Auto Industry Needs Error Proofing Guideline—Can You Help?

AIAG is seeking industry volunteers to create a much-needed Guide to Effective Error Proofing.

Ineffective error proofing in the automotive industry results in poor quality, loss of revenue due to repeat issues, low customer retention, and additional non-value added activities that reduce quality.

A current AIAG committee is working on the deliverable, Guide to Effective Error Proofing. Chaired by Dana Corporation’s David Kneisler, suggested topics for the document include:

• Proactive error proofing through product and process design and continuous improvement activities.
• Reactive error proofing for problem elimination.
• Effective detection for errors that cannot be eliminated.
• Communication of best practices and prior experience to eliminate repeat issues.
• Full integration of error proofing approaches with existing quality tools and procedures (APQP, FMEAs, Control Plans, etc.).
• Proactive error elimination and a zero PPM culture throughout the industry.
• A measurement system for error proofing.
• Appropriate monitoring and controls for installed error proofing.
• Guidance for industry error-proofing audits.

AIAG recognizes the opportunity to reduce warranty claims and field problems, lessen the number of recurrences to eliminate negative trends, cut back on the number of problems at the OEMs, lower the cost of quality, and shorten the time needed for each error-proofing step. A Guide to Effective Error Proofing could help AIAG’s members and the industry at large achieve this worthy goal.

For information on the activities of this committee and how you can get involved, please contact AIAG’s Karen Whitmore.