Hello all,
I have a query regarding 8D and more specifically corrective and preventive action within 8D.
My understanding is that a lot of organisations use 8D as the basis of management and control of nonconforming product.
The one aspect of it I?ve never really got my head around is how 8D includes preventive action as one of the steps. I understand you have for example some nonconforming product; you contain it, complete some correction, and investigate the root cause. Then next you have the corrective action and the preventive action.
My interpretation of corrective action being action to prevent an something that has occurred from occurring again and preventive action being action to pre-empt a potential fault and stop it happening at all.
So my question is how can you complete corrective and preventive action with regards to 8D and some nonconforming product you have if the fault has already occurred? Doesn?t any action you put in place after the nonconforming product occurrence always have to be corrective?
How can it be preventive action if its already occurred?
Thanks
I have a query regarding 8D and more specifically corrective and preventive action within 8D.
My understanding is that a lot of organisations use 8D as the basis of management and control of nonconforming product.
The one aspect of it I?ve never really got my head around is how 8D includes preventive action as one of the steps. I understand you have for example some nonconforming product; you contain it, complete some correction, and investigate the root cause. Then next you have the corrective action and the preventive action.
My interpretation of corrective action being action to prevent an something that has occurred from occurring again and preventive action being action to pre-empt a potential fault and stop it happening at all.
So my question is how can you complete corrective and preventive action with regards to 8D and some nonconforming product you have if the fault has already occurred? Doesn?t any action you put in place after the nonconforming product occurrence always have to be corrective?
How can it be preventive action if its already occurred?
Thanks