Quality Control Officer at H & Y Furniture Manufacturers

Description 

• The quality control inspector's job role involves analyzing the measurements, conducting tests, and monitoring the production phase.
• In charge of of process and uses best practices, strict adherence to standards, and specifications to deliver products without defects.
• Manage costs, reduce waste, and protect themselves from brand damage and liability that often accompanies defective products.
• Managing quality control programs is ensuring strict adherence to standardized processes. Ensures that any deviation from the process is likely to lead to products that are out of spec, and will also likely lead to other forms of waste.
• Ensures that collected data on part quality can help audit production processes and ensure that standardized work and work instructions are congruent with developing quality components while reducing waste.
• Uses Machine Metrics to collect data from both equipment and operators to ensure an accurate measure of cycle times, part counts, and reject reasons with the ability to drill in at the machine, operator, and shop floor level.
• Quality managers can review the data to understand where manufacturing bottlenecks and waste exist in the process while retaining the quality needed.
• Inspection aspect of a robust quality management system with focuses on what is happening at the machine or assembly level and seeks to catch, record, and categorize defects.
• Ensure quality control systems may include the use of digital calipers, automated inspection systems, and other SPC tools.
• QC is also reactive, meaning the verification of standards or specifications after production. Within connected factory ecosystems, this verification process may be digital; this moves it closer to the point of production and enables defects to be detected earlier.
• Ensure that more complete program, quality assurance is a process dedicated to preventing defects before they occur. It uses tools such as histograms, control charts, and Pareto charts to reveal trends for analysis; this enables quality managers to implement process changes for improvement.
• Install quality assurance systems may consist of formal quality best practices such as Total Quality Management (TQM). They may also be part of a Lean or Six Sigma deployment that incorporates QA into an overall improvement system.

Know how to apply Quality Control Methods and Techniques:

• There are several methods available for manufacturing quality control:

Just in Time (JIT):

• JIT is part of a broader philosophy that delivers material and parts to production as they’re needed. QC must be an integral part of the equation to ensure all parts arrive right before use with no disruption in production. This feat is accomplished by enacting strict QC standards with vendors and suppliers so that material arriving is guaranteed to meet required quality standards.

Workstation Quality:

• Ensures that all the industries Machines like CNC machining, where a high degree of skill is required for workstation operation, companies may use workers to inspect parts before moving them downstream to the next workstation.

Statistical Quality Control:

• Know how to use statistical QC, a sample of a batch of production is taken at a scheduled or random point in the production process. It’s a process used by many process manufacturers. Statistical QC relies on dependable production quality and past product history to ensure that sampling will identify when and where QC issues arise. The product must be consistent enough that sampling and statistical analysis will ensure that no defects get through.

Inspection:

• Always carry out inspection in recognized and traditional method of QC and still used in the company. Inspection of the finished product to ensure quality. Use some upstream inspection or sampling along the way in determining factor. Be key in inspection-driven, heavily reliant upon sound manufacturing practices and documentation.

Total Quality Management (TQM):

• Should know how to use TQM philosophy-driven method for improving quality. Seeks to incorporate quality into the company's culture, train all staff to identify problems, and empower them to intervene when necessary. Today’s TQM programs are software-driven and become much more potent for controlling and ensuring quality when linked to a data management platform like Machine Metrics.
• Learn more about the value of machine data for quality management systems.

Know How Quality Control can be used to improve Manufacturing processes like:
Auditing Processes:

• Before any improvements can be made manually or digitally, processes must be automated. Manufacturers often use machinery from different OEMs and different generations. Auditing each process and how it applies to specific machines will help implement the best process for quality production.
• This audit will also include benchmarking to ensure an accurate understanding of shop floor performance, from cycle times to scrap rates. This will give quality managers a better understanding of the processes around their machines.

Requirements

• Interested candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree in relevant fields with 5 - 15 years work experience.