QMS Webinar Series: System Level Test and Maturity Grid Risk Management
Speaker: Abdul Khalfan CQE, SSGB
Principal, Quality Assurance & Reliability Engineering Consulting Services
System Level Test – Product Qualification (also is categorized as Product Validation) Test Process
System Level Test is based upon ‘Process Management Methodology’ for establishing and maintaining Reliability and the integrity of a product from the Prototype phase to the end of its development cycle, i.e., ‘Product Qualification’.
System Level Test approach creates a focus on the relationships between internal and simulated external customer environment and suppliers and identifies the attributes of all required information, data, and data analysis for development and manufacture of reliable products.
The synopsis being, qualifying or validating a reliable new product to the market on time, meeting internal and external customers requirements as per the ‘Product Requirement Document (PRD)’ and Technical Specifications. Thereby, the company/organization benefits from its well-deserved reputation, customer satisfaction, and profitability!
Introduction to Product Quality Management Maturity Grid (PQMMG) – Risk Management Tool
PQMMG is a Risk Management Tool that realistically captures, records, and becomes a catalyst for mitigation of the actual Failures. Failures that occur throughout the Product Qualification process stages of Prototype, Design Verification, New Product Introduction (NPI), Manufacturing Process, Product Qualification (includes hardware, software, manufacturing, supply chain, service, packaging, and transportation).
PQMMG concept of ‘Risk Level’ is one of many tools that is available to assess the risk realistically that is involved during the Product Development transition stages. Experience has shown repeatedly that it keeps risk levels into perspective leaving no ambiguities during and after the Product Qualification process.
The salient feature of PQMMG is that the Risks which negatively impact the Reliability, Availability, Serviceability, Usability, and Install-ability (RASUI) are identified and agreed upon by the entire Development and Management Teams for their resolutions.
In conclusion, the ‘Product Quality Management Maturity Grid (PQMMG)’ is a conduit to minimize and mitigate the Product Risks at all levels depicted from the test results during its development stages to conform to the Product Requirements and Technical Specifications in a realistic manner. This will ultimately result in customer satisfaction!
About Abdul Khalfan:
Abdul
Khalfan
is
a
Quality
Management
Systems
Professional
(QMS)
with
extensive
experience
in
the
high-tech
industry.
His
hands-on
style
and
practical
approach
to
business
management
makes
him
a
natural
catalyst
for
improvement
initiatives.
His
unique
career
path
and
ground
up
experience
has
provided
him
with
business
and
process
insights
leading
to
greater
profitability,
value-add,
and
efficacy
for
small,
medium,
and
large
companies
and
organizations
such
as
NCR
Corporation,
Flextronics,
Ingenico,
Com
Dev,
Teledyne-Dalsa,
ITT,
Bell-Howell,
KA
Imaging,
Curriato
Inc.,
Schock
Metal
America
Inc.,
Durose
Steel,
Honda
Automotive,
Kaparel,
to
name
a
few.
Currently,
he
is
providing
Consulting
Services
for
ISO
9001:2015
and
ISO
13485:2016
Standards
to
Medical
Device
and
non-medical
companies
in
Kitchener-Waterloo
area.
Abdul
Khalfan
consistently
focused
upon
underperforming
processes
and
products
to
higher
levels
of
excellence
and
profitability.
Using
careful
statistical
analysis
and
a
keen
eye
for
value-add
and
process
improvements
he
has
been
able
to
transform
unproductive,
wasteful
practices
into
effective
and
value
added
process
improvements.
Additionally,
Abdul
Khalfan,
has
established
from
ground
zero
the
entire
infra
structure
of
QMS
resulting
in
ISO
9001
Certification
in
the
first
audit;
managed
continuous
improvement
projects
which
in
one
case
improved
the
‘Early
Life
Performance’
of
products
by
47%
resulting
in
savings
of
millions
of
dollars,
significantly
reduced
the
number
of
process
steps
and
data
consolidating
North
American
data
in
one
database
saving
10
man
days
of
work
and
savings
of
US$
100,000
annually.
Similarly,
significantly
streamlined
and
formalized
haphazard
and
broken
Engineering
Change
Request
and
Engineering
Change
Notice
processes
in
a
formal
consolidated
and
automated
process,
thereby
realizing
its
effectiveness,
efficiency,
reduced
number
of
errors,
timely
execution,
and
cost
savings.
Abdul Khalfan is an ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), SSGB, an Exemplar Global Certified Lead Auditor for ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016 Standards, Certified Process Management and Improvement Trainer, holds Advanced Quality Assurance Diploma with an Electrical Engineering background.
He has been a frequent guest speaker at ASQ Meetings on Quality and Reliability subjects, part time instructor at Conestoga College on the subject of Total Quality Management (TQM), and is currently delivering Quality and Reliability workshops for UW CBB (Centre for Bio-Engineering and Biotechnology).
Abdul’s Consulting Services website address: www.qareconsulting.com.
Please contact cbb@uwaterloo.ca for the meeting link