04-Control of Non Conforming Product Word Document
04-Control of Non Conforming Product Word Document
1.0 Purpose
2.0 Scope
3.0 Responsibility
Quality Incharge
Production Supervisor
4.0 Procedure
General
The nonconforming products can be identified at various stages as given
below:
For any non conformances identified, the first step of actions is to sort it out
so that the customer or the next stage of operation is not affected, followed
by root cause analysis and initiation of corrective action.
The Receipt Quality Incharge shall inspect the incoming material as per Procedure for the
required specification as per the Drawing and during this stage the non
conformances are identified either by Quality Incharge and the nonconforming
products are identified from the good ones by tag or by storing areas. The
Store Incharge shall arrange to send back the rejected materials to the customer/Supplier
through Materials Invoice/DC
The nonconforming products during this stage are identified by the In-process
Inspection. The nonconforming products are identified by the Quality Incharge
and the types of nonconformities are reviewed and appropriate actions are
initiated and the production is allowed to continue.
The above inspection activities are carried out according to the relevant
documents like Control plan, Drawing. For the identified non conformances
CAR is initiated and it is implemented by Quality In-charge.
Until the actions are completed the nonconforming products are distinctly
identified so that they are not mixed up with other good products. All the
finished goods are dispatched to customers only after it passes the final
inspection.
The rejected products shall be reviewed by the quality in charge and one or
more of the following actions shall be determined.
When the nonconforming products are complaints from customers they are
verified at the receiving stage and records are evaluated against the final
inspection report and Customer Complaint Register is updated. When the
comparison of records demonstrates that products are good in nature, the
issue is discussed with customers for further actions.
After the actions are identified and initiated, CAR is updated and returned
back to Quality Incharge and customers’ are communicated back with the
actions taken.
The root cause of the problem is analyzed. Corrective action is taken for the
cause of the problem and the same is implemented in all appropriate areas.
Quality Incharge reviews the Nonconformance register to analyze and initiate
appropriate corrective action
The status of nonconforming products and the actions taken are summarized
and submitted to Managing Partner Review and also discussed in the
Management Review Meeting.
1. Nonconformance Register
2. Corrective Action Report
3. Customer Complaint Register