Continuous improvement of the quality management system within an automotion company in Romania

In this article, the authors present a case study on the methodology used in the process of continuous improvement of the performance of the quality management system, carried out in a company belonging to the field of production of devices and automation systems. To start this process, the internal...

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Published inIOP conference series. Materials Science and Engineering Vol. 1009; no. 1; pp. 12061 - 12072
Main Authors Zerbes, M V, Popescu, L G, Olteanu, M, Olteanu, A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 01.01.2021
Subjects
Continuous improvement
Methodology
Quality management
Subsystems
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Summary:In this article, the authors present a case study on the methodology used in the process of continuous improvement of the performance of the quality management system, carried out in a company belonging to the field of production of devices and automation systems. To start this process, the internal audit subsystem and the analysis process performed by the management were first streamlined. In order to improve the non-compliant processes, within the quality management system an improvement strategy was established based on the stages of the 6 sigma methodology, namely the DMAIC model. Following the application of the methodology proposed by the authors, improvements of the processes between 44 and 96% were obtained depending on their type.
ISSN:1757-8981
1757-899X
DOI:10.1088/1757-899X/1009/1/012061