks and … Read more
A relation diagram is also known as an inter-relation diagram. It is a tool that finds solutions to problems or projects that have complex cause-and-effect relationships. It helps to identify the cause and find a logical relation. A relation diagram is a creative process that allows multi-directional thinking. When is a relation diagram used? Below … Read more
An affinity diagram is a tool used in quality management and process improvement to organize and classify ideas, thoughts, or data gathered from brainstorming sessions or other sources. It is a visual representation that helps to identify patterns and relationships among the ideas and to group them into categories based on their natural affinities or … Read more
Sheet metal parts are the parts that are produced by stamping operation by sheet metals. During stamping operation, there are many sheet metal parts defects such as burrs, dents, scratches, wrinkles, fracture, crack & wrong dimension etc. So below are the operation-wise defects, their causes & remedies. These are the defects which increase increase internal … Read more
Purpose: The purpose of quality control is to ensure product quality from raw material to the final product. Scope: Inspection of incoming material (Bought out Parts, Raw material and material being received after job work), in-process material and finished material. Responsibility: Head QA is responsible for Inspection activities at all the stages Incoming Material Inspection … Read more
What is a Tree diagram? A tree diagram is a tool used to find out the way and the tasks that need to be done to achieve a primary goal and related sub-goals. A tree diagram is to find out the best and most effective way of achieving the goal. The tree diagram is a … Read more
Quality Control: Quality control is a process employed to ensure a certain level of quality in a product and process. It may include whatever actions an industry takes to provide for the control and verification of certain characteristics of a product and process. The basic goal of quality control is to ensure that the product … Read more
What is Root Cause Analysis? Root Cause Analysis is an in-depth technique for identifying the most relevant, controllable and significant cause of a problem. If we take action on that cause then the problem will not repeat again due to that cause. 3 Requirements of the Root Cause: The root cause must be relevant to … Read more