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USTERIZED® mills can look forward to audit business advantages

USTER sends its experts to carry out periodic audits at USTERIZED® certified mills and the mill management and staff can expect an extremely positive experience, with nothing but good advice for future business progress.

An insight into the working life of an USTERIZED® auditor is instructive. Mr Muraliganesh K. is one of 11 auditors. Specialists like him re-certify USTERIZED® members or carry out initial audits of spinning mills wishing to acquire the USTERIZED® quality label.

The USTERIZED® program aims to conduct a one-day audit every year or a two-day audit every second year for its members. Regular audits are essential to ensure that USTERIZED® mills continue to be the reliable partners yarn buyers expect, knowing they can trust in their quality management excellence.

Audit process
Mr Murali and his colleagues make critical checks on equipment and how it‘s maintained, as well as measuring other factors such as how climatic conditions in the laboratory are maintained. They also take a close look at all relevant parameters in each process step and recommend actions in case of outliers. The auditors will also carry out a walkthrough of the spinning mill, to identify improvement areas. Finally, they review sample plans and discuss how yarn quality profiles are used with customers.

Mr Murali says, “I love my job as an auditor because the customers are always happy to see me. They look forward to my visit and they are always well-prepared with a list of questions. With this job I can help to make it a better world for some spinning mills and of course it makes me happy to hear that the suggested settings resulted in better yarn performance and improvements on fabric appearance at the customer’s end.”

Customers the winners
Feedback from certified mills shows they appreciate the regular audits, especially for the multiple benefits they gain from the USTER specialists casting an expert eye over every step of their production. And the ultimate advantage is seen on the yarn buyers’ side.

Mr Andreas Birsner, Head of USTERIZED at Uster Technologies said, “USTERIZED® doesn’t mean just keeping a high quality standard in processes and products. It’s about continuously raising the bar. Therefore USTERIZED® spinners are, and will always be, recommended as preferred suppliers for yarn consumers.”

Quality data for improvement
During an audit visit in 2018, Murali sat with the mill quality managers to check various reports. The data showed that the quality had actually deteriorated compared to the 2017 audit. The change wasn’t significant and there was no risk of complaints. Yet, for Murali and the USTERIZED® member, the situation was definitely not acceptable, since it was against their understanding of continuous improvement in quality management.

The causes of the quality fall-off were identified by Murali during his tour through the mill. Mr Murali said, “Some reasons were more obvious, such as inappropriate materials handling, incorrect channelization and other expert findings from the maintenance and settings of the roving and spinning machine.”

When these issues were remedied, the quality came back to the required level and the mill personnel was made aware of the causes during the production processes. The result formed the basis for further improvements in yarn quality.

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