Resident Engineer duties

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Hello,

One of our suppliers proposed to put Resident Engineer in our plant. After discussion, we decided that they can do it. As time goes, we see that it is not easy to establish concrete Resident's duties. Do you have experience with resident solutions? What duties such person had in your plant?

The next issue we are discussing is the possibility to rework parts directly in our plant (if possible) - what about ppm? Is it ok to just remove such NCRs out of the scorecards? What can be important, there are many different issues, this supplier provides us thousands of different references.

Thank you in advance!
 
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A Resident Engineer "can take on many" responsibilities...depending on the scenario...I have witnessed and experienced "RA" from two perspectives:
1) RA at an OEM, employed by the OEM...in this scenario, tasks included work center efficiency/down-time, in process and finished product quality issues
2) RA a Tier 1/2 residing at an OEM, in this scenario the RA, assumed a engineer of all trades, a focal point, boots on the ground, listening post for issues, and most importantly for timely input re: "emerging issues"...in many respects an early warning function...which is executed correctly is a very good thing.

There is a lot of latitude re: stated responsibilities vs actual responsibilities...hope this helps. In general it is a positive thing

RE: the other items
Rework...usually if rework back to spec, requires prior authorization, a pre-approved rework procedure..so as to diffuse any disagreements later
PPM, if I understand this correctly, Rework>>Reduce or do not include in the PPM calculation...defineately a bad move, doing so only masks the problems and results in gaming the system
Scorecard - face the issues early, formulate a well thought out plan...like an 8D and solve the problem. Problems are best solved when fresh, bone up on problem solving measures and execute and monitor your progress....this is a ton and a half of problem solving tools and attachment on this site...seek them out. NCRs serve a purpose, resolve the issues.
 
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