Lean quality manual

combination with a Lean Quality Management System: a one-page Quality Manual, only ten records, no major non-conformities and no customer complaints over a two-year period. Research limitations/implications – The methodology may have to be adapted to Cited by: Lean manufacturing is the systematic elimination of waste. As the name implies, lean is focused at cutting “fat” from production activities. It has also been successfully applied to administrative and engineering activities as well. Although lean manufacturing is a relatively new term, many of the tools used in lean can be. quality performance and are authorised by the Management Team. • System procedures: high-level procedures that define the activities that are to be fulfilled to ensure that the QMS complies with standards. • Module workflows, operational procedures and work instructions. Control and operational procedures: o Meet customers’ requirements.

Lean manufacturing is the systematic elimination of waste. As the name implies, lean is focused at cutting “fat” from production activities. It has also been successfully applied to administrative and engineering activities as well. Although lean manufacturing is a relatively new term, many of the tools used in lean can be. combination with a Lean Quality Management System: a one-page Quality Manual, only ten records, no major non-conformities and no customer complaints over a two-year period. Research limitations/implications – The methodology may have to be adapted to better suit the needs of companies. Yes, as lean authors, we are remiss in not explaining the quality dimension of lean thinking better. No doubt about that. The only help I can suggest is for you to try and see the quality aspects embedded in all just-in-time discussions and, yes, emphatically yes, quality comes first, then delivery, then lead-time reduction, then cost reduction.

Have you considered adding Lean manufacturing methodologies to your quality management system as a way of focusing the improvement. Document Title: Global Quality Manual. Document Type 5W2H, Mistake Proofing, Lean, 5S, Gemba, data collection and analysis among others. 3 Nov Today, a hallmark of ISO Quality Management Systems documentation is a Quality Manual, and documents of this type have been a requirement.