Posted at 17:00h
in
catalydd
by Catalydd
Quality Assurance Outsourcing: The new Mantra for Being Quality Leader in The Industry
The existence ofย Quality Managementย Systems has traces since the early years of the 19th century. Over the period of timeย Qualityย control has evolved dramatically and now at a broader level, we see it has two aspects,ย Qualityย control, andย Qualityย assurance.
We strongly believe thatย Qualityย control is not “somebody elseโs ” function, but the one who produces must ensureย Qualityย control. This ultimately means the production department must take care of theย Qualityย of the product they are producing.
Qualityย Control is not an impulsive process and it follows a lot of rules, procedures, standards, methods and the basket of all this constitutes โQuality Management Systemsโ, the function which keeps doing โProcess Auditโ of theย Qualityย Control function and keeps mapping the adherence of procedures to the standards, under the umbrella of โQualityย Assuranceโ.
ย Butย Qualityย assurance is anย โAuditโย function and we know that the process owner, cannot be the Processย Auditor, and hence the development of the separateย Qualityย function,ย Qualityย Assurance, evolved, in the process of the Industrial revolution.
ย By now most of the industries have separatedย Qualityย control andย Qualityย assurance function, but the effectiveness is still missing, as both are controlled by the Same “Business operations”. Many businesses have kept reporting ofย the Qualityย Assurance function to the senior management, most of the time to the plant heads and in some cases to the CEOs. But these big positions are many times busy with strategic issues and thenย Qualityย assurance gets ignored or compromised.
Nobody in the organization deviatesย Qualityย Control process or for that matter any standard processes intentionally, but most of the time due to the business environment, customer pressures, missing resources,ย the Qualityย Control function is compromised, even with the presence ofย Qualityย Assurance function.
ย This is where Catalydd Engineering, comes into the picture, where we take overย the Qualityย Assurance function in your business and the function reports to our โproject managerย โand our โproject managerโย reports to the senior functions in your business.
What do we do?
1)we constantly conduct a โProcess Auditโ of your processes to ensure that, in the event of production pressure or missing resources, theย Qualityย Control function is not compromised
ย 2)we periodically audit your procedures, formats and keep them updated with the latest version of the standard and latest processes changes.
ย 3)We track layered process audits and create a platform, where all deviations/abnormalities are discussed and closed with permanent actions.
ย 4)We also audit your Feasibility studies,ย PPAPs, APQP, FMEAsย to ensure that all procedures are followed with the intentions for which those are designed and actions are in process.
ย 5)We also โAuditย โthe โTrainingโ process, where either the existing or the new team members are constantlyย โTrainedโย to deliver “Qualityย Controlled” productsย
ย 6)We alsoย โAuditโ the โProcessโ of recording, monitoring, and managing the Cost of Poorย Quality.
Catalydd is very strong in managingย Qualityย Assurance function and our experience with our customers tells us that, outsourcing ofย Qualityย Assurance function is giving, huge benefits to the Industry. In the elusive environment of Cost-saving, this may initially look like a little extra cost, but the return on the invested extra cost is very quick, and long-term benefits are incomparable.
ย For Small and medium-sized businesses, we take over the entire โQualityโ department, to ensure that the knowledge, performance, and resources gaps are taken care effectively.
Your business is to Develop and Sale the products in the most efficient way, our business is to help you to focus on that, without worrying about the โQualityโ part of it.
Article Written By- Dr. Sagar Kulkarni
Linkedin:ย https://www.linkedin.com/in/sagarkulkarni1972