Improved Methods of QC for Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturing Enterprises

Abstract:

The methods of QC have significant effects on SMEs’ product quality and may influence the development of the majority of SMEs. In recent years, the principal problems concerning QC for SMEs are that the methods are inefficient and in low degree of application, the workers are not rigorous enough toward self-checking or cross-checking etc. These cause many problems such as the enhanced randomness of product quality problem and the increased working load of quality inspectors, and finally lead to the decrease of enterprise’s quality assurance ability. After analyzing the main problems in SMEs’ QC and their causal factors, the standard method of QC is discussed. Measures such as providing technology support, clarifying responsibilities, establishing the rapid feedback system and improving the visual management of QC are proposed to improve the low application efficiency of QC methods adopted in SMEs and increase the QC effect on the whole process of production.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 201-202)
• Pages: 931-934
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.201-202.931
• Online since: October 2012
• Authors: Wei Guo, Guo Fu Li, Ying Xuan Liu, Lan Lan Liu
• Keywords: Manufacturing Process, Medium-Sized Manufacturing Enterprises, Quality Control (QC), Small-Sized Manufacturing Enterprises, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

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