Quality Management Areas

Quality Management Areas

By Ken Kirchoff April 2016 1

Quality Management Areas  To improve quality we must understand the types of quality

with in an organization  Understand the purpose of each area of quality  How each area interacts with each other

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Quality Tools, Process, System Relationships  Systems are monitored with metrics

System (Metrics)

Process

(SIPOC - Supplier, Input, Process, Output, Customer)

to ensure process are being followed and effective  Process guide the use of tools and

define SIPOC (Supplier, Input, Process, Output, Customer) requirements  Tools are developed to assist

Tools



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employees to effectively accomplish tasks

Focus on ensuring proper systems, processes and tools are utilized for a robust quality system that satisfies our own standard, Customer requirements and regulatory compliance.

Three Areas of Quality

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 Compliance Quality  Ensures compliance to third party certifications  Focused on procedural  Does not guarantee product meets requirements  Fulfills customer requirements to be on supplier list  ISO9000- Quality Standard  TS16949- Automotive Supplier Compliance  AS9100C- Aerospace Compliance  ISO14001 – Environmental Compliance  ISO 31010- Risk Management Compliance  Proactive Quality  Identifies customer requirements at beginning of project  Culminates as a quality plan  Ensures customer requirements are met through out project  Risk management is a focus  Reactive Quality  Focus on verifying quality plan was followed  Captures issues that do not follow plan  Uses data to identify systematic issues

Quality Framework – Two Sides of Product Quality Fire Fighting - Reactive Quality (Higher Cost of Poor Quality) ISSUES DRIVEN: Identify issues and resolve, ensure compliance • Quality Control – recording results of executing quality activities • Quality Assurance – auditing the quality requirements Tools --> NCR, Lessons Learned, 8D , CARs, Six Sigma

Business Development

Proposal

Engineeri ng

Purchase

Build/ Assembly

Install / Commissi on

Warranty

Fire Prevention - Proactive Quality (Cost Effective Method) PROCESS DRIVEN: Plan and execute with Quality plan integrated into process • Project Quality Plan – Identifying quality requirements (customer and internal)/ standards for project and business practices Tools --> FMEA, Risk Management, Quality Gates, Control Plans, Robust Design (Design For Six Sigma, Design For Manufacturing Assembly, Advance Product Quality Planning , Production Part Approval Process) 5