6 Planning

• Actions to Address Risks and Opportunities

• Quality Objectives and Planning to Achieve Them

• Planning of Changes

Actions to Address Risks and Opportunities

Jemison Metals considers the context of the organization and the needs of interested parties (Sections 4.1 & 4.2) when planning for the QMS in order to: a) give assurance that the QMS can achieve its intended results; b) enhance desirable effects; c) prevent, or reduce undesirable effects; d) achieve improvement.

The latest version of the Jemison Business Risk Assessment can be found here.

Quality Planning

The Quality Planning activities at Jemison Metals are guided by the company vision and quality objectives that have been established relative to the context of the organization and the interests of applicable interested parties. Risk assessment is performed for our business processes in order to identify opportunities and needed actions in order to ensure the QMS can achieve intended results, enhance desirable effects, prevent/reduce undesired effects, and to achieve improvement. Top management determines how to integrate and implement actions into the QMS. The risk matrix is reviewed, at a minimum, during management review. The progress and effectiveness of identified actions are reported, at a minimum, during management review.

Quality Objectives

Jemison Metals is committed to continually improving its Quality Management System.  As a way of facilitating this process, JM periodically reviews and sets its quality objectives at each relevant function within the organization.  These objectives are aimed at meeting or exceeding the customer requirements for its products.  Methods are established, tracked, and displayed that show the progress that has been made toward the achievement of each objective. Management reviews these objectives and communicates the importance of meeting customer requirements during management reviews and other times as determined necessary by top management.

Resources

The management staff identifies resource requirements and provides adequate resources including the assignment and/or procurement of trained personnel for management, performance of work and verification activities including internal quality audits.

Ø  The identification, application, and sequence of any controls, processes, equipment (including monitoring, measuring, and analysis), fixtures, resources and skills that may be needed to achieve the required quality.

Ø  Ensuring the compatibility of processing with inspection and test procedures and the applicable instrumentation.

Ø  The updating, as necessary, of inspection and testing techniques, including the development of new instrumentation.

Ø The identification of suitable verification at the appropriate stages in the realization of product.

Ø  The clarification of standards of acceptability for all features and requirements, including those which contain a subjective element.

Ø  The identification and preparation of quality records.

Ø  Continual improvement of processes by focusing activities on prevention versus detection.

Resources

The management staff identifies resource requirements and provides adequate resources including the assignment and/or procurement of trained personnel for management, performance of work and verification activities including internal quality audits.

Planning of Changes

 Change

When Jemison Metals determines that changes to the QMS are required, the changes are carried out in a planned manner. Jemison will take into account the purpose of the changes, the integrity of the QMS, the availability of resources and the allocation or reallocation of responsibilities and authorities. These activities are documented in QMP 6.3 Planning of Change.

The Head of Quality is responsible for ensuring that top management implements and carries out the following activities (The integrity of the QMS will be considered whenever changes are planned):

·         The identification, application, and sequence of any controls, processes, equipment (including monitoring, measuring, and analysis), fixtures, resources and skills that may be needed to achieve the required quality.

·         Ensuring the compatibility of processing with inspection and test procedures and the applicable instrumentation.

·         The updating, as necessary, of inspection and testing techniques, including the development of new instrumentation.

·         The identification of suitable verification at the appropriate stages in the realization of product.

·         The clarification of standards of acceptability for all features and requirements, including those which contain a subjective element.

·         The identification and preparation of quality records.

·         Continual improvement of processes by focusing activities on prevention versus detection.

Applicable Quality Management Procedures and Documents:

• QMP 6.3    Planning of Change

• QMP 7.5    Documented Information

• QMP 8.1    Award Review

• QMP 8.4    New Supplier Evaluation & Approval

• COP 1        Sales, Quotation, Contract Review

• COP 2        Production

• SOP 1        Training

• SOP 2        Purchasing

• MOP 1       Management Review

• QMP 8.7    Control of Nonconforming Product

• QMP 10.2   Corrective Action

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