Quality Control of Ikea

This will keep driving their costs down, therefore increase their profits and reduce their price that will most likely increase their market share. But most importantly, since IKEA, will have some kind of implementation in these markets, it will be easier for them in terms of sourcing raw materials and manufacturing the products. It will ease the logistic, make it even more efficient thought their network of storage facilities throughout the world.

Introduction: As this report has comprehensible decision oriented approach. It is divided in 3 parts which describes the various problems identifications and assessments faced by IKEA across its market as the company is moving toward Globalisation.

This paper aims to demonstrate a detailed description of the elements of ‘IKEA’ company based on its famous name in the furniture industry.

Along with providing customers an affordable price, the company tries to appeal to the customer 's emotions. They search for sofas and accessories that are structurally sound and visually appealing. BDF purchases their inventory from 15 domestic and 60 international factories. However, anything that can go wrong will go wrong. That is why BDF provides its suppliers with “a whole book to make sure that the suppliers fit quality standards”. The number one issue is how manufacturers, so they are putting more attention on the products before they leave the line and the manufacturer at the plant are making products. Their inventory passes multiple checkpoints before it is put on the floor to be sold to the customer. Before the goods can even enter the country they must pass the California fire codes. Occasionally, the inventory may even be sawed in half to look at the strength of the glue or screws used in holding the joints of the furniture together. In addition, the fabric must pass an abrasion test. Then, the inventory is subject to random inspections before it goes to the cross docking station. Inspectors check for broken or shattered glass. Then the

This means that Ikea is always close to its suppliers, which is one way to creating good business relations between the companies involved. The trading service office’s employees can make frequent visits to suppliers and follow the production process closely, enabling new ideas to be tested and regular quality controls to be made. These persons are also responsible of monitoring working conditions, social conditions and external environment around factories.

Another business requirement is the timely delivery of quality modules and equipment by the suppliers. The main task of the project team is to install the modules and equipment on the trains. It is therefore essential that the products are procured in good time. It is the task of ECO-Trans to ensure that quality equipment is delivered in time for the completion of the project. The delivered components should be inspected for quality at the time of delivery to ensure they match the client’s quality needs and recommendations (Burke, 2013). Any defective components should be noted and returned to the supplier. This would help

Due to running our own manufacturing plant we are able to implement more strict quality standards. One of every ten products will be thoroughly inspected and one in every 1,000 will be real life tested to ensure that each batch comes out with equally great quality. Western Kicks upper management will also have annual meetings with suppliers to discuss quality expectations. Those meetings can happen more often if necessary and all supplies will be inspected before being used for a batch. If more than 1 in every 50 of an item have to be discarded or returned due to quality problems, a meeting must be held with the supplier as soon as business allows.

Dead lines and required quality standards of cleaning, of every property individually, are agreed with customers before all works commence. Therefore, when the time for delegation arrives, all objectives are set with strategies in place and all that’s remaining is to monitor the process and to learn from the mistakes for the next year.

Riordan has a social responsibility to ensure the manufacturing plants are producing quality materials. Riordan must ensure they establish an effective quality control program consisting of design reviews, engineering analysis, adequate recordkeeping of raw materials and finished goods, inspection of incoming materials, testing during the manufacturing process and finished part inspections. These records should be of sufficient detail to document the steps that were performed in manufacturing the product. Such records should include results of design reviews; supplier information, product testing and inspection; equipment calibrations; and product tracing information (AM Trust North America, 2010, p. 14). The records will assist in timely detection of safety hazards and trends within Riordan Manufacturing.

Ensure that products that leave our facilities are tested and comply with industry, regulatory and contractual requirements.

Also, monitoring the quality of the product during and after the production phase. This area ensures the customer receives the product needed with no faults and is in compliance to the purchase order specifications. In addition, controlling its compliance until the customer accepts the order (Patterson, 1983). “It is ultimately monitored in the field with the contractors strictly adhering to installation specifications and the testing/inspection methods that are in effect as one of the controls in the project” (Patterson, 1983). An example of Quality Control is when an inspector inspects stitching in garment as it comes through the production line. If the stitching is not quality stitching then it is taken off the production line. Subsequently, the defective garment will not be sold to retailers as garment in compliance with their

The supplier should make sure that he keeps in touch on the progress of the production of the products and inform of any delays, extra costs, or failure that make take place.

* Understanding the limits of product sampling and inspection methods, especially for a product that is destroyed by the inspection process itself

IKEA is one of the largest multinational companies in the world dealing with several products. The company sells and designs furniture appliances and home accessories at an affordable price. Ikea has over three hundred stores worldwide enjoying the good name it has created for itself. While they are one of the most profitable furniture companies in the world there are significant challenges and threats that have been overcome and are still needed to be tackled.

Records of all the required sampling, inspection and testing procedures to demonstrate that all the products, formally assessed against the outlined specifications.