Building a Functioning Non-conformance Management System

Inefficiencies can cause countless setbacks for your business. Not only will they slow down the production process, but they can also cause a waste of time, materials and costs. These inefficiencies can result from nonconformances, but managing nonconformance costs can reduce or even eliminate any of the negative effects that can be detrimental to your business.

Without properly addressing the issues, nonconformance costs will range beyond the things that can be measured. For instance, while cost and time can have values applied to them, reputation cannot be assigned an objective number. That impact on your business’s reputation will not only affect how others view your brand, but will eventually hurt your bottom line.

By installing the right nonconformance management system, you will discover, assess, and fix any of the problems that were harmful to the process. Nonconformance management can tie into the performance that a Quality Management System brings in identifying these systemic issues. 

When a product, service, or process does not meet industry-defined regulations and standards, the result is nonconformances. These nonconformances can range from minor occurrences, such as a single missing document, to major issues, such as unauthorized alterations or multiple violations of requirements. Not all nonconformances can be identified on the spot, so it is wise to have both internal and external audits, as well as routine testing and inspection of products and protocols. 

Addressing nonconformances is vital in order to cut back on those potentially dangerous nonconformance costs. When nonconformances are identified, it will be easier to prevent them in the future. The most important components to prevent nonconformances are containment, correction, cause analysis, and validating the effectiveness. You know the process is successful when the nonconformance is not repeated.

Results may not be immediate, but the results will be clear. Nonconformance management systems work to involve the continuous improvement of all processes, and eliminate the systemic issues that were harmful to both your business’s reputation and its bottom line.

No business will be hurt from investing in a well-developed nonconformance management system, which will instead reduce or resolve any inefficiencies and save on costs. For more information on nonconformance management systems, call Cybergear today at (586) 531-7116. 

Because our mission is to help our clients improve, we treat your capital as if it were our own. By combining lean and factory physics concepts with digital manufacturing, Cybergear helps manufacturers remain adaptable in a constantly changing industry by increasing quality, efficiency, and ultimately—profits.