Advanced Product Quality Planning | Planning of product quality is the key requirement for any business engaged in selling products and services.
Continuous improvement in quality is the need of current business scenario. Advanced product quality planning utilizes the Control Plan methodology.
This methodology outlines the control plan to be use. It also discusses the relevant data require for constructing and determining the control plan parameters.
It lays emphasis on the role of control plan in the continuous improvement cycle.
The control plan methodology is split into five phases. Which are outlines as below:
Plan and Define Program
- Determine customer needs and expectations by utilizing tools such as QFD.
- Review of the whole quality planning process for enabling quality program implementation.
- Define product inputs and outputs and to set their parameters.
Product Design and Development
- Review product inputs.
- Design the execution of outputs, which include DFMA, FMEA, design reviews, design verification, engineering and material specifications.
Process Design and Development
- Identifying features for developing manufacturing systems and their related control plans.
- This phase is dependent on the successful execution of phase 1 and phase 2.
Product and Process Validation
- Conduct product run evaluation and validate the selected manufacturing process along with its control plans.
- Outline the necessary production conditions and requirements.
- Identify needed outputs.
Launch, Feedback, Assessment, and Corrective Action
- Reduce variations.
- Launch continuous improvement.
- Identify outputs and links which meet customer expectations.
- Outline future product programs.
These are the five phases of the control plan methodology, which brings about continuous product quality improvement.
This methodology is essential to any organization which wants to have a competitive edge over others in the market.