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Small , CNC Machine shop Housekeeping and Involvement of Quality department (Part 1)

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Hi all !  🙏 Today I am going to talk to you about Housekeeping practices in micro to small machine shops and how it is related to Q.A                                                                                                                               (Photo credit :- iStock) For quality assurance , company should also keep shop floor neat and clean. Why ? ... Let's say , there is a messy arrangement of jobs ...finished jobs and reworked jobs kept side by side without any identification.. As a matter of fact, the chances of mixing rework job and finished job get increased by many folds...THIS SITUATION IS ABSOLUTLY NOT DESIRABLE FOR QUAL...

Ground Level Quality (GLQ)

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  Ground Level Quality (GLQ)                                         (  Photo Credit: Photo by Pratik Gupta & Unsplash  ) What is Ground Level Quality ? The term is related to   pseudo  conception among workers/operators/shop floor supervisor and any person doing mostly their work on actual shop floor rather than in an isolated or remote office. The term is something misleading and it exists because of lack of proper training or improper  implementation of quality management system. When Ground Level Quality exists, it means that the organisation management has failed to implement the management system and has not reached to the ground level product inspection difficulties or misconception. When does Ground Level Quality originate ? For micro to small industries :- In case if Director / Owner /M.D fails to study in details  ground level worker ...

Quality point of view for Patient feedback

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                                                                 (Photo Credit :Pixabay.com)    It is not easy to catch correct feedback of patient at the time of discharge. And correct feedback is       essential for our system on proper track. The onus lies on quality personnel to check if the feedback is taken on correct note. Here is a simple sample checklist marking system to scrutinize feedback form. (Checklist & Marking by VPQMS) 1) Who has given feedback ? : By Patient himself or by relative  a)  If possible ,Patient has given feedback with fully   conscious  condition           4 Points.     b) If  Patient relative has given feedback but Patient is  aware of it.             ...