The New "What did you do with your Z today" (with off topic replies) XXXII

JLarson

Almost done this audit. 1 minor finding (manufacturing failed to update a work instruction after changing their procedure). I'm waiting for the auditor to finish up documenting his observations, then we negotiate on a few points, he closes the meeting, and can

I was ready to strangle him yesterday by 5 pm.

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2014 370z Touring Sport Magma Red MT // BP Single Turbo 6467 // 63mm TB's // Z1 Ported Upper Mani // RJM Pedal // Zspeed Stage 3 Clutch // 526 WHP, 451 WTQ
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Rusty

They will try to drag it out. The longer it goes. The more money they get. Unless you have a contract with a set amount.

They nic-picked us to death at Elliott.

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JLarson

Al (the auditor) is actually pretty good about sticking to his plan. It helps that Dekra (certifying body) wants us to keep using them, which means that they try to limit unexpected costs.

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2014 370z Touring Sport Magma Red MT // BP Single Turbo 6467 // 63mm TB's // Z1 Ported Upper Mani // RJM Pedal // Zspeed Stage 3 Clutch // 526 WHP, 451 WTQ
2006 350z (Sold) // 1990 300zx (Sold) // 1985 300zx 2+2 (Sold)

bunk

You guys didnt go through a dry run on the work instructions? We used to have constant meetings with each department going through them before we went through the audit.

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JLarson

Quick answer is no. Longer answer is we've got literally hundreds of Work Instructions, some of which are out of the scope of what I do. My branch of the company is only 41 people, so having the manpower to do a dry run of all potential work instructions the auditor could be going through prior to an audit is... not out of the question, but unlikely. Especially in an area that I don't directly control. Getting our director of manufacturing to do anything like that is difficult.

Edit: I will add that the areas performing to the work instructions are supposed to be reviewing their work against the WI on a regular basis, but we're still working on the discipline of that mindset. Right now it's still a little too much of a "if quality isn't watching, it doesn't matter" thought process.

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2014 370z Touring Sport Magma Red MT // BP Single Turbo 6467 // 63mm TB's // Z1 Ported Upper Mani // RJM Pedal // Zspeed Stage 3 Clutch // 526 WHP, 451 WTQ
2006 350z (Sold) // 1990 300zx (Sold) // 1985 300zx 2+2 (Sold)