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- Layered Process Audit
Layered Process Audit (LPA)
Ensure compliance with manufacturing standards, proactively address issues, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
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Improve quality and your bottom line
Ensure everyone follows best practices and requirements from international standards by creating layered process audit checklists. With photo annotation and calculations in inspections, it’s easy for frontline teams to capture and share noncompliant areas, giving management a clear view of what’s happening on the floor. With all your data in one place, you can quickly pinpoint problem areas and come up with solutions before they cause bigger problems.
“Now auditors can finish their near miss reports, take pictures and it all incorporates into one document. You can send it right from the field.”
Increase efficiency and productivity
Digitize work instructions to standardize procedures and prevent production errors. Compliance regulation changed? No down time required! Update templates and inspection processes in a few clicks, with changes rolling out to your entire organization instantly.
Establish consistency over production processes
Create automated workflows from the platform to streamline daily tasks and standardize procedures across all levels in the organizations. Easily schedule layered process audits on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis to improve supervision over operational and quality checks.
Efficiently identify and address issues
Take a proactive stance on resolving quality, defects, and nonconformance issues by encouraging reports from frontline workers. Gain better visibility using submitted data from the production floor and drill down into the specifics to analyze current gaps in the manufacturing process. Assign corrective actions as needed and effectively address issues with data-informed decision-making.
Drive up continuous improvement across the board
Empower workers to participate in preventive measures by improving their knowledge of layered process audits and other manufacturing standards. Make reporting channels accessible to them and encourage continuous improvement through training and regular updates to keep them in the loop.
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Frequently Asked Questions
LPA software is commonly used across different manufacturing sectors, particularly:
- Automotive
- Aerospace
- Electronics
- Food and beverage
- Pharmaceuticals
Software for layered process audits improves efficiency primarily through automating tasks and scheduling to streamline the process. Additionally, it enables real-time monitoring of data and offers analytics to quickly identify trends and issues present.
When considering LPA software, here are some key features to look for:
- Audit scheduling and automation
- Customizable digital checklists and templates
- Mobile device support for on-site audits
- Real-time data capture and reporting
- Corrective action tracking
- Analytics and dashboards for insights
Yes, a good LPA software should be able to integrate with other existing systems to support operational efficiency. It typically merges with systems like quality management, product management, and enterprise resource planning to streamline important data and processes throughout manufacturing.
LPA software supports continuous improvement by:
- Providing real-time visibility into audit results
- Identifying trends and recurring issues
- Facilitating quick implementation of corrective actions
- Offering data-driven insights for process optimization