Non Conforming Material in the Warehouse..to tag or not?

[pammesue]

Ok our procedure is pretty standard..Yellow tag the suspect nonconforming material and move it to the nonconforming area.

We do this for all things except one... If we find product in the warehouse that something is obviously wrong with it, it definitely gets a yellow tag.

BUT, If we find a part that is missing a final test LABEL in the warehouse, they just move it to the nonconforming area. The warehouse lead calls the final production process lead and he just comes and gets the parts and retests it and applies the label. No yellow tag. FYI..We are documenting how many times this occurs.

I know in my heart that this is wrong but I don't want to tag these!!!

Doggone it, it creates ALOT more work for me as well as the warehouse when we have to remove the parts from inventory(computer) until they are brought back from retesting and restickering. Production has to bring me the yellow tag so I can go and verify it has a sticker, put it back into production(computer) and log it into the NCMR system.

Tell me a way that its ok to NOT have to tag these. Can I write this exception into our procedure?

 

[Big Jim]

Re: Non Conforming Material..to tag or not?

So amend your procedure and your practice to not create all the entries until it has been DISPOSITIONED as scrap.

 

[Golfman25]

Re: Non Conforming Material..to tag or not?

I think if you actually moving it to a non-conforming area, there is no need to tag. It is identified as non-conforming by virtue of being in the area. But tags are a way of identifying things. I would use Jim's idea and make no computer changes until the material is scrapped. Save's you the extra work of creating a no net effect entry.

 

[Tara Monson]

Re: Non Conforming Material..to tag or not?

As long as the area is labeled "nonconforming material," I do not see a problem.

Just state in your procedure the item will either be labeled yellow or in the nonconforming area.

Do what you say; say what you do.

 

[isoalchemist]

Re: Non Conforming Material..to tag or not?

I concur with the others. My only caution deals with the computer transactions. If the transfers are not made will they show as IP/shippable inventory that people may go looking for? If the turn around is quick and/or you are not moving it to another process quickly you can probably skip the transactions. If not it maybe more work for you, but less for the organization.

 

[pammesue]

Thanks yall..

Yes isoalchemist, the parts will still pull orders if not put into MRB in the computer. If we have lots of that size its not a problem, but if its the only one then it will have to be removed from pick status. Very lengthy to address that on the procedure so I will probably not go into that.

Im very excited to change our procedure to say yellow tags are not necessary!