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Quality
Quality never happens by
chance. It is always a result of planned and sustained
effort.
In order to meet global customer quality standards it
becomes ne cessary to maintain the high standards of
product & process quality. F.C.C. RICO is committed
to an ongoing quality improvement philosophy with our
quality control trying to follow global systems.
Our plant has high precision equipment procured from
reputed manufacturers world wide to precisely help in
meeting this goal.
We at F.C.C RICO can proudly claim that a stringent
quality control system is followed for all products
at various stages so that we are able to ensure that
the final product that reaches the customer is of high
quality & assures satisfaction of the performance
standards demanded by customers.
Quality is ensured through repeated mechanized and human
checks by subjecting the products to a variety of tests
to ensure that the clutches have the desired dimensional
accuracy and performance characteristics.
All our products are manufactured in compliance with
the quality criteria of the automobile industry and
with main motto of “Zero defect supplies”
We have a inbuilt robust and strong quality system which
covers all our products at various stages of development
and manufacturing.
In terms of quality assurance,too, F.C.C. RICO accredition
with QS 9000, ISO/TS 16949, OHSAS 18001 and ISO 14001
has boosted its reputation for reliability by leaps
and bounds.
In order to address the Quality, Health and Environmental
matters at one time, Integrated Management System (IMS)
has been put in place. The company IMS policy states
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Total customer satisfaction by achieving market leadership. |
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Cost effective quality and in time delivery. |
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Team work as fundamental for growth and success. |
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Contribution to society through ethical business practices. |
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Continual improvement in all activities. |
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Creating a safe workplace through protecting environment & complying with all applicable legal and other requirements. |
There are extensive testing and inspection facilities
right from the stage when the raw material enters the
factory till the finished product leaves our place and
these facilities are as follows:
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Testing
facilities for carrying out quality assurance |
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CMM
Co-ordinate Measuring Machine - For checking of
point to point dimensions |
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FORMTRACER -
For Contour, surface roughness confirmation |
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ROUNDNESS TESTING
MACHINE - Checking roundness and cylindricity |
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SPRING TESTER
– For Checking spring characteristics |
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HARDNESS TESTER -
For confirming material hardness |
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TORQUE TESTER -
For Clutch torque confirmation |
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PROFILE PROJECTOR
- For confirmation of profile. |
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ODR - For
checking properties of friction material. |
The
growth of any company depends on the quality of its
manpower. For enriching our manpower we at F.C.C. RICO
Ltd. conduct periodical in-house training to train workers
directly involved in manufacturing about the various
technical aspects of the process.
To see that there is proper and effective implementation
of quality system, all the employees are compulsorily
educated on QS awareness and on its various requirements.
APQP review meeting as per QS/TS regulations are also
held periodically.
Training on safety precaution, material preservation,
maintenance, 5s is common feature which contribute towards
increasing the overall level of working skill and efficiency
of workers.
We also take special interest to see that the management
is made familiarize with the latest technical developments
in our field by conducting regular training sessions
for them.
The workers are also sent to other overseas plants of
our parent company office to familiarise with the work
environment, culture & productivity level of F.C.C.
other bases. For eg. Japan, Thailand, Indonesia &
Philippines are a few bases where worker have been given
on job training on hi-tech machines & equipments.
Whenever there is any technical problem there are brainstorming
sessions in order to tackle it efficiently. Special
Quality circle teams have been formed to share the kaizen
activities of F.C.C. Rico on common plate form with
our customers and vendors.
