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heat treatment process design
thought provoking thread!
Now Suppose there is a change in product specifications, as a CA / PA. Due to new advancements, tightening Pollution control norms... or what ever. Six sigma necessitating narrower controls, aided by plc's....
that it needs a change. Will it not go as per clause 7.3 of ISO9K2K as, very well illustrated, in a post earlier?
I don't appreciate/ understand why do quality-management-system responsible operators ( all hierarchical levels) shirk/ get scared of 7.3 while their customer focus is reportedly always at a high ebb? The balancing act demands achieving process-comprension capability maturity?
dbzman said:
I work for a Heat Treating company and I have had this discussion with our Corporate Quality Manager. He insists that we do not do design. I say we do.
We are certifying to ISO9001:2000 this October and have plans on certifying to TS next year.
Ts does not let us get away with the design exclusion. Even though we are a service company we are defined as "Manufacturing" by the auto industry. I believe that if we "design" a heat treating process we fall under design in the standard.
Has anyone contacted IATF or any of the other "Experts" on this?
Mike W
We are certifying to ISO9001:2000 this October and have plans on certifying to TS next year.
Ts does not let us get away with the design exclusion. Even though we are a service company we are defined as "Manufacturing" by the auto industry. I believe that if we "design" a heat treating process we fall under design in the standard.
Has anyone contacted IATF or any of the other "Experts" on this?
Mike W
Now Suppose there is a change in product specifications, as a CA / PA. Due to new advancements, tightening Pollution control norms... or what ever. Six sigma necessitating narrower controls, aided by plc's....
that it needs a change. Will it not go as per clause 7.3 of ISO9K2K as, very well illustrated, in a post earlier?
I don't appreciate/ understand why do quality-management-system responsible operators ( all hierarchical levels) shirk/ get scared of 7.3 while their customer focus is reportedly always at a high ebb? The balancing act demands achieving process-comprension capability maturity?

