Review of Quality Control and Management System

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#99CC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0388dfc3.jpg"> <div> <I><B>Simplicity is the key to keeping costs down</B></I></div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0398dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#336666" FACE="Arial" ><B>Montgomery City Die Casting</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Montgomery City Die Casting"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us"><U>About Us</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Products and Services"><U>Products and Services</U></A>   |   <B>Review of Quality Control and Management System</B>   |   <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=398 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0398dfc3.jpg"> <div> <I>Review of Quality Control and Management System</I></div> <div> Process control is crucial to the part quality expected in manufacturing consistency, from each production lot through the entire life cycle of the product.  Utilization of statistical techniques to monitor process variations is only step in implementing process control techniques.  Trend charts correlate to production lot identification codes to provide historical data for evaluation of the manufacturing process as well as the identification of key process variables.</div> <bR> <div> <I>Our lot control system is simple and affective.</I></div> <div> An order is released to the shop floor via  KAN BAN cards.  These cards are released to each department  for each operation.  One card per container or "batch" of parts.</div> <bR> <div> The cards outline the operation by describing the following information:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Process flow and next operation designation</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Machine cycle count</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Critical  Characteristics and measurement & charting instructions</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Critical Process Measurements for this batch </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Time and Date of manufacture</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Number of pieces in container</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Container type & shipping instructions</div> <bR> <div> The cards are kept on file as a record for quality control.  Since process and measured part print dimensions are on one KAN BAN card, correlation of process variable to quality characteristics is in one location.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>