Bill posted just as I was typing my last reply....thanks Bill. Here is my next question...
Can we have a generic
PFMEA, Flowchart, and CP for all Mfg processes and non-Mfg processes like recieving, containerizing, and shipping...Then have a Product Specific CP as required by our customers showing only the specific processes for that Mfg Part? Our flowcharts as they stand now start at Kitting (allocation of raw material from inventory) and end with packaging. Shipping area does all containerizing and order preparation...
First - please excuse me. I have just contracted a major head cold and the thought process isn't clicking as it should.
Yes you can have generic PFD, PFMEA, and CP. Let me try to illustrate with our die casting processing:
1) We receive aluminum sows and alloying elements.
2) They are placed in a WIP area.
3) We receive "insertable" components.
4) They are placed in a WIp area.
5) We alloy the aluminum and elements
6) We inspect the aluminum alloy
7) We deliver the aluminum to the holding furnace(s)
8) We inspect the aluminum in the furnace
9) We cast the part(s)
10) We extract the part
11) We quench the part
12) We trim the part
13) We inspect the part
14) We load the part into WIP containers
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48) We pack finished parts into shipping containers
49) We truck finished containers/skids to shipping
50) Shipping prepares container/skid for transportation per BOL
51) Shipping loads truck
These are very generic steps in our processing of all parts and would show up in each
part specific PFD, PFMEA, and CP. If some steps aren't necessary in the production sequence of a part, it wouldn't show up there. The Modes and Controls are pretty basic to whatever part we make. The differences between parts show up in the Control Plan at the inspection steps where the blueprint specifications would differ for various features on the part.
Does that help or add more to any confusion?