Continuous Improvement is at the heart of Precipart’s group philosophy. Everyone works toward improving production and processes to ultimately satisfy customers with conforming parts or assemblies, competitive costs and targeted delivery schedules. Its implementation likewise has enabled the company to grow and increase its potential in the marketplace.

In addition to corrective and preventive action plans to root cause analysis, Precipart employs new systems, invests in new technology – such as its OGP Vision Systems for measurement validation – and develops its people’s skills.

Our people are really key to Precipart’s success. Our employees have individual training plan/schedule (ITP/S) goals as part of their continued growth. We support and provide on-the-job training, internal seminars and outside workshop or classes to improve skills, provide proficiency and identify cross-training candidates. This permits the best utilization for resource deployment within the company.

Some quality management techniques include:

• Value Stream (Process) Mapping/Thought Process Map
• Quality Function Deployment (QFD)
• Measure System Analysis (MSA)
• Pareto Analysis
• Spaghetti Diagrams
• 5S Workplace Organization
• Emphasized Demand Flow Technology Through Production and Vendor
• Kan Ban (visual and electronic)
• Point-of-Use (POU) for Tooling and Consumables
• Poka-Yoke (mistake proofing)
• Shadow Boards
• Individual Training Plan/Schedule (ITP/S)
• Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA)
• Kaizen Events (quarterly)
• Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• PPAP