1. Elf-inspection Awareness
Product quality is manufactured, not inspected. The key to production quality control lies in ensuring every employee takes responsibility for the quality of their own output. Staff are required to conduct self-inspections on the products they make; only products deemed qualified by the producer themselves can be passed on to the next process. Any non-conforming products identified during self-inspection must be sorted and reworked to meet quality standards.
For every role and every production process, Caoda Company has formulated specific and detailed inspection items, criteria, testing methods and defect classification levels. Employees are required to fully grasp the non-conformity items that need special attention in their respective positions. The aim is to make all staff understand that only when every post strictly upholds product quality standards, can the final products we manufacture be qualified.
2. Mutual-inspection Awareness
Employees must conduct re-inspections and remedial checks on products transferred from the previous process. Production can only proceed after confirming the incoming products are qualified. Any quality issues detected in the products from the prior process must be reported promptly.
All staff must firmly adhere to the principle of no manufacturing of defective products, no acceptance of defective products, no transfer of defective products. Once defective products are identified, the responsible post must be notified immediately to prevent the recurrence of quality problems, and remedial measures should be taken to rework defective products into qualified ones.
Employees should be educated that each team is an integral collective. Only when all links in the entire production line comply with product quality standards can the team receive full wages and be recognized as a qualified or even excellent team. This approach strengthens employees' mutual-inspection awareness and team spirit.
3. Specialized Inspection Awareness
After implementing self-inspection and mutual-inspection practices, workshop supervisors must further emphasize the following to full-time inspectors: Frontline workers are already balancing production tasks with self-inspection and mutual-inspection responsibilities. As full-time inspectors, they should possess an even stronger sense of quality control.
