Implementation of Quality Control Tools in an Automobile Organization to Reduce the Rejection of Casting Components

The importance of quality has been long recognized in the business environment in order to obtain or manufacture higher quality products. In manufacturing environment, quality improves reliability, increases productivity, and customer satisfaction. In order to survive in a competitive market, improving quality and productivity of product or process is a must for any company. Quality control (QC) tools are essential to improve the quality of manufacturing process. These tools are used to solve 95 % of the problems faced by the organizations for improving its effectiveness. A case study has been conducted in an automobile organization using QC Tools. It has been found that the defects of casting components have 9.79 % per month which have been finally reduced to 8.52 % per month by using QC Tools. The net saving due to reduction in casting components rejections has 2.31 lakhs per month and 27.7 lakhs per year.