Quality checks: one standard on every shift
Checks done "each their own way" give diverging results. Aikando's visual checklists guide every inspection to the same standard, right at the workstation.
A quality check is only as good as the repeatability of how it is performed. If every shift checks differently (different order, different acceptance criteria), quality data stops being comparable, and defects slip through between shifts.
The problem: acceptance criteria live in interpretation
A paper checklist says "verify correct assembly", but doesn't show what correct assembly looks like and how it differs from a defective one. New inspectors calibrate for months; experienced ones each go by their own eye.
How Aikando supports quality checks
- The expert records a reference inspection: what to check, in what order, what "good" looks like and what "bad" looks like.
- A visual checklist guides every inspection step by step, at the workstation, hands-free.
- Acceptance criteria are shown on examples, not described with adjectives, leaving less room for interpretation.
- Updating criteria is a new recording, and all shifts inspect the same way immediately.
Inspection stops depending on the inspector's eye: the standard is visible instead of imagined.
What the plant gains
- Helps reduce mistakes, rework and the cost of non-conformity.
- Comparable inspection results across shifts, lines and plants.
- Faster calibration of new inspectors and easier audits, because the standard is documented visually.