Control Plan

Control Plan

A control plan is a key document in manufacturing and quality management that ensures product quality and consistency throughout production. It outlines the necessary methods, procedures, and controls to prevent defects and meet customer requirements.

Key Elements of a Control Plan:

• Product or process description
• Critical quality characteristics and specification limits
• Measurement methods and inspection frequency
• Assigned responsibilities for quality control
• Corrective actions for deviations

Integration with FMEA:

• The control plan takes inputs directly from the PFMEA.
• Prevention controls identified in PFMEA are expanded in the control plan with detailed methods, inspection frequency, sample size, and assigned responsibilities for effective implementation.

Steps to Create a Control Plan:

1. Identify the Product or Process: Define what needs to be controlled.
2. List Operations from PFD: Automatically retrieve operations from the Process Flow Diagram (PFD) to ensure consistency.
3. Define Critical Quality Characteristics: Specify key quality parameters and their acceptable limits.
4. Set Control Methods: Determine how each characteristic will be measured and monitored.
5. Incorporate FMEA Controls: Expand on prevention controls from PFMEA with detailed implementation steps.
6. Assign Responsibilities: Identify personnel responsible for each control activity.
7. Plan for Corrective Actions: Outline steps to address any deviations from quality standards.
8. Generate Control Plan: Create the control plan in a single click using RaPAP.

RaPAP simplifies the creation of control plans, ensuring accurate and consistent documentation across quality management processes.

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