Material Performance
GSQA provides your company with the tools to understand
the material characteristics which affect your manufacturing processes, improving
productivity and as such eliminates waste. GSQA captures
the trends for the individual chemical and physical properties of each material
used to produce your final product. This includes both raw and 'in process'
materials. With this data, you will be able to perform ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS
of material characteristics to determine how and when each property will
affect your production yield in the manufacturing process. By knowing this
information, your company will eliminate material related disruptions, improving
your bottom line.
Ask yourself the following questions about your materials:
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Which material characteristics most affect product quality?
GSQA tracks how well both raw and 'in process'
materials conform to specifications, allowing you to determine if your operating
systems are under control. With an in control system, you will be able to
modify these characteristics so you will be able to determine the optimum
production settings, improving your yield and replicating that good yield
each and every time.
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Which material characteristics most affect yield?
GSQA allows you to correlate daily production
yields to individual lots and batches. This helps you determine the material
characteristics which produce the highest yield. (On a side note: This
will also help you to determine which characteristics LEAST affects
your yield, and as such potentially allowing you to loosen specifications
and lower raw material costs).
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How well do suppliers meet my specifications?
GSQA's e-COA feature provides a statistical analysis
of all material characteristics from each supplier for all materials shipped
to your plants. This determines how well your supplier's materials meet
your specification. GSQA also helps identify which of your
supplier's plants produce the materials that give you the maximum throughput
in your manufacturing process.
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Do my suppliers know my specifications?
GSQA provides online specification management;
Your suppliers will know immediately when you make a change in the current
material specifications — REAL TIME. Your suppliers will be
able to ensure accurate material specifications for the materials that they
are to send to you, for only the materials that they send to you.
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How many times have suppliers error:
In the quality of the product? In mislabeling their goods? Sending materials/shipments
to the incorrect plant? Can you break this down by company? By plant?
By geography?
GSQA's online supplier non-conformance management
feature streamlines the creation and tracking of non-conformance issue for
ALL your plants through easily generated reports that YOU
set up to meet YOUR company's needs. You can view non-conformances
by plant, by type, by region, by material or by occurrence (or any combination
of these and MORE). GSQA eliminates the
guesswork on where you should focus your efforts to improve your supplier
processes.
The ultimate goal is to determine, through root cause analysis the optimum
material characteristics for your production process. GSQA
allows you to understand the relationship between these complex and moving
elements to eliminate disruptions and improve quality, productivity and yield.
Now ask yourself: How quickly did you
produce the answers through your company's current resources?
IF you had GSQA, you would have answered these questions in a matter of MINUTES!