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Cost of Poor Quality: The cost incurred in producing & rectifying a defect is called the cost of poor quality. It is also called the cost of non-conformance. Purpose of COPQ: The cost of poor quality will be calculated for all the rejections & rework at the in-house & customer end. MR/QA head will be … Read more
Management review of the organization’s QMS at planned intervals will be done by top management. Management review is done to ensure the continuing suitability, adequacy, effectiveness and alignment with the strategic direction of the organization. Input/checkpoints to be discussed during MRM: Below is the IATF Management Review Checklist: 1. Status of actions from previous management … Read more
Purpose: The purpose of this machine maintenance procedure is to explain and understand the steps of attending to machines for maintenance. Scope: Responsibility: The maintenance in-charge is responsible for all the activities on time. Procedure: Master list of machines: Identification of the machine: Preventive maintenance of machines: Daily machine check sheet: It is a machine … Read more
What is Kobetsu Kaizen? Kobetsu Kaizen, which translates to “focused improvement” is a continuous improvement strategy to make incremental changes to specific processes or machines. It emphasizes eliminating waste, reducing cycle time, improving quality and boosting productivity. Kobetsu Kaizen is a Japanese term that means Targeted Improvement or Focused improvement. It is one of the … Read more
5S Audit check sheets are sperate check sheet for each 5S ( Seiri, Seiton, Seiso, Seiketsu & Shitshuke). Read about all 5S audit sheets. Add your company-related points to expand these check sheets. Audit Sheet: Seiri (Segregation) S.No Check Items Description Score 0 1 2 3 4 5 1 Materials and Parts Does the RM … Read more
Purpose: Coherence between all the documents, such as the Customer Inspection Standard of parts with the Control Plan, Operation Standard, Inspection Standard, and packing Standard, is essential. Properly defining the standards can prevent rejection and rework and thus improve OEE and COPQ. Responsibility : S.No Activity Responsibility Frequency 1 Review of the Standards/ Format/ … Read more
Purpose: To understand clearly abnormality and abnormal situations, to make operators understand abnormality and abnormal situations, and to standardize further the rules and routes to handle such situations. To learn about handling abnormality in quality. Scope: Handling in-process complaints, supplier complaints & customer complaints and abnormal situations. Abnormal situation: An abnormal situation occurs when a … Read more
Purpose of initial supply control Special control must be exercised during the initial phase of mass production when one of the above items occurs to collect sufficient data to judge whether the mass production can continue using the existing process. So this is the purpose of initial supply control. It is also called initial production control. Scope: … Read more
Purpose of APQP : To define the procedure for APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning) activities including various stages of development of Prototype/Product sample, Pre-launch, Production and mass production. To facilitate communication with all concerned within the organization and also with suppliers and customers, to ensure that all required steps are completed on time. Scope … Read more
Process Capability Process capability is a statistical measure of the ability of a process to consistently produce output within specification limits. It quantifies the ability of a process to meet customer requirements and expectations. It is done by assessing the spread and centering of process output relative to predetermined specifications. Process capability is a statistical … Read more