Do the manufacturing processes and welding processes fall under technology or quality management?
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In the companies where I used to work, the process teams responsible for manufacturing processes and welding techniques were all under the Technical Department. However, in the company where I work now, these process teams were initially also part of the Technical Department, but recently they have been transferred to the Quality Management Department to form the Quality Processes Department. I wonder if other companies do the same; is such a arrangement reasonable? Isn’t this mixing legislation with law enforcement?
It is a bit unreasonable. You can check the organization’s system documents to see how the structure is set up and how responsibilities are allocated. If there are conflicts between the responsibilities of two departments that affect the proper functioning of the system, you can express your opinions to the relevant personnel.
It’s definitely unreasonable to combine process management and quality control; perhaps your manager does this to facilitate communication in the work?
Conventionally, it should be assigned to the Technical Department, but there is no strict rule.
The welding process should fall under the technical department.
There are no strict regulations; generally, it is the technical department, while the quality control department is mainly responsible for inspection. But it is also classified under the Quality Control department, as the safety and quality assurance system for pressure vessels includes process-related aspects; so whichever way it is classified, it’s fine – classifying it under Quality Control is better as it facilitates communication with the inspection team. But it only helps a bit with the processes for the cold-formed parts; welding is the same everywhere. :lol
It’s a technical matter; just few people understand this area
Whether in the technical department or the quality department, as long as the responsibilities and tasks are clear, it facilitates the proper operation of the quality assurance system and enables effective quality control to ensure product quality; I think that’s acceptable.
It doesn’t matter who it belongs to; what’s important is being able to propose a reasonable process.
Actually, it doesn’t matter which department it belongs to; what’s important is the workload, right? This is a bit unreasonable. Does your quality department still exist?
It doesn’t seem very reasonable for the regulatory body to be the same as the entity being regulated.
The process is what determines the work procedures and the requirements to be met, while quality is used to check whether those requirements are satisfied. It’s as if the former are the law-makers and the latter are the police.
It’s not very reasonable; manufacturing and welding processes are the technical guarantees for product quality, and they fall within the realm of technology； The quality department is responsible for reviewing the process documents submitted by technical personnel, and it falls under the category of management. Now, regulation and those being regulated are in the same department, probably out of consideration for easier coordination between tasks; although it isn’t reasonable, it can reduce some complications between departments.
It should all fall under the category of technology. If it were as the original poster says, then quality control would be absolutely amazing. But here, even those in charge of quality control don’t fully understand it themselves; it’s really difficult