The Quality Database is a simple, inexpensive ISO 9001 compliant program that allows small businesses to efficiency manage the Quality System. The database tracks corrective and preventive actions, internal audit tracking, safety improvement, supplier corrective actions, continual improvement projects and risk management. Compile and analyze Customer Survey results. Document QMS review meetings and results. The program is ideal for small businesses striving for ISO 9001 and AS9100 compliance.
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Corrective Actions and Risk management for ISO 9001:2015
1. The Quality Database
Features and Benefits
Introduction and Tutorial
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Fueling Small Business Efficiency
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Background
Quality management standards require many things, including
Corrective and Preventive Actions
Internal Audits
Management reviews
ISO 9001:2015 “The Organization shall continually improve the effectiveness of
the quality management system through the use of…audit results, analysis of
data, corrective and preventive actions, and management review.”
The SBS Quality database was created to ease the complexity of compliance
to quality management standards
ISO 9001
AS9100
ISO/TS 19649
ISO 13485
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User Interface
Simple, efficient interface
All modules clearly displayed
Quick Navigation ribbon
Data entry in simple forms
Easy data analysis
A rich set of configurable reports
Email reports with a single click
Export data to excel, word, or PDF
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Features
User login - Controls access to designated modules
Link electronic documents, pictures, pdf files, Customer email
Supports single and Multi-user network environments
Built on Microsoft Access 2007
A free runtime version of Access is available from Microsoft
No need to purchase Access if you do not have it
Compatible with Microsoft Access 2010, 2013 and 2016
Simple set-up
Enter employee names, passwords, and access levels
Enter Company information
Enter Company locations or sites and departments
Enter CAPA categories (i.e. functional groups within your
organization)
Enter Nonconformance defect categories
Enter list of root cause categories
Start using the program!!!
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Benefits
Complies with requirements of
ISO 9001:2015
AS9100
ISO/TS 16949
ISO 13485
API Q1
Provides a concise electronic record of historical events, actions, and
improvement
No paper to get lost
No files to shuffle
Efficiently maintains quality records
Management reviews
Internal audits
Corrective Action results
Risk management results
Supplier Corrective Actions
Customer satisfaction surveys
Improves Customer Satisfaction
Rapidly report results to Customers
Email report directly from the database
Stay on top of key Customer issues
Rebuild customer confidence when things go wrong
Analyze Customer perceptions and how they change over time
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Benefits
Efficient and cost effective
Simple, low cost solution
No additional software to purchase
No annual maintenance fees
Concurrent user licensing – not CPU based
Minimal training is required
Saves time and improves efficiency
Reports and analysis
Managers get immediate answers
How many CA/PA Requests are open and why?
How long are CA/PA Requests open?
Email reminders for open actions
Develop agendas for meetings
Utilizes a proven method of Corrective Action
Organize and track actions from management review meetings
9. Database Set-up and Configuration
Add Employee information
Set user passwords and access levels
Customize set-up parameters
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Easy Installation
Download the demo database
Save or copy the Quality DB.accde file to a designated folder on your
Network File Server
Once purchased, register the demo database (enter the Product Code)
Ensure all Workstations have
Microsoft Access or the free Runtime version of Microsoft Access
Read and write privileges to the designated folder on the Network File Server
Note: The above graphic is for stand alone Access databases - SQL configurations are different
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Login Screen
The login process limits access to the database modules
The Demo version includes example data that may be modified
Admin is the default login for demo versions (unregistered)
Admin has full Database privileges
For the demo database,
– Employee: Admin
– Password: admin
– All other employees password = pw
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Setting up the Database
Add Employees (owners)
Company contact information
Build drop-down lists
Sites
Departments
CAR/PAR Categories
Root Cause categories
Defect categories
Customer List
Supplier Lists
Parts List
Document names
FMEA parameters
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Add / Edit Employees and Assign Privileges
Employees are your CAR, PAR, NC owners and action owners
Note: Yellow fields are required
Used for automatic emails
Enter a password to log in
to the database
(Must be les than 16
characters long)
Access Level defines
standard privileges
Specific privileges may
also be selected
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Set-Up Parameters
Organized into one form with multiple tabs
Many tabs contain information used to build drop-down lists on various
forms for example
Parts, Customers, Suppliers, etc.
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Types of Corrective Action Requests
Internal
Originated from within the company
External
Originated from outside source like a regulatory body or potential Customer
Customer complaint
Defective product shipped to Customer
Late delivery
Internal Audit
Internal audit findings
Safety
Results of Safety audit
Safety incident investigation
OSHA compliance
Supplier
Vendor or supplier failing to perform to specification
Late deliveries, defective parts
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The 8D Problem Solving Process
D0 • Plan
D1 • Build a team
D2 • Define the problem
D3 • Contain the problem
D4 • Define and verify the root cause(s)
D5 • Determine and verify the permanent corrective actions
D6 • Implement and verify the permanent solution
D7 • Prevent recurrence
D8 • Congratulate the team!
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Corrective Action Process Flow
Employee / Manager CAR Team Management ReviewCustomer
Internal problem
escalated to a CAR
Review Problem
Definition /
Containment
Reports a Non-
Conformance
1) Form Team
2) Define The Problem
3)Establish Containment
Containment
approved?
Open a CAR in
Quality DB
4) Diagnose Root Cause
5) Identify Solutions
Review Root
Cause /
proposed CAs
8D approved?
6) Validate Solutions
7) Define Preventive Actions
Review
effectiveness of
Corrective /
Preventive
Actions
Can the
problem re-
occur?
Present CAR to Customer
Close the CAR
Is CAR
response
accepted?
NO
YES
NO
YES
NO
NO Re-Open the
CAR and address
the Customer's
concern
Corrective Action
Complete!
YES
Waiting for
Containment
Containment
Approved
8D Approved
ClosedCongratulate the
TEAM!
YES
Safety Issue
Escalated to a
CAR
Supplier Non-
conformance
escalated to a CAR
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Tab #1: CAR Details - (8D steps 1 & 2)
CAR Type
Internal
External
Customer Complaints
Safety – for OSHA compliance
Internal Audit
Supplier CAR – issued to supplier
Category
User defined functional areas or departments
Status
Automatically set based on the dates entered
Dates
Determine the status of the CAR
Details
(Part #, PO, etc.)
Define the CAR team
Detailed Problem description – clearly define the problem
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CAPA Process Flow / Status
NEW CAR / PAR
Containment
Actions Approved
Proposed
Corrective Actions
Approved
CA have been
completed and
validated
Waiting
Containment
Containment
Approved
Corrective
Action
Approved
CLOSED
CAR / PAR is on
HOLD
CAR / PAR has
been CANCELLED
HOLD
CANCELLED
Process CAR / PAR Status
Exceptions Status
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Tab #2: Containment
Contain the problem
Take immediate and possibly temporary actions to prevent the problem from
happening today
For example, Stop shipping and 100% inspect for the defect
Definition: ECD = Estimated Completion Date or due date
Establish
containment actions
with specific owners
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Tab #3: Root Cause Analysis
Determine the Root Cause (s)
Document the 5 Why’s
The problem may have multiple root causes
Primary root cause
Escape Root cause
Contributing root cause
Corrective actions must be aligned to each root cause
Document multiple root causes for a
single CAR including Primary, Escape,
and contributing root causes
Ask why?, why?, why?, why?, why? to
determine effective corrective actions
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Corrective Actions
Record multiple Corrective Actions for each CAR
Management or designate may verify each action to ensure they
Effectively address each root cause
Ensure the problem will not re-occur
Each Action has an
Owner
ECD – Estimated Completion date
First ECD – original ECD (does not change)
Current ECD – may be changed
Status – see corrective Action Life Cycle
Date complete
Comment – used to explain current status
Validation or acceptance criteria
Validation name and date
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Corrective Action Life CycleAction Life Cycle
Process Action Status
Create New Action
Item
Begin work on
closing action item
Complete Action
item
Action no longer
needed?
Cancel Action Item
Validate results of
Action
Meet or exceed
Acceptance Criteria?
Action was
successfully
completed
Action was
completed but not
effective
No
YES
YES
NO
Open
Complete;
Validation
Needed
Complete;
Permanent
Complete;
Invalid
Cancelled
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Verification and Validation
Verification
Documented by approving the corrective action plan
Should require management review and approval
Upon completion, each action must be validated
Validation / Acceptance Criteria
Defines pass / fail criteria
For example:
– 99% of all parts measure < 15mm
– Document XX version 02 released on 4-May-2006
– Training records updated and reviewed
Actual Value
the observed or actual value
Record who validated the action, when, and definitively state that the
action was effective (or not)
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Examples of Actions with Validation
Action Validation / Acceptance Criteria Acutal Value P / F
Change Specification Rev 01 replaced by Rev 02
Rev 02 released and
distributed Pass
Train employees to rev 02 all production employees re-trained
Training records audited and
complete Pass
Purchase new tool visually observe new tool in use new tool in use Pass
Monitor gap measurement 98% < 15mm 100% < 15mm Pass
Monitor defect for 3
months Zero Re-occurances 1 defect observed Fail
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Tab #6: Comments and Files
Add comments including
customer feedback
Link any number of
electronic files such
as pictures, customer
emails, etc.
Email the electronic
CAR report directly to
Management or
Customers
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PARs use the same process and similar forms as CARs
For want of a nail, the shoe was lost,
For want of the shoe, the horse was lost,
For want of the horse, the rider was lost,
For want of the rider, the battle was lost,
For want of the battle, the kingdom was lost,
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail!
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Disposition Document what is to be
done with the material:
Release, Return, or scrap
Produce a concise
nonconformance report
Escalate any Non-
conformance to a CAR with
a click of a button
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Risk Management Overview
The Quality Database incorporates 2 risk management techniques
SWOT analysis (Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities and Threats)
FMEA (Failure Modes and Effects Analysis)
For compliance, we recommend
Using SWOT analysis for upper level business risk analysis
Competitive advantages
Threats to overall business
Market analysis
Using FMEA analysis for detailed product and process risk management
Product Design FMEA
Manufacturing operations (process) FMEA
These two risk management techniques can be optimally applied to different
levels of organizational risk management
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Overall Risk Management Strategy
SWOT Analysis FMEA
Sales / Marketing
Strategy
Project
Planning
Product Design
Manufacturing
Process
Manufacturing
Process Design
Corporate Vision
Competitive Analysis
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History
FMEA: Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Was one of the first systematic techniques for failure analysis
Developed by reliability engineers in the 1950s to study problems that may
arise from military system malfunctions
Further developed and adopted by the aerospace and automotive industries
Today, it is a standard technique for risk analysis and continual
improvement
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FMEA
An FMEA is often the first step of a system reliability study.
It involves reviewing as many components, assemblies, and subsystems as
possible to identify failure modes, and their causes and effects.
FMEA begins during the earliest stages of design and continues throughout
the life of the product or service.
You can use the FMEA Tool in two separate, but related ways:
Analyze the current process and evaluate the potential impact of changes under
consideration
Track improvement over time
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Reduce Risk and Improve Performance
The FMEA is a simple business process:
Anticipate: what can go wrong?
Prioritize actions to
Reduce the severity or impact of an adverse event
Decrease the frequency of an adverse event
Increase the delectability of an adverse event
Complete the actions in a timely fashion
Re-evaluate the process / product / service in light of
New data
Improved processes
New processes
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FMEA Process Flow
Complete Actions and
Re-compute RPN
Determine actions to
Reduce each RPN
Analyze the current
controls and determine
Detection Rating
Identify the Cause
and Occurrence Rating
Determine the
Effects and Severity Rating
Identify the
failure modes
Map the process
Assemble the Team
Management review
and approval
Customer Feedback
Field Failure Data
Yield / Rework Data
Process Experience
Inspection Results
Gauge R&R
Inputs
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The FMEA Process
1. Assemble a cross-functional team of people with diverse knowledge about
the process, product or service and customer needs.
2. Identify the scope of the FMEA.
for Safety, concept, system, design, process, or service?
3. Identify the items: process steps, components, subsystems, parts,
assemblies
4. For each item, identify the possible failure modes
What could go wrong?
5. Identify all the consequences or effects of each failure mode
6. Determine the Severity of each failure mode
rate it on a scale of 1-10 where 1 is not severe and 10 is extremely severe
7. Determine all the potential root causes
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The FMEA Process
8. For each cause, determine the Occurrence rating
occurrence estimates the probability of the failure occurring
rate it on a scale of 1-10 where 1 is infrequent and 10 is commonplace
9. Identify current process controls for each cause
10. Determine the Detection rating based on the effectiveness of the current
process controls
rate it on a scale of 1-10 where 1 is highly detectable and 10 is not detectable
11. Calculate the risk priority number, or RPN
RPN = [Severity] × [Occurrence] × [Detection]
Rank Failure modes according to the estimated risk factor (RPN)
12. Identify actions to lower the severity and occurrence, and / or add
controls to improve detection.
13. Actions are assigned to owners, completed, validated and closed
14. Risk factors (Severity, Occurrence, and Detection) are then re-evaluated
after remedial action has been completed
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Traditional Methods
Paper forms
Excel Spreadsheets
Problems
Difficult to work collaboratively
Difficult to audit
No user based restrictions to protect data integrity
Difficult to manage
No concise reports for actions due
Poor visibility to FMEA effectiveness
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SBS FMEA Database Advantages
Easy to use
Collaborative platform
Simple, menu driven user interface
Easy to train users
Convenient, intuitive forms
Can restrict users to control data integrity
Rich set of reports
Easy to identify delinquencies, stalled actions
Reports may be emailed with a single click
Export data to Excel for further analysis
Built using Microsoft Access
Common, convenient software platform
Runtime version of Access is available as a free download
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Key Features
List items, process steps, or functions
Identify Failure Modes for each
Identify effects and severity
Identify causes and frequency
Identify current controls and detection level
Develop multiple actions associated with this failure mode
Assign owners and due dates
Establish verification and validation criteria
Electronic signature for management approval
Rich set of reports
Track open actions and delinquent due dates
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FMEA form - Details
Data Organized into 3 tabs
FMEA details determine
the type and scope
Define the Team
Electronic signatures to
document approval and closure
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FMEA Form – Failure Modes and Actions
For each Failure mode, you may create any
number of actions to reduce the RPN
Actions include acceptance
criteria and validation
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Document meeting minutes
Track and manage meeting actions
Drive Continual Improvement at the management level
Use for mission critical meetings
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Meeting Manager
Track Mission Critical meetings:
Quality Management System Reviews
Safety Meetings
MRB meetings
Design reviews
Daily operations meetings
Document meeting decisions and actions
Maintain an auditable record of compliance
Demonstrate evidence of risk based thinking
Meeting Manager is organized in 4 tabs
QMS Details
Data Review
Actions and Validation
Comments and files
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Simple Survey Features
Easily create custom surveys
Simple, intuitive interface
Print out or e-mail a professional looking survey directly
from the program
Ask different types of questions
True or False / Yes or No
Rating (on a scale of one to ten)
Text response (let the customer provide feedback in his own
words)
Create an efficient quality record
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Simple Survey Features
Customer Satisfaction
Directly quantify customer satisfaction
Monitor Customer perceptions
Analyze trends with grafts and reports
Vendor qualification surveys
Measure vendor suitability
Monitor vendor improvement
Employee opinion polls
Measure job satisfaction
Solicit continual improvement ideas
Measure and track long term results print
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User Interface
Simple, efficient interface
Menu Driven
Data entry in simple forms
Enter General
Information
Organize the
survey into topics
List all Survey
questions & define
types
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Creating Surveys
Enter general survey information
Create a survey Category (i.e. Customer Service, General, Engineering Support, etc.)
Create a question and establish the order in which it will appear on the survey
Select the question type.
Yes/no and true/false questions are rated as either 0 or 10
Text response questions have no score
Rating types receive a number rating from 1 to 10 with 1 being the lowest or worst level.
If the question was yes/no or true/false, you must determine if a positive answer
(yes or true ) carries the maximum score.
Check the check box labeled "PositiveIsTen" if a positive answer receives the maximum
score.
Leave the "PositiveIsTen" check box unchecked if a positive answer should receive the
minimum score.
Each question may be weighted differently (not all questions were created equal).
The "Weight" field is used to score each question where Score = Rating * weight.
The user must determine appropriate waiting factors.
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Summary
The SBS Quality Database is a cost effective tool to
Ensure effective training compliance with Quality standards
ISO 9001:2015
AS 9100
TS 16949
ISO 13485
ISO 14001
Manage Corrective and Preventive Actions
Document Risk management
Manage meetings
Monitor Customer perceptions
Maintain paperless quality records
Analyze performance and develop improvement strategies
Save time and effort
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About SBS
Sunday Business Systems is engaged in software sales and consulting
services.
Applies Lean Manufacturing principles to Quality Management Systems
Sells affordable and efficient software solutions to help implement
ISO9001:2015 compliant systems
Document Control
Corrective and Preventive Actions
Audit Management
Employee Training
Control of calibrated equipment
Vendor Management
SPC
Communication / Continual improvement
Provides Training and instruction
Will customize the software for specific Customer needs
We build a custom solution for your specific business processes
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