Re: Internal Audit Value - What is the point of conducting internal audits to a check
I'm often left wondering, when I read such things, "what the h*ck are the supervisors doing for their money, if we have to do LPAs?" "To make sure the manufacturing 101 stuff is being done?" So why have supervisors? What happened to effective management systems? Whatever is said about LPAs simply highlights poor management practices in other places! When WEREN'T people "busy"? Doing WHAT is the important thing - not another "tool" to keep them busier doing what they should already have BEEN doing...
From a purely Quality Professional's POV, I'm also left wondering when we'll ever get back to "doing the right things right" rather than endorsing a "tool" which has only superficial benefits (read Hawthorne Effect)...?
At Andy ... I hear your sentiment. But I would still stipulate that an LPA that is implemented correctly is a good thing. It helps make sure that the manufacturing 101 type stuff is being done. Especially when customers drop in orders over capacity that we always seem to agree to and everyone gets busy.
That said, I haven't seen many done right. Too often it gets a good head of steam then the answer to everything is "add another line to the LPA, that'll fix it...." Suddenly, it's a monster.
That said, I haven't seen many done right. Too often it gets a good head of steam then the answer to everything is "add another line to the LPA, that'll fix it...." Suddenly, it's a monster.
From a purely Quality Professional's POV, I'm also left wondering when we'll ever get back to "doing the right things right" rather than endorsing a "tool" which has only superficial benefits (read Hawthorne Effect)...?