Hank Kolb Case Study Memo

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TO: Upper Management FROM: Hank Kolb DATE: February 6, 2014 SUBJECT: Quality Problems Background After returning from the quality seminar I caught up with Mark Hamler to discuss how production went while I was away. He made me aware of an issue regarding the Greasex line that I believe needs to be resolved quickly in order to maintain our quality standards. Some of the cans within the line were pressurized beyond our AQL. The cans that were over pressurized were then marked and put to the side to be reworked. Simmons decided not take the cans back to rework but instead to vent each of the cans within the eight cartons himself. He told Mac that production planning was really pushing for the stuff and that they couldn’t delay by having the cans sent through rework. This is a prime example of the lack of quality thinking within middle management. Quality Problems For clearer picture of the analysis of the problem I have included a fishbone diagram in the appendix. The attached diagram is a brief outline displaying our various quality problems concerning personnel, maintenance, purchasing, product design, management, and marketing. Problems occurring with quality within our personnel include inadequate training, lack of communication, lack of control in process, and lack of understand of quality. Next is the problems with maintenance, there was no schedule preventive maintenance for the equipment, a tooling problem with the Greasex machine, and many of maintenances current solutions do not fix the root cause of the problem. Purchasing also has some quality issues primarily poor communication with vendors. Next are the quality problems with product design and packaging including lack of testing equipment and lack of knowledge about the shape of the packaging. The most prevalent quality problems though arise within management and marketing where

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