Market Solutions: Chemical Processing
Increase Productivity & Reduce Waste: Integrated Quality Management, Six Sigma & Process Control
Modern supply-chain practices value consistency in input to meet the ever-increasing demands of their client-base. Internal and external customers alike recognize the reduced cost and increased efficiencies associated with predictable levels of quality and timeliness, whether in their support processes such as billing and engineering or the revenue generating processes comprising the core of their business.In traditional organizations, Quality Systems may be established using mis-matched collections of paper records, spreadsheets and internal databases that are both inefficient and ineffective. The bureaucratic management system that results drains resources, frustrates employees and seldom results in any of the business benefits they were meant to attain. An electronic Quality Management System removes bureaucracy to reduce the time, effort and cost of achieving compliance to customer or industry requirements. Critical documents such as Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), always of the correct revision level, are available in real-time to process personnel to prevent waste and non-compliance due to procedural errors and their associated time delay. Quality improvement and waste reduction opportunities, identified via audits, feedback from customers or process personnel, and results of process control strategies are promptly identified, prompting Corrective Actions jointly managed by key stakeholder groups. Action items from CAPA, audits and strategic business initiatives are tasked and tracked for optimal efficiency and feedback as Six Sigma process improvement projects. Approvals are seamlessly communicated as necessary throughout the stakeholder groups.