EVALUATION OF THE NEED FOR QUALITY CONTROL AND INSPECTION IN AN ORGANIZATION
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
A critical evaluation of the need for quality control and inspection of materials in various organizations have proved them so indispensable because of the huge sum of money involved in the procurement of materials. It has been observed that over 60% of many organizations budget is in material procurement. It is therefore necessary that materials which meet the required quality are purchased.
Prior to industrial revolution and standardization, the operation of quality control and inspection should be left in the hands of qualified and aggressive personnel.
Quality is now the responsibility of organizations; consequently, quality specification must be designed in a clear, crucise and accurate terms such that they are understandable by the broad spectrum of specialist. Inspection as a complement to quality control must not be dispensed in ensuring and maintaining end term quality.
the buyer, as a specialist must function in one of the more sensitive areas of quality control and inspection in negotiation and implementation of legal contract and purchase order.
1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
Ranging from small and large organizations, public and private firms, the problem of quality control and inspection has been found enormously common in their operation. Based on information obtained in some visited firms, quality control and inspection encountered so many shortcomings such as
1 Lack of good controlling organisation procedures
2 In-proper definition and organisation
3 Lack of qualified personnel
4 Lack of commitment in ensuring specified quality by operators
5 Jumping inspection procedures because of in-skill, lack of inspection materials and some times fatigue of personnel due to poor working environment.
Problem of quality control and inspection has rendered some organisations un stable in their area of operation as a result of not fully implementing and ensuring that quality is maintained from procurement to output.
As gathered so far from interviews, many organisations solely depend on the guarantee given to them by the producer which some times fails at their own peril. While some does not deem it necessary to intensify inspection.
Information also indicates that some organisations stipulate good and standardised quality goals but were just there fore writing and documentation sake, no implementation while some concentrate in product processing. This is where they focus to implement quality control while abandoning inspection and controlling quality first before inputting into production process.
The worst problem obtain so far in some organisation is that they consider quality control impossible and not necessary, and also regard inspection as a waste of time and resource, they believe that so far your product is presented and consumed controlling quality and inspection of materials is not vital.
So far, it has been obtained that the problem of quality control and inspection originates from misconception, to lack of qualified personnel’s, lack of commitment and implementation and finally to no regards and proper provision for quality control and inspection.
