When it comes to maintaining production quality, there are both visible and invisible costs that all manufacturers must consider. Our experts can identify areas where processes can be improved, so quality can go up without significantly costing you more.
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Many small and midsize manufacturers in China don’t have a quality system! It is imperative to put one in place. A good system includes, among others:
Other factories have a system in place, but don’t respect it fully. The problem might be:
Managers need to get out of their office and walk the production floor, ideally every day. Coupled with visual management tools (performance boards filled out at every shift, for example), it allows them to have an idea of what is going on. It is an occasion to reinforce the importance of discipline and to put pressure on supervisors and team leaders when necessary. Among others, the following rules must be followed by everybody:
For each task, a simple and visual guide should be available to the staff. It should show the current best way to perform that task and should emphasize critical points (for quality and safety).
Read this post for 12 employee engagement ideas which work in China.
Humans make mistakes … But the most frequent human mistakes can be identified and addressed with three mistake proofing processes:
When mistake proofing is not enough or not possible, we
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