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Quality Assurance & Quality Improvement:
Scope:
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To give understanding about both QA and QI so these are not
mixed with each other in understanding.
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Quality Assurance
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Quality Improvement
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Focus
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* Catches
" Bad Apples" People or work focus
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* Examine and improve the process
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* Eliminate the bad
performers
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* Does not find fault
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* Detect problems
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* Integration into work
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* A program
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* Process oriented
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* Result oriented
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* Maintain standards and
systems
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* Evaluate the out comes
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* Focus on best
practices, so all can learn/benefit
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Goal
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* Meet the minimum
standards
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* Ongoing process improvement
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* Control
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* Breakthrough
improvements
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* Identify the outliers
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* Identify the system
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Who is
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* Usually 1 or 2 persons
in a facility
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* Teams
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* Committees
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Driven By
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* Regulations
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* Organization
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* Accreditation
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* Data
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* Knowledge of Peers
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* Knowledge of all
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* Special Cause variation
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* Common & Special
causes examined
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* Statistical Analysis
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* Revision of performance
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When
Occurs |
* Monthly Or Quarterly
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* Continuous
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Other
Differences |
* No Historical value or
Customer input
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* Customer driven
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* Assigned responsibility
for monitoring indicators
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* Organization of a team comprises
of people that work in the process
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* Ask WHO
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* Ask WHY
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Quality Improvement Means Process Improvement:
a) Steps to Quality Improvementb) Quality Improvement Tools
Quality, Quality Management System, Quality Assurance, Quality Improvement & Quality Terms
What is Quality ?
- Quality is the degree to which a set inherent characteristics full fill requirements.
- Conformance to customer requirement, specifications and fitness for use is Quality.
- Meeting the customer requirement is Quality.
Quality Management System (QMS):
A Quality Management system can be expressed as the organizational structure, procedures, processes and resources needed to implement quality management.
Ø Quality Management System recognizes the importance of:
§ Customer Satisfaction
§ Prevention over Inspection
§ Continuous Improvement (PDCA)
§ Management Responsibility.
Quality Planning:
One of fundamental tenets of modern quality management is: Quality is planned, designed and built in-not inspected in.
Special Causes
- Considered unusual and preventable.
- Manufacturing process produced 250 defects per million due to assembly errors.
- Your manufacturing process considers one defect in a lot/doz. due to bad raw material.
- QA involves Quality Audits.
A process of monitoring and recording results ( both product and process management) of executing quality activities to assess performance and to recommend necessary changes.
- QC involves identifying ways to remove the causes of quality defect.
- Measure specific product results against the standards.
- Implement Approved Changes to Quality Base Line.
- Containment and Repair Defects.
- Quality Control involves Inspection and requires an understanding of Sampling Strategies, Tolerances and the causes of the variation in a process.
- Manufacturing process produced 250 defects per million due to assembly errors.
Common Causes
- Considered normal and acceptable- Your manufacturing process considers one defect in a lot/doz. due to bad raw material.
Quality Control & Quality Assurance:
Quality Assurance:
The process of auditing quality requirements, and the results from the Quality Control measurements, to ensure quality standards and operational definitions are used/met.- QA involves Quality Audits.
Quality Control (QC):
A process of monitoring and recording results ( both product and process management) of executing quality activities to assess performance and to recommend necessary changes.
- QC involves identifying ways to remove the causes of quality defect.
- Measure specific product results against the standards.
- Implement Approved Changes to Quality Base Line.
- Containment and Repair Defects.
- Quality Control involves Inspection and requires an understanding of Sampling Strategies, Tolerances and the causes of the variation in a process.
An Audit: Audit is a structured review of the products Quality Management activities to determine if they comply with organizational policies, procedures and process.
Some Quality Terms:
Prevention – Keeping errors out of process.
Inspection – Keeping errors out of hands of the customer.
Attribute Sampling – Result conforms or Not
Variable Sampling – The result is rated on a continuous scale that measures the degree of conformity.
Tolerance – Specified range of acceptable limits control limits, Threshold, which can indicate whether the process is out of control.
Acceptance Sampling – Inspection of a sample from a lot to decide whether to accept that lot.
Six Sigma Quality – A Term generally used ti indicate process capabilities in terms of Process spread measured by standard deviations in a normally distributed process.
SMART MERCHANDISING
PERSONAL EVALUATION OF WORKSHOP ON SMART MERCHANDISING
The
workshop was designed on SMART MERCHANDISING for those Merchandisers who are
already working in some textile organization & those who intend to become
the part of Merchandising. Mr Shahzad Dadbhoy conducted this workshop who is
permanent faculty of Textile institute of Pakistan and thereby teaching
Merchandising course. He has been running his own buying agency for a long time
with the name of Dadabhoy textile sourcing.
The work
shop started at 9:00 AM and class was filled up with Merchandisers from
different textile field. The workshop
was divided in four sections throughout the day.
Section
A: Introduction to Merchandising
Section B: Importance of Sampling, types of sewing machines
Section C: Types of fabric, it’s costing, consumption and TNA of apparel Production.
Section D: Costing/Pricing, Trims/Accessories, future trend in quality
Section B: Importance of Sampling, types of sewing machines
Section C: Types of fabric, it’s costing, consumption and TNA of apparel Production.
Section D: Costing/Pricing, Trims/Accessories, future trend in quality
Section
A:
The
introduction of Merchandising was to have an idea about the fields where
Merchandisers work and how they can fine tune their jobs. What we understand
about merchandising concept from this work shop is
Production,
Development, Sourcing, Costing and understanding of Raw material. Some Management
skills like Time management, timely execution of task, to meet the demands of
the job in a specified amount of time. We also understand the concept of
seasonal changes like how different products are placed in which category
according to style and selling seasons.
Merchandiser should have common sense/ logical approach, Ability to learn and adapt quickly, personal organizational / communication skill and ability in achieving targets.
Merchandiser knows that due to changing trends and situations each order is different from other and every time he has to face unexpected situations. He is able to handle additional workload with his team and manage time. Moreover Merchandiser common sense helps in evaluation of orders, time factor consideration, decision making, mistaken shipment targets being avoided and avoid repetition of work.
Merchandiser should have common sense/ logical approach, Ability to learn and adapt quickly, personal organizational / communication skill and ability in achieving targets.
Merchandiser knows that due to changing trends and situations each order is different from other and every time he has to face unexpected situations. He is able to handle additional workload with his team and manage time. Moreover Merchandiser common sense helps in evaluation of orders, time factor consideration, decision making, mistaken shipment targets being avoided and avoid repetition of work.
Personal Organizational / Communication
Skills.
As Merchandiser receive information from foreign customers so their communication is culturally different as we do internally/ therefore every Merchandiser should be understanding power and they may response persuasively with customer because Merchandiser is bridge link between company and customer for making and building relationship and retain the customer. The marketing team struggle an years to get the customer attention in our organization thus by providing services these merchandisers can retain customers for long term business. One customer lost mean business lost millions of dollar.
Merchandisers receive some important documents from customer which are always important for future reference so their file should be updated with all records, focus on cleanliness of desk, reports etc.
As Merchandiser receive information from foreign customers so their communication is culturally different as we do internally/ therefore every Merchandiser should be understanding power and they may response persuasively with customer because Merchandiser is bridge link between company and customer for making and building relationship and retain the customer. The marketing team struggle an years to get the customer attention in our organization thus by providing services these merchandisers can retain customers for long term business. One customer lost mean business lost millions of dollar.
Merchandisers receive some important documents from customer which are always important for future reference so their file should be updated with all records, focus on cleanliness of desk, reports etc.
Merchandiser’s
communication skill is not applicable for customers only but with co-workers as
well because you are the only person who interpret customer message across the
concerned person in company. The information receives from customer not as per
company’s requirement. Merchandisers refine and interpret the information into
work order by having all above qualities.
Target achieving:
Merchandiser
is aware of targets and customer urgency so he should be aggressive with the
reason and provide on time deliveries, highlight about potential problem when
it look for happening so that team jointly work out and take responsibility by
every dependable to achieve targets.
Below
are some job descriptions of a Merchandiser which are being followed in
different companies subject to magnitude of company. If company volume of work
is high then some areas are given below divide into further departments.
Job Description of a
Merchandiser:
Sales/Marketing/Customer
dealing
Organizational Communication,
Sampling
Costing
Negotiate prices with the vendors/Customers.
Order details.
The art of arranging things/attachments of materials on time.
Approval from customers
Delivery sheets Production Planning.
Production Reports/auditing/Rejection
Reports from Assistants
Problem solving
Meeting Minutes/Order Closing
Organizational Communication,
Sampling
Costing
Negotiate prices with the vendors/Customers.
Order details.
The art of arranging things/attachments of materials on time.
Approval from customers
Delivery sheets Production Planning.
Production Reports/auditing/Rejection
Reports from Assistants
Problem solving
Meeting Minutes/Order Closing
SECTION B:
Importance of Sampling
The timely
submission and approval of samples is an integral part of ensuring the
production cycle remains on schedule.
In this
section we could learn types of samples that are being followed internationally
to complete order cycle. We learnt every sample type in detail and understand
the Merchandiser’s sample responsibility. We also look the structure of sample
department, staff, equipment etc. Also the method of working in the sample
department. We further came to know some
technical information regarding stitching machines used in apparel industry.
Instructor had shown some videos on stitching, dummy reports, test results,
sample remarks sheet, sample log that are being followed in companies.
SECTION C:
This section is based on fabric
production, purchasing and knowledge of fabric types.
We came
to learnt importance of Fabric and its wastages that affects on costing. The
wrong planning of fabric may leads lost of thousand dollars. Lead time of
fabric, planning of fabric because fabric constitutes almost 70% of garments or
more. Cost saving could be done on the cutting table, if fabric is utilized
efficiently and this could be done only if the fabric is defect free. Always
suggest buying better quality yarn to begin with. Avoid buying any low quality
yarn and B fabrics especially where woven fabrics are concerned.
We also
got to know different types of fabric. Instructor teaches about woven, knitted
fabric and its importance that what factors that should be checks at all level.
Than we
were taught regarding quality control of fabrics at all level either inline,
during manufacturing etc. and importance of costing & consumption that can
be reduced by taking effective step during or before production. Instructor
shows some fabric calculation with us to exercise when needed in practical
life. He shows different type of garments and gives awareness of
differentiation among all. We also get
familiar with the term “time and action plan”. In practical field very few
company follow this on order basis but it is alive in the books and effective.
If I want to describe it one sentence that “TNA is the bird’s eye view of the
orders” what coordination needs to be done at what time, proper orderly
material procurement. Need to make sure to get things done on basis of
priority.
SECTION D:
In this section we learnt about
product costing and its importance. It is in depth analysis and understanding
of product development, material, production process, and plant operations. What
is cost variance and why does it occur. Difference between what was planned in
the initial costing and what actually happened. Difference in budgeting and
actual costs
This
cost variance comes due to insufficient information from previous orders. The
initial costing is not close to what actual should be. There have been mistakes
done along the product making chain. Time allocated for the order was not
sufficient and extra days were used to close the order, Production bottle
necks, late shipment and procurement of the material was late.
We also
understand how we can improve our profit by making strong purchase of raw
material and other dependent accessories with the help of credit terms and
sufficient timing, control on wastages, management techniques, effective cross
checks, proper auditing of production report, and QA reports and make best
& effective strategies. At the end of session we exercised by doing costing
of dummy order. This is closing part of the work shop.
Recommendation:
This work shop brings positive
changes in our perception and in merchandising philosophy. What we understand
earlier and what now. I strongly recommend to those Merchandiser who started
their career in textile merchandising should attend these kind of workshops and
get training in 3 month Merchandising course to make oneself effective
Merchandiser for organization and to be worthwhile asset.
Merchandiser
should also take training on below courses to groom for merchandising aspect.
Communication and interpersonal skills,
self management skills and
stress management
Communication and interpersonal skills,
self management skills and
stress management
These
above training areas enhance Merchandising job in effective manner
Thank
You
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Change Request Form
[This form is divided into three sections.
Section 1 is intended for use by the individual submitting the change request.
Section 2 is intended for use by the Functional Manager to document/communicate
their initial impact analysis of the requested change. Section 3 is intended
for use by the Change Control Board (CCB) to document their final decision
regarding the requested change.]
1.) SUBMITTER - GENERAL INFORMATION
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CR#
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Type of CR
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Enhancement
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Defect
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Project/Program/Initiative
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Submitter Name
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Brief Description
of Request
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Date Submitted
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Date Required
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Priority
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Low
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Medium
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High
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Mandatory
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Reason for Change
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Assumptions and Notes
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Comments
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Attachments or References
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Yes
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No
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Link:
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Approval Signature
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Date Signed
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2.) Functional
MANAGER - INITIAL ANALYSIS
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Schedule Impact
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[WBS]
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Cost Impact
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[Cost]
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Comments
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Recommendations
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Approval Signature
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Date Signed
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3.) CHANGE
CONTROL BOARD – DECISION
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Decision
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Approved
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Approved with Conditions
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Rejected
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More Info
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Decision Date
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Decision
Explanation
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[Document the CCB’s decision]
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Conditions
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[Document and conditions imposed by the CCB]
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Approval Signature
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Date Signed
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