|
There are many different quality initiatives companies implement into their manufacturing systems to ensure great product outcome. Many of these different quality tools are commonly used in a wide range of industries, from the automotive industry to plastic injection and food processing. Basic manufacturing has many similarities in quality, MEDA Limited can alter any of the tools below to fit your process and help your product quality be it's highest ever.
Improved quality does not necessarily mean higher costs. We have seen that implementing most, if not all of the strategies below can save money. Costs are associated in launching one of these initiatives but once it is in place and being followed, the returns are amazing, including reduction in necessary containment actions and reduction in warranty claims.
Let our team of experts train your employees on how these quality initiatives could be implemented into your specific situation. We can also manage or internally audit any of your quality programs to ensure your returns on investments are at their highest.
A somewhat new quality initiative in industry, "Pass Through Characteristics" are rapidly gaining popularity simply because they work. Identifying PTC in your manufacturing process can help determine the root cause to outstanding problems you are facing. Identifying PTC can help eliminate warranty costs and prove a successful tool when having to provide 8D information to the customer. MEDA Limited has an experienced group of personnel who can help identify the PTC in your process or train your Quality Department and engineers on how to identify PTC and their need / benefit in the industry.
For further details on MEDA Limited's Pass Through Characteristics (PTC) efforts, please take a moment to download and review our PTC Presentation and Supporting Documentation, or feel free to contact us today for a more thorough presentation of our capabilities.
The act of analyzing potential failures in your process and how these failures influence the final product results is a major and effective quality tool used in all aspects of manufacturing. Recognizing the causes of these failures and implementing preventions and detections is not always cut and dry. There may be underlying factors that can influence certain prevention or detection methods. Perhaps your process is in need of an error proofing upgrade to reduce the risk priority numbers to a safe level.
MEDA Limited has performed the analysis of failures and causes as well as implemented preventive and detection processes and equipment to aid in lowering the severity of our removing potential failure modes.
Control planning is a quality tool used in developing controls to unfavourable outcomes in manufacturing. Planning what steps to take if a specific failure becomes apparent is a major way to control and contain warranty issues. MEDA Limited has prepared these plans with engineering and quality personnel; we also specialize in the training of both FMEA and control plan analysis and writing.
APQP is a controlled process used to identify customer requirements and how to satisfy these requirements with the new product being introduced. MEDA Limited has devised a comprehensive APQP reporting system and evidence requirements. We can provide you with the tools to get your APQP process underway or let us manage your system for you to ensure a quality new product launch.
All new production parts need to be approved for fit and function. They have a to be tried and tested throughout the manufacturing process to ensure quality end results. Let MEDA Limited manage your feasibility and test trials as well as gather the necessary data and supplier documents to ensure that optimal new parts are acquired.
Six Sigma analyses are used to identify reasons for defects or downtime in your manufacturing process. Once these defects are analyzed, using statistical processes and computer systems, improvement methods based on statistical predictions can be implemented. The statistical analysis focuses on the major contributors to the defect or downtime, predicting their statistical outcome once improvements are established can help reduce the cost of employing multiple solutions when only some may contribute to overall quality and operational performance. MEDA Limited can take a bottleneck operation and conduct six sigma statistical analyses, provide feedback and recommendations, and perform or initiate the implementation procedures required from the predictive statistical analysis.
The 8-D analysis process focuses on in-depth problem solving. Most companies employ many of the 8-Disciplines without knowing that they are key in solving some of the more complex business or manufacturing problems. Incorporating a Pass Through Characteristics (PTC) analysis with the 8-D analysis will facilitate the problem solving initiatives and aid to determine the cause to the problems most effectively and efficiently. Our team of quality experts and trainers can review the problems your manufacturing process is facing and employ 8-D and / or PTC analyses to ensure in-depth solutions are found.
Pre-launch assessments are initiatives employed by many companies to ensure they are ready to begin manufacturing their new products. This assessment includes aspects of product planning, process control, inspection / testing, equipment acquisition, training, and product / process validation to ensure that all aspects of a new product launch are covered; it will also show any areas of improvements needed. Let MEDA Limited's team of launch experts perform an internal assessment or ensure you achieve the highest assessment ratings in order to have the most effective launch outcome.
To ensure your quality output is meeting its requirements, MEDA Limited can help with the following:
- Assist the supplier in identifying where their quality objectives or initiatives are lacking to meet their customers quality requirements.
- Recommend process improvements to increase supplier quality outcome.
- Assist the supplier in implementing recommendations and testing these to ensure the quality objectives are met.
- Assist with all necessary documentation the supplier must complete and submit to their customer.
For a broad overview of our services and how we can implement them, please see our Services and Solutions page.
|
