PCC Quality Assurance, Quality Control, ISO Templates

Quality Assurance

PCC undertakes a range of measures to ensure all aspects of the company are of premium quality

Quality Control
PCC monitors all manufactured orders using the following quality control techniques:

Raw Material First-off Inspection
Examination and measurement of the received goods prior to usage.

In-process Inspection
Visual examination of parts during production, including, first off registration, ink density, ink weight, encoding of mag tape to ISO standards, Barcode verification to ISO standards, verification of first and last card produced against datafile

Final Inspection (Audit)
Inspection of samples taken from each manufactured order in accordance with BS6001/ISO2859-1 “Sampling procedure for inspection by attributes.”

Materials Testing
The following material test equipment is used at PCC:

Lloyds Peel Test Load Cell
To test the bond strength of laminated cards to ISO 7810 specification

ISO Templates

• Determination of alignment of magnetic tape to ISO 7810 specification
• Thickness of finished card material to ISO 7810 specification
• Bow testing in accordance to ISO 7810 specification (GO-NO GO gauge)

Barnes Analyser
Testing of encoded magstripe to ISO 7811-2

Barcode Verifier QC810 & QC890
Verification of barcode to ANSI and ISO standards

Inline Barcode Verifier on DOD
Verification of barcode to ANSI and ISO standards

System Overview

In line with ISO9001:2000, the Quality and Environmental Management System embraces the methodology known as “Plan-Do-Check-Act”.

• Plan - Establish the objectives and processes necessary to deliver results in accordance with customer requirements and PCC policies.
• Do - Implement the processes.
• Check - Monitor and measure processes and product against policies, objectives and requirements and report the results.
• Act - Take actions to continually improve process performance.

Six Sigma

Technically, the ‘Six Sigma’ standard means achieving a defect rate of 3.4 parts per million, or virtually defect-free. But in today’s global companies Six Sigma also means striving to achieve the highest quality standards away from the production line, from customer service and supplier relationships to the overall performance of the company.

PCC’s quality assurance initiatives now include 2 fully trained Six Sigma Green Belts who champion core Six Sigma concepts within the organization.