Quality
* Certifications * Trained Professionals & Structure * Standard processes & Culture of Quality * Machine Capability * Quality control instruments & guages * Shop floor controls * Trust, Reliability and On-Time Delivery
At its basic core, quality in manufacturing means that we can deliver defect-free products to our customers. At SEP, we see quality as a process driven function that enhances our operations to ensure reliability and consistency, increases trust and credibility, and also optimize price by reducing the cost of lost labor hours or scrap metal resulting from deficient quality.Certifications
ISO 9001:2015 is an international standard for a Quality Management System. SEP is also IATF 16949:2016 certified. In 2024, we earned the Aerospace certification AS 9100:2016.These Technical Specification intended for the automotive, non-automative and aerospace industry supply chain allows us to provide for continual improvement, emphasize defect prevention and reduce variation and waste.
SEP works with suppliers and associates who also have ISO and IATF certifications that put us at an advantage in assuring you world class products that consistently match your finished design requirements.
Trained Professionals & Structure
SEP has 8 employees dedicated exclusively for quality. Their scope includes enforcing and ensuring that international standards are monitored and met as well as ensuring supplier conformance to certification standards.- Quality Control Department is entirely process driven
- All employees are trained in 7 QC Tools
- 1S and 2S training and actively practiced on the shop floor
- Quality personnel are trained in 8D Problem solving techniques
- Statistical Process Control (SPC) training
- 7 Mudas / 7 Wastes of Lean Manufacturing Control
- All employees trained in Measurement System Analysis (MSA)
- My Machine Championship (an ACMA initiative to increase accountability for machines)
- Ongoing training on various topics of Lean Manufacturing / Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) (Ex: Single Minute Exchange of Dies)
- Safety Training
Standard processes & Culture of Quality
Our standard procedures and operations were set up from beginning with prior knowledge of Internationally acclaimed Quality systems and processes. Because they were introduced at inception, our operators, engineers and workers know it as the only way to work.- Operators measure and record dimensions and maintain pre-control charts & SPC for critical dimensions.
- Machines are checked and certified for process capability.
- Incoming quality inspection (raw materials, vendor parts)
- Line inspectors verify process throughout the shift
- In-process gauging (cylindrical grinding machine).
- Shift wise first sample and last sample are verified.
- Facility to capture SPC (Statistical Process Control) data for critical process
- Corrective action is set up as a process and tracked
- Final / Finish inspection carried based on sampling plan
Machine Capability
Although the Automotive Industry has been the most demanding in terms of Quality and Precision, we are capable of delivering products and components for many different applications. Please review a list of our Machines and capabilities under the Infrastructure Section, and further details, highlights and capabilities under the Products & Machines section.Quality control instruments & guages
Our state of the art equipment ensures ongoing quality and consistency. Even when producing non-automotive components, we utilize the same principles and exacting international standards for quality, cost, compliance and tight operations as the automotive sector demands.- Profile projector
- 3D co-ordinate checking machine
- Carbide Slip Gauge set for internal Calibrations.
- Surface Table
- Height gauges
- V Block
- Electronic/ordinary Air gauge units
- Roughness Tester
- Vickers Hardness Tester
- Rockwell Superficial Hardness Tester
Shop floor controls
The commitment to quality begins on the shop floor with the daily discipline and conscious awareness of each of our workers. We have developed several standard practices:- Work instruction for every process
- Daily shift meetings
- Quality Alerts (based on customer feedback)
- Extensive data collection for productivity, tool life monitoring, defect analysis
- Incoming inspection (vender audit)
- Operator self inspection, line inspection and final inspection
- Pre-control charts on the shop floor.
- Statistical process control tools employed extensively on the shop floor