Product Overview
The goals of the Quality Plus™ Software Process Improvement Modules (C-D) are to assist the company in ensuring that:
- Products are made to specification at budgeted cost;
- Products are delivered on time;
- Processes are optimized to achieve Six Sigma performance.
Key Product Features
- Works as stand-alone module or integrated with Quality Plus™ Software Design Improvement Modules (A-B);
- Process design documentation and tracking;
- Computer generated Process Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (PFMEA);
- Computer generated Process Validation Plan;
- Computer generated Process Control Plan;
- Computer generated operator instructions;
- Computer generated operator check sheets;
- Computer generated maintenance check sheets;
- Computer generated design and process change evaluation;
- Field issue root cause analysis;
- Defect root cause analysis;
- Process Design Bookshelf Technology to facilitate effective use of manufacturing and/or assembly lessons learned;
- All documentation is linked to support a wide variety of queries.
Quality Benefits of Using Product
- Improved ability to produce within specification product by identifying the sources of defects and defining the process controls necessary to achieve Six Sigma performance.
- Improved ability to contain out of specification product by identifying the defects where the process controls are inadequate to prevent them.
Time Benefits of Using Product
- Process control is optimized;
- Product inspection is optimized;
- Process risk analysis can be performed in minutes versus weeks or months;
- Cloning features allow rapid generation of customized process quality system documentation.
Cost Benefits of Using Product
- Reduced inspection costs;
- Reduced field warranty costs;
- Reduced internal reject and rework costs;
- Reduced production costs.