Inspection activities that allow the organization to grow and learn are value added. But it is more rewarding to have it built-in the process of production.
“Quality can not be inspected into a product or service; it must be built into it.” Deming Saving Changes...
You're welcome Mansoor.
I just stated my opinion. Unfortunately sometimes people just agree with the posts without thinking about the subject. Saving Changes...
Inspection is essential for any project in order to detect defects, errors, issues, etc.
I suggest as well using fresh pair of eyes or other techniques such as thinking outside the box. Saving Changes...
Mudassar KhanProgram (Project )Manager| Woodward Canada IncPeterborough, ON, Canada
They always add value in my opinion and are pretty useful for process and quality improvement Saving Changes...
I agree with Diogo even when inspection falls under the COQ cost of quality in PMBOK guide that cost is not to make good quality it is a cost for not making a quality cost of conformance, even it is one of the tool for quality control for fault detection as looks after products or service while quality audit looks after process and fault prevention, it is not considered value added you as customer don't want to pay for many times they did inspection or rework however in real world it takes big effort to achieve Lean management as all the concepts of reducing MUDA the seven deadly waste known in English as TIMWOOD ( transportation, Inventory, Motion,Waiting,Over process, Over production, Defects)and the house of TOYOTA for Lean it is hard to apply Poka -Yoke Jidoka and JIT etc on everything and make it fool proof Saving Changes...
I want to add as well that inspection transfer the risk from your side to the inspector. Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
The key point here is what @Stéphane stated: inspections is before the product is completed. For that reason the activity belongs to Quality Assurance not to Quality Control. To obtain value organizations must put the investment in prevention (Quality Assurance) not in cure (Quality Control). The critical point is that inspection is a hardest work to perform because it request specific skills from people that lead the inspection. In my personal experience most of them behave as police woman/man and that is the critical fail factor.
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1 reply by Roddney Hackstall
Apr 08, 2018 7:25 PM
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Well stated Sergio.
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Roddney HackstallSr. Project Manager | Canopy Partners El Paso, Tx, United States
Mar 31, 2018 6:48 AM
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The key point here is what @Stéphane stated: inspections is before the product is completed. For that reason the activity belongs to Quality Assurance not to Quality Control. To obtain value organizations must put the investment in prevention (Quality Assurance) not in cure (Quality Control). The critical point is that inspection is a hardest work to perform because it request specific skills from people that lead the inspection. In my personal experience most of them behave as police woman/man and that is the critical fail factor.
Inspections are done for a purpose and hence it must give value addition.
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1 reply by Roddney Hackstall
Apr 20, 2018 9:55 AM
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Sonali,
It can be argued that work carefully performed to a specific standard would not need inspections. In this case, inspections add no value.
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Roddney HackstallSr. Project Manager | Canopy Partners El Paso, Tx, United States
Apr 20, 2018 8:56 AM
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Inspections are done for a purpose and hence it must give value addition.
Sonali,
It can be argued that work carefully performed to a specific standard would not need inspections. In this case, inspections add no value. Saving Changes...
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