a Factory audit Total Quality Assurance (TQA) service of AIM Control (AIM Group®) is to re-check Total Quality Management (TQM) of a manufacturer to meet with the standards of Buyer’s requirement.
What are quality assurance and TQM?
Quality Assurance and Total Quality Management
The professional, social and legal responsibility that rest with the products manufacturers for the assurance of product quality are TOP.
The pursuit of quality being approached through the concept of total quality management (TQM) system which is aimed at prevention of defects rather than detection of defects.
Although the responsibilities for assuring product quality belong primarily to quality assurance personnel, it involves many department and disciplines within a production company.
The manufacturer should be in a Roles and Responsibility:
to control the sources of product quality variation, namely materials, machines, methods and men.
to ensure the correct and most appropriate manufacturing and packaging practices.
to assure that the testing results are in compliance with the standards or specifications.
to assure product stability and to perform other activities related to product quality through a well- organized total quality assurance system.
To be effective, it must be supported by a all effort for the followings
Elements of the Quality Assurance Cycle in product Manufacturing
Research
Development
Prototyping
Documentation
Raw Materials
Facilities
Equipment
Personnel and Supervision
Monitoring
Feedback
Follow-up Quality Assurance
QA process
Quality Assurance Activities
Quality assurance test (QA testing)
Quality check and audit
Quality Control inspection
Purposes of TQA
TO MINIMIZE POTENTIAL RISK
Factory audit services to TQA include
Quality System Evaluation
Quality of a factory’s existing system management
Implementation of standards
Procurements
Current manufacturing procedures.
to fully utilize corporate resources and improve
to preventative and corrective measures
detailed traceability systems
Factory audit (TQA) services of AIM Group
The principal is buyer, then AIM’s Factory audit and report of results before their purchasing orders
7 Parts Simple Factory Audit
General information
Infrastructure and production machines
Production process control
Packing, handling and storage
Training, knowledge, skill and experience
Inspection/testing and quality control
Documentation of management/records control
Management authority and manager in high-level
10 Parts Full Factory Audit
General Information
Workshop/warehouse and other infrastructure resources
Production Machines/ Equipment/ Fixtures
Production Process Control
Purchase and subcontract
Packing, handling and storage
Training, knowledge, skill and experience
Inspection/testing and quality control
Control of nonconforming product
Documentation of management/records control
Management authority and managers in high-level
AIM Control (AIM Group®) inspectors who will conduct the FA of TQA to identify on all of risks at present and in the future