An essential guide to assist you, the Quality Expert in enforcing the standards you expect on a daily basis across the whole manufacturing plant. Improve product quality, traceability and Statistical Process Control (SPC) whilst preventing mix-up and product recalls in manufacturing.

1. Quality Management Checklist
An essential guide to assist you,
the quality expert, in enforcing
the standards you expect on a
daily basis across the whole
manufacturing plant.

2. At Cimlogic, we know the role of
‘Quality Management’ within a
manufacturing environment is
essential to maintaining and
exceeding customer expectations, for
positive brand enforcement whilst
ensuring regulatory compliance.
But, as a quality expert, you
already know this.

3. Are you, taking all the steps
necessary in ensuring the
performance of your people,
your processes and your
systems is at its highest
standard at all times?
But does everyone else?

4. Take a look at our ‘Quality
Management Checklist’ and see
what improvements could make
your life as a quality expert
easier!
Do you count down the hours,
hoping that everything goes to
plan, everyone does what they are
supposed to do and nothing
untoward happens?

5. 1. Product recalls
Quality Management Checklist

6. It is essential that affected products are
identified quickly and accurately, but eliminating
these common quality problems completely
and reducing the number of defect products
can encourage a healthier bottom line.
Are all of your products sent out with the
knowledge that it is a safe, well produced
product, suitable for customer consumption?

7. Do you have the ability to identify all parts, materials, and
components that created a final product?
The ability to track, trace and record the genealogy of raw
materials and Work In Progress (WIP) throughout each
stage of the production process and product life-cycle is
imperative.
The ability to track and trace a product from ‘Farm to Fork’
will lead to increased product quality, safety, transparency
and greater recall responsiveness, full genealogy will help
eliminate the risk of cross contamination between batches.

8. Product Genealogy will reduce the cost of
product recall and the damaging affects to
brand reputation caused by poor quality products. Having
accurate genealogy and traceability ensures that recalls can be
targeted quickly, efficiently and
then contained before it is shipped further down the supply
chain, reducing the impact of the recall.
Hopefully you will never have to deal with a product
recall, but you need to have the confidence that if one
did occur, it would be dealt with swiftly and efficiently, minimising
damage.

9. 2. High Levels of Scrap & Give Away
Quality Management Checklist

10. Do you feel as though your company has
a high level of scrap and giveaway?
High scrap levels can lead to high material costs
and lost production time making parts, which
aren’t saleable.
 Determining current scrap rates and the main
causes of scrap is the first step to managing it
 Set goals for improvement and educate
everyone as to what those goals are

11. Questions to ask yourself…
Are the raw materials you are using, the standard you
expect them to be at? It is pointless using cheaper
materials if the scrap value is greater
than the cost savings.
Are people trained properly to handle the raw
materials and the production process?
Vast reductions in waste can be made simply by
educating folk on handling, storing and the
correct production processes.
If the answer to these questions is no, then you need
to produce a business case for procurement and an
action plan to get your staff up to scratch.

12. Reduced scrap levels can save time, reduce interruptions to the
production cycle times – and ultimately result in the production of
higher quality products first time round
Reduce scrap and get your business and your product on road quicker

13. Quality Management Checklist
3. Mix up Prevention

14. Preventing product ingredient mix ups or
packaging material mix ups is vital to
avoiding cross contamination and costly
product recalls.
Do you have a platform to monitor and
manage quality issues, such as mix up
prevention? It can help standardise local
and global quality processes in order to
improve the way that quality is managed
and controlled.

15. 4. Make KPI Targets Visible
Quality Management Checklist

16. Do your employees know the business KPI
targets?
Do they have targets which contribute to the
business goals?
Are they able to strive for Continuous
Improvement within the workplace?
All KPI targets should be visible to all
management and operators.

17. Display these alongside their own achievements and it
will inspire them to continuously improve their
performance to hit their monthly KPI targets, and those
of the business.
This also allows operators to understand
their own development needs alongside
the businesses needs.

18. 5. Monitor Systems Performance
Quality Management Checklist

19. Ensure all systems in operation are
regularly monitored and checked
throughout the day for quality
production output.
As businesses grow and more
products lines are added,
sometimes the systems do not
grow with them. Are your systems
fit for purpose?
Do any of your systems need
upgrading to ensure maximum
quality is being produced at the
correct rate?

20. Quality Management Checklist
6. Define Processes

21. Do you have processes that you go through on a daily basis? How
effective and efficient are they?
You need to take a hard look at current processes:
 How your workers go about their job with your manufacturing
equipment
 Is there room for improvement with your manufacturing
equipment
Are you using machine parts that are defective? Or
unnecessary?

22. 7. Plan for Continuous Improvement
Quality Management Checklist

23. By following a system that
adheres to DMAIC:
 Define
 Measure
 Analyse
 Improve
 Control
You get Continuous
Improvement in the quality
of your employees, your
manufacturing equipment,
process and products and in
turn, an increase of profit.

24. And always remember to...
Quality Management Checklist

25.  Analyse critical control points and
potential hazards in real time
 Evaluate KPIs and production events to
confirm regulatory compliance
 Communicate any non-conformance
concerns with alerts and notifications
 Quality Management Software will be
the leading solution for Continuous
Improvement throughout the value
chain, from product ideation through to
distribution and service.

26. Quality Management Checklist
Thankyou for viewing Cimlogic’s
‘Quality Management Checklist’

27. We hope you found some useful information within this slide share.
If you have any questions or require any more
information about Quality Management Solutions
and what we could help your business with,
please contact us at:
enquiries@cimlogic.co.uk
or alternatively
call 01274 599955