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The quality
staff at Elyria Spring &
Stamping is well versed in Level
3 PPAP requirements as dictated
by AIAG standards. Our
documentation matches all that
is required for these types of
PPAP submissions. Many of our
components are sold through 2nd
and 3rd tier automotive
suppliers who in turn supply to
Ford, GM, Chrysler, Nissan,
Mitsubishi, and Honda. These
PPAP's have been successfully
submitted with full approval
from our customers.
Beyond any PPAP
requirements, Elyria Spring &
Stamping caters to our customers
by submitting new product
submissions meeting individual
requirements. Our staff in
quality extends their expertise
in aiding our customers in many
different types of 1st article
submissions.
In addition to
these items, it is also a
standard practice to involve
cross functional teams when
new parts are ordered by our
customers. These advance
planning activities involve
personnel from purchasing, tool
room, production and quality.
Our process is to:
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Review the
customers' design by
all departments to assure
that we can produce the
product and have the
resources necessary to
measure and document what
the customers' blueprint is
designating.
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Produce a
quality product in the most
efficient method.
-
Conduct a
review after production by
the same personnel who
conducted the initial review
to evaluate the thoroughness
of the advance plan.
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Record any
lapses so they can be used
in future advance planning
activities.
As an
ISO certified company
(PDF),
we continually look at
opportunities to enhance both
our products and our quality
systems. To this end, we conduct
ongoing SPC training with all of
our production personnel. The
goal of this training is to have
quality and production work
together to obtain common goals.
Our Registrar will continue to
perform bi-annual surveillance
audits. Traditionally, these
surveillance audits have come
out either with zero non
conformances or very minor non
conformances. Our registrar
reports that this is due to the
excellent internal auditing that
occurs within the company on an
annual basis.
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