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Framing Standard Process Conditions (SPC) and specifications

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Guest user Created:   Oct 23, 2020 Last commented:   Oct 26, 2020

Framing Standard Process Conditions (SPC) and specifications

We are manufacturing color concentrates for plastic industry. Daily we are adding new products in terms of new colors required by our customers, hence daily we are developing 10-15 new colors based on almost identical recipes and ingredients (RMs) by simply changing % of RMs. 
How to frame Standard Process Conditions (SPC) and specifications and for individual product in such a scenario for reference and adhering to ISO requirements as it is highly impossible to frame new specifications and process parameters on daily basis. Please guide us how to address this issue. 

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Carlos Pereira da Cruz Oct 23, 2020

“as it is highly impossible to frame new specifications and process parameters on daily basis” – Forget ISO 9001 for a moment: How does your organization control process and specifications today? If a client orders a new batch of the last color he ordered, how can your organization efficiently manufacture the same color?

If you can do it you have a method and that method answers to the ISO 9001 requirements.

Look into clause 8.5.1 that details several relevant topics. Some of them are:

  • Products and Services to be produced defined and characterized with results to be obtained
  • Availability of adequate monitoring and measurement resources
  • Process and Product & Service control defined and implemented
     

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Carlos Pereira da Cruz Oct 26, 2020

Based on your answer, let us suppose that the only relevant parameter for the customer is the color. So, you use as quality control specification the master sample. Whenever you have a repeated order you use the master sample to evaluate and release the batch. It seems ok as long as color is the only parameter. I would keep a record of each batch sent to customers and I would train and validate competencies for color evaluation if you don’t use a monitoring resource.

About process conditions, I’m thinking on the example of injection molding companies that just record a basic set of conditions from a previous production, and use those conditions as a starting point for the new production, then with the help of quality control of samples during production they fine tune the right conditions for that day.

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