November 14 — World Quality Day: what it means for production and consumers

Every year on November 14 the world community celebrates World Quality Day — a significant event that emphasizes the importance of a high level of products and services in every person’s life. This day was established by the European Organization for Quality with UN support and first celebrated in 1989. Since then World Quality Day reminds of the need for continuous raising of standards, process optimization, and improvement of the final product to match consumer needs and expectations.

Goals and tasks of World Quality Day

World Quality Day is aimed at solving a number of important tasks:

• raising awareness of the importance of quality in everyday life, which forms a responsible attitude to choosing goods and services;
• motivating manufacturers to continuously improve quality of their products and services to match consumer expectations;
• promoting conscious choice — encouraging consumers to choose goods and services whose quality is confirmed by standards and reliability by tests;
• supporting international cooperation in raising quality and exchanging experience for jointly solving modern industry problems.

These goals show that World Quality Day unites efforts of organizations, manufacturers, and consumers on the path to high standards and improving living conditions in society.

Features of celebration and significance of events

Every year within the holiday events are held aimed at raising awareness of quality problems and ways to solve them:

• conferences and round tables with participation of experts discussing current problems and newest trends in quality management;
• master classes and seminars at which participants acquire new knowledge and skills in quality control and improvement;
• competitions and exhibitions at which companies present their achievements in quality and innovative technologies.

These events contribute to exchanging experience, seeking effective solutions, and discovering new paths for improving quality of products and services.

Quality control at PZPS: key elements

At PZPS product quality is controlled at every stage of producing precision alloys and steels. Key components are the technical control department, the Central Plant Laboratory, and the quality management system.

Technical control

The technical control department (QCD) at PZPS conducts multilevel checking at all production stages:

• incoming control of raw materials and materials;
• control of chemical composition and mechanical properties at intermediate production stages;
• final check of finished products before shipping to the consumer.

Multilevel control makes it possible to exclude release of poor-quality products and guarantee high quality of melted steels and alloys.

Lean production

Lean production is an enterprise management concept aimed at eliminating losses and raising efficiency of technological processes. At its basis is production optimization, reducing time for carrying out technological operations, and improving quality of materials released. Lean production helps PZPS reduce costs, raise productivity, and raise quality of products released.

Accreditation of the Central Plant Laboratory (CPL)

CPL accreditation confirms its competence and professionalism in conducting product tests. It is conducted by independent certification bodies and includes checking equipment, personnel qualification, test methods, and other aspects of laboratory work. Accreditation results allow consumers to be confident in quality and reliability of tests conducted by the laboratory.

Quality management system (QMS)

The quality management system at PZPS is a set of measures and procedures aimed at ensuring high quality of the enterprise’s products and services. The QMS includes developing and introducing quality standards with account of client requests and market features, monitoring their observance, continuous improvement of products released and production processes. The QMS at PZPS ensures stability of steel and alloy quality and contributes to raising competitiveness on the market. The result of introducing the QMS is the enterprise’s ability to promptly adapt to changing consumer requirements and industry standards.

Advantages of PZPS

Thanks to introducing a comprehensive quality control system, PZPS has achieved a solid position on the precision alloys market:

• High product quality confirmed by results of independent checks and certificates.
• Effective production management that makes it possible to reduce costs and offer competitive prices.
• A professional team and modern equipment, which guarantees conformity of products released to current quality standards.
• Stable process improvement based on applying lean production principles and continuous improvement of steel and alloy melting technologies.

PZPS has established itself as a reliable partner whose products satisfy the highest requirements and help clients implement ambitious projects. For cooperation, call the listed phones or leave a request on the website. Our specialists will contact you and answer your questions in detail.