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SAPPMA ’ s IV quality workshop webinar :
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The benefits of combining Risk Management , Total Cost of Quality and functional Quality Management Systems .
The Southern African Plastic Pipe Manufactures Association ( SAPPMA ) hosted its fourth virtual quality workshop of the year , entitled ‘ Understanding the synergistic effect of combining Risk Management , Total Cost of Quality and a functional Quality Management System ’.
Explaining the reason for selecting this topic , SAPPMA Technical Manage Ian Venter says very few manufacturers ’ specifiers and end-users understand or combine the quality concepts to result in an optimize product lifecycle . “ The nett effect of the effective implementation of these concepts result in an optimal balance between cost and quality and leads to a way improved system whole life cost cycle ,” he explains .
Condensing this largely unknown synergistic concept and distilling and presenting the essence was the role of Saravanan Babu , a plastics pipe testing and QMS specialist from Plasco Limited in Dar Es Salaam , Tanzania . Babu shared his understanding of quality concepts and implementation challenges in a way that was easy to understand , as well as offered several useful ISO 31000 risk management guidelines , including :
• How to manage risks , make decisions , set , and achieve objectives and improve performance
• How to handle external and internal factors that influence whether an organisation will achieve its objectives .
• How organisations can use risk management to their advantage when it comes to setting strategy , achieving objectives , and making informed decisions
• How effective governance and leadership contributes to the improvement of management systems .
• How to effectively manage risk through interaction with all stake holders and with the help of detailed principles , frameworks , and processes .
“ The new ISO 9001:2015 has more freedom for interpretation and less strict requirements compared to the previous version . Being a two-stage
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certification process , users can rectify , make corrections , and achieve certification . However , certification to this standard does not necessarily guarantee product compliance . It was therefore important for us to use this platform to address key issues and provide answers to areas where clear direction and clarification were needed ,” Ian says .
SAPPMA ’ s 5th Quality Workshop will take place on Friday , 24 June 2021 starting at 09:00 via Zoom . George Diliyannis , Technical Service Leader and Subject Matter Expert for PE100 materials at Safripol ( Pty ) Ltd , will be presenting the effect of contaminants on Polyethylene pressure pipe performance , with a specific focus on stress crack resistance .
“ The positive feedback we ’ ve been receiving from delegates after each of our workshops make it clear that they derive significant benefit from attending these technical , yet practical sessions . These monthly , free-to-attend quality workshops are specifically targeted at thermoplastic pipe and fitting manufacturers / fabricators , regardless of whether they are SAPPMA and IFPA members or not . We also invite plumbing fraternity and its representatives ’ merchants ’ importers distributors , end-users , specifiers , consultants , main and sub-contractors , raw material producers and importers , certification bodies , testing houses , third party inspection bodies , auditors , researchers and subject matter experts , the media , and other interested parties to join us . Recordings of these workshops are available via the SAPPMA website for delegates who registered , but were unable to attend , or who want to access the information after the workshop to refresh their memories or review the content ,” Ian concludes . PA
August 2021 Volume 27 I Number 6 www . plumbingafrica . co . za