Quality Plan To Help Your Business

A quality plan has two different sections. There is the quality assurance section and the quality control section. The responsibility of the quality assurance part of the plan is to set in place all the proper documents and procedures to support the quality control plan. The quality control plan is the actual inspections and the carrying out of procedures to make sure the product has a high level of quality, with no defects in it.

Each quality plan has to have many attributes to it. These should include usability, efficiency, testability, portability, reliability, understandability, and modifiability. In essences, when quality in a product is concerned, it is for use by a customer.

A good quality plan will have clearly defined goals that are set out in documents so those involved can have access to them. This way, the quality plan is more than just a written procedure, but one that is implemented.

The costs that are associated with a quality plan are many, but the cost of not having one is even greater. The costs include the time for formal audits and training. There are reviews of the process involved and the test equipment to verify the product. Then, there is the actual cost of the testing itself. To a smaller degree, complaint resolution and compliance with said complaints is just part of doing business and falls under the quality control plan.

Failure to have a quality control plan can cost a company greatly. For some companies, it has caused them to close their doors. These costs include the reworking of product so that it is acceptable, or it has to be discarded and counted as a loss. There is also the cost of transport when product has to be returned and replaced.

A quality plan can help minimize the problems associated with unhappy customers. When done correctly, the company’s deliverable will stay with a happy customer rather than being returned at a cost to the manufacturer.

To get more project management tips, please view Method 123 on Crunchbase. To learn more about the CEO of Method123, information can be found on his profile.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Lean Methodology

The use of lean methodology has grown in the manufacturing sector since it was first implemented after World War II. As time has progressed, this methodology has been refined with the end result of creating more, faster and with less. The type of companies that can best utilize the lean methodology approach is manufacturing, because of the principles involved with it. This is to create a product with as little invested as possible in the deliverable. For a company wishing to use the lean methodology , they must first analyze their process in depth. Once the analysis has been completed in every process, the process of eliminating waste can begin on the process as a whole. Each part of the process has to contribute to the end product. The cutting of waste from each and every step in the production of a deliverable is the core essence of the lean methodology approach. This can be in the material that is added or the number of workers necessary to complete the task. The overall reductio...
Read more

Communications Register

Under what situations should I create a Communications Register for my project ? For small, medium and large projects you should always implement a Communications Register. This register will identify all of the communications events that have taken place for the project and also the communications events that are due to take place in the future. The reason for listing the communications events that are due to take place is that it provides a single place where the project manager can use and control communications to stake holders. For example the register will enable the project manager to view the status of all of the communications to date and determine whether or not the stake holders to the project are being kept in the loop and informed.
Read more

Management Methodologies

The modifying and developing of new management methodologies to fit the needs of industry is an ongoing process. With the use of a computer, this has become a much easier process than before. This has made it very easy to create, customize and import existing methodologies along with managing several of them at once. You can use management methodologies to define new process you have developed or group any set of existing process into a new methodology. There are project management methodology programs that can assist in the documentation of your new methodology so it can be used and shared by those you have approved. You can even customize a methodology for a particular size project with this type of program. The most often use of this type of software program is to use several different management methodologies and modify them to you specific needs. This way you’re working environment and available resources can be made the most of in running your project. Most programs that allow ...
Read more