Does TS 16949 Clause 7.5.3 require our product to have traceability?

[Caster]

I assume Caster's last posting is not directed at me since I did not ever suggest to only meet the minimum requirements. I tried to describe what the minimum requirements are. That wa the original question.

Definitely not directed at you!

Interesting discussion about Monitor/Measure, I'd like you ideas on how it might apply to management/business metrics?

Do you monitor or measure yield, customer satisfaction, defective rate, on time delivery. And what are the differences in the two?

I lean toward using a control chart for management metrics. Only react to signals. Of course, I find no understanding/interest in this idea at all. This idea is from Steve Prevette and/or Davis Balestracci.

Not sure which M applies to this idea, and I'm not sure it even matters.

 

[vanputten]

Thank you Caster:

For whatever reason, I was concerned as to how readers were perceiving my message. I didn't mean to sound accusatory - I only wanted to clarify.

I especailly apreciated your last posting. There is some concern about what "monitoring" is. Is it watching? Yes. In some cases, montiroing is watching.

What do people MEASURE in their Management Review process? I bet most people only monitor that process. Did it happen this year? Did the Mngmt. Review meet the requriemetns of TS 156949? These are arttribute monitors in my opinion.

There are so many process and process points that we "monitor." I can't imagine what an organiztion would be like if all processes and process points were "measured" with variable data.