By Suman Bhattacharyya
With the globalization of market competition has been increased manifold. Thus today’s competition in the field of textile is no more restricted at domestic level but spreads to international level where a manufacturer has to compete with his international counter part in respect of cost, delivery schedule, flexibility in terms of payment and of course quality.
It is needless to say that in this highly competitive market, customers all over the world have become so demanding and expecting higher quality level increasingly, that meeting the quality requirement is no longer a competitive advantage but a sheer necessity to survive in the market. Spinning industry is no exception to this.
It is a common misbelief that prevails in the textile industry in general and spinning industry in particular that achieving and maintenance of quality is the job of a Quality Control Manager. But in reality to achieve quality, top management commitment and involvement of all is a must. Achievement of quality is only possible through coordinated approach of all the functions/departments of an organization. In view of this, International Organization for Standardization (ISO) at Geneva introduced Quality Management System Standard – ISO 9000 in 1987 and last revised the standard in 2008. This standard provides necessary guidelines to an organization in meeting customer and applicable regulatory requirements and continual improvement in the quality system.
The standard requires that the organization shall establish, document, implement and maintain quality management system in line with the clauses laid down in this standard. The organization needs to prepare and follow a comprehensive plan pertaining to inspection and testing, maintenance and internal quality audit to ensure compliance with customer and applicable regulatory requirement (if any).
Establishment and adherence with the system makes the organization more proactive, system oriented. It enable the organizations to continuously challenge the status quo with foresight, insight and action. Implementation of quality management system forms a solid platform for total quality management.
In the proposed paper the methodology of implementing quality management system with special reference to spinning industry vis a vis various quality improvement tools and statistical technique applicable to the spinning industry shall be discussed.