Quality Alliance - Library
Tools: Gain access to process tools, templates, and examples to help you get started with implementing these processes in your system. Training: View training slidedecks and narrated training videos to help gain insight and understanding about these fundamental processes.
| Topic | Description | Tools & Training Folders | Video |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quality as a Business Strategy (Where to Start) | Implementing a Quality Management System (QMS) is a key business strategy for reaching company business objectives such as reducing costs, reducing risk, and establishing a stellar reputation. | ||
| Document Control Process | The Document Control Process manages your procedures, work instructions, forms, prints and any other information key to the success of your organization. | ||
| Engineering Change Order (ECO) | The Engineering Change Order process orchestrates changes to product design to ensure that changes do not introduce risk to product quality and reliability. | ||
| Design Process (Design for Manufacturing) | The Design process, as an integral part of NPI, organizes engineering efforts through a series of steps to ensure customer and regulatory requirements are met, the product is manufacturable, and that quality is designed into the product. | ||
| New Product Introduction (NPI (Phase/Gate) | The New Product Introduction process manages product from concept into production through a series of phase/gates to ensure it is successful for the customer. | ||
| Manufacturing Foundations (Operations) | Manufacturing Fundamentals provides an overview of manufacturing flow and discusses some of the basic principles that are key to consistent product. | ||
| Supplier Management Process (Purchasing) | The supplier management process establishes criteria for selecting suppliers and provides a framework for forming partnerships to ensure mutual success. | ||
| Discrepant Material Process (Control of Nonconforming) | The discrepant material process identifies and segregates nonconforming material throughout the manufacturing process to ensure final product quality and reliability. | ||
| Return Material Process (RMA, Warranty) | The returned material process manages product returned from customers and provides insight regarding the quality and reliability of products. | ||
| Training Process | The training process provides a framework to ensure that personnel in the organization receive the knowledge and skills necessary to be successful in the organization and to make the organization successful. | ||
| Equipment Management and Calibration | The equipment management process defines the preventive maintenance and calibration required to ensure your building infrastructure and production equipment are in working order. | ||
| Problem Solving Process (Root Cause, Corrective Action RCCA) | The Problem-Solving Process is a methodical approach to solving systemic problems by ensuring that the problem is clearly defined, containment is initiated, root cause is discovered, and an effective corrective action is implemented. | ||
| System Monitoring Process (Management Review, Internal Audit, Measurement) | The system monitoring processes measure and track the health of the organization and guide evidence-based decision making. This includes measuring, analyzing, and evaluating key performance indicators (KPI’s), quality objectives, and customer satisfaction. | ||
| Risk | This process helps organizations navigate to success by identifying and tracking risks and opportunities. |