Icy Mountain
Sachem
We are now TS registered. As many have warned in this thread:
A TS16949 Implementation through Registration Diary
that is only the beginning. What appears below is a continuation of that saga. Hopefully this will assist others in what to do (and not to do) once the Initial or Registration Audit is closed and you’ve got that precious piece of paper.
First, I took careful notes during the initial audit of things that caused the auditor some concern. These items did not make it to the level of findings. However, they make a dandy starting point for Preventive Actions. Here’s my list:
A TS16949 Implementation through Registration Diary
that is only the beginning. What appears below is a continuation of that saga. Hopefully this will assist others in what to do (and not to do) once the Initial or Registration Audit is closed and you’ve got that precious piece of paper.
First, I took careful notes during the initial audit of things that caused the auditor some concern. These items did not make it to the level of findings. However, they make a dandy starting point for Preventive Actions. Here’s my list:
- Clarity of the feedback path for information from customers (Sales Team Process Diagram or turtle addition)
- FIFO stock rotation, expiration dates on consumables (nothing important found out of date but we don’t have a documented rotation instruction)
- Warehouse shipping instructions (e.g. Wooden pallet regulations, Hazardous materials labels, Customer specific requirements (these were covered to the auditor’s satisfaction by an experienced logistics person that has left the company)
- Sales through shipment order checking (we have a good process but it could use a QMS Work Instruction.
- Green shipper vs. customer order checking procedure (ditto above)
- Post shipment checks detailed and documented (ditto above)
- Warehouse scales calibrated or known weights available (we dodged the bullet because these are not used to count parts, just to calculate shipping cost but they could end up being used to segregate shipments so that each box is below the customer’s weight requirements)
- Identify proper operating levels on gauges (e.g. air pressure)
- ESD wrist strap and heel strap checking consistency (we have a good process and instruction but form-filling is lacking)
- ESD/Quality Training for new hires (just keeping up!)
- Current revision/approved part number listed on Purchase Orders (adding a new requirement for every part)
- EXTENDING PPAP TO SUPPLIERS (more on this below)