JONES Aluminium Window Systems Ltd (JAWS Ltd

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JONES Aluminium Window Systems Ltd (JAWS Ltd.), a UK Midlands based manufacturing company that specialises in the design and production of systems for doors and windows, particularly for aluminium profiles. JAWS has implemented ISO 9001 and is certified since 2006 and uses both Lean and Six Sigma for their continual improvement. Projects are selected using a matrix that rates them in function of different parameters linked to JAWS Ltd. strategy such as: environmental, safety, time reduction, savings, and payback in case of an investment is required. Your task as a Quality consultant is to review these report data and provide addition

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CASE STUDY Assignment Ref PART B – Case Study Module Name Design for Quality – Distance Learning Module Ref No. MECH60656 Weighting 50% +20% Journaling = 70% overall module Author / Tutor Pete Jones Reference Text Reliability Engineering – Kapur and Pecht Case Study – Six Sigma DMAIC project to improve the performance of an aluminium die casting operation JONES Aluminium Window Systems Ltd (JAWS Ltd.), a UK Midlands based manufacturing company that specialises in the design and production of systems for doors and windows, particularly for aluminium profiles. JAWS has implemented ISO 9001 and is certified since 2006 and uses both Lean and Six Sigma for their continual improvement. Projects are selected using a matrix that rates them in function of different parameters linked to JAWS Ltd. strategy such as: environmental, safety, time reduction, savings, and payback in case of an investment is required. Your task as a Quality consultant is to review these report data and provide additional insight and analysis of the issues and how you might address them. Also, the internal project team at JAWS ltd are struggling with the interpretation of some of their experimentation and require some support. Read through the case and provide supporting documentation cross-referenced against the various headings of this report. There are 16 sub tasks related to the case study. 17 May 2018 D4Q-DL-ASS1-CASE-STUDY_SUG3_17 - STUDENT.docx 1 | P a g eCASE STUDY Project selection A window handle model, shown opposite, manufactured using a gravity die casting process operation has shown to have a very high rejection rate. Today the quality and aesthetics expectations require significant process improvements. The components are produced in low silicon aluminium and finished with an anti-corrosion anodising process that supports low maintenance. Many of the defects are only detected at the end of the manufacturing process. The problems of late detection...