International Standards Certifications Pty. Ltd.

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The Quality Centre, Suite 32/7 Anella Ave, Castle Hill, Sydney, NSW 2154, Australia

Audit
Date(s)

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28th April2001

INITIAL AUDIT REPORT

COMPANY:

AKS Bearings Ltd.,

AUDITED

A-87 (B), road no. 9 (C), V. K. I. Area, Jaipur 302 013., Rajasthan, India.

SITE(S):
STANDARD:

ISO 9001:2000

CLIENT:

As Above
SCOPE OF AUDIT

/ CAPABILITY:

Scope : - Manufacturing, Marketing & Supply of Bearings (Excluding Design & Development)

ANZSIC CODE
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES

: 19
: C 2869

Report By....N. Bhattacharya .......Signature.................................................Date.....30.04.2001

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Clause
ISO
9001

Clause Title

4.2

Documentation Requirements

Mi

28th April2001

Car no. 01/01 raised

Management Responsibility
Management Commitment

5.2

Customer Focus

5.3

Quality Policy

5.4

Planning

Mi

Car no. 01/02 raised

5.5

Responsibility, Authority, and communication

Mi

Car no. 01/03 raised

5.6

Management Review

Resource Management
S

6.1

Provision of resources

6.2

Human Resources

6.3

Infrastructure

6.4

Work Environment

Mi

Car no. 01/04 raised

Product Realization

7.1

Planning of Product realization

7.2

Customer related processes

7.3

S
Mi

Car no. 01/05 raised

Design and Development

Not Applicable

7.4

Purchasing

7.5

Production and service provision

Mi

Car no. 01/06 raised

7.6

Control of monitoring and measuring devices

Mi

Car no. 01/07 raised & Closed

CAR / NCR #. & Status

5.1

of

General Requirements

Quality Management System

4.1

Clause
Status
*

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Measurement,
improvement

Analysis

and

8.1

General

8.2

Monitoring and Measurement

8.3

Control of nonconforming product

8.4

Analysis of data

8.5

Improvement

* Clause Status:

Mi
= Satisfactory,

Ma = Major,

Car no. 01/08 raised

Mi = Minor,
N/A = Not audited fully

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SUMMARY OF AUDIT
An audit of the AKS Bearings Ltd. jaipur, Quality System was conducted on the above date by
International Standards Certifications in accordance with the requirements outlined in ISO Standard
10011.1. The purpose of the audit was to verify compliance of the implemented system to the
requirements of the company quality manual, associated procedures and ISO 9001:2000.
NONCONFORMANCES IDENTIFIED
The system Audit Plan and the Audit Attendance Register identifying those Present during the entry and
exit meetings are provided as attachments.
The audit team observed that the Management and personnel of M/s. AKS Bearings Ltd. - jaipur, were
committed to the development of the quality system and appreciated the opportunities for
improvements identified during the audit. The details of CARs raised are as follows.
4.2 Documentation Requirement.
The System does not ensure that
Document of external origin such as DIN std, ISO std, Etc. indicated in the product category are
available and controlled.
5.4 Planning
The System does not ensure that
1) Quality Objective given by the top management, all are measurable Ex. Objective like
a) Up gradation and effective control of process at suppliers end.
b) Motivate and develop employee by training and education.
2) Objectives are available to support the quality policy like total customer satisfaction.
5.5 Responsibility, Authority & communication
The System does not ensure that
a) Appropriate communication processes are established for all interrelated function of the
Organization.
b) How the production planning process goes down below to production manager & Operator?
Other than daily planning and operation process M/C wise, no other related documents were
found.
6.2 Human Resources
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The System does not ensure that

a) The competence of personals carrying out calibration of instruments are defined.
Viz. During audit it was observed that the concern person is not very clearly aware of the
calibration method.
b) Appropriate need of skills are maintained for inspectors carrying out visual inspection.
Requirement of eye sight test is defined for visual inspectors but no record available.
7.2 Customer related processes
The System does not ensure that
Product catalogue clearly indicates about supply of Normal. Bearing in case customer has not
specified in their order other wise.
7.5 Production and service provision
The System does not ensure that
All internal processes are covered in the system as being done practically.
(Viz. A. Tendering process, b. Delivery Process &
B. Issue slip was not interlinked with the store process where as practically issue slip was used
for issuing material from stores.)
7.6 Control of monitoring and measuring devices
The System does not ensure that
All calibration records are identifiable through the I.D. No. provided in the Master list.
Viz. Slip gauge I. D. No. indicated in Master list found 3555 where as record indicates 3554.
8.5 Improvement
The System does not ensure that
Appropriate corrective action is initiated to eliminate root cause of product non conformity of the final
stage inspection on account of Hardness.
Viz. 5 non hardened pieces of Bearings 1838001 were found rejected/ re-graded form a lot due to their
soft nature (On examination it was found that 2 were okay)
No action has so far taken (Since such incidents are regular) to identify where the thing has gone
wrong. i.e. In raw material or in Heat treatment by the sub contractor?
OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT
The Auditor observed that Corrective actions were immediately initiated. Car no. 01/07 were closed
before the close out meeting. Corrective action completion dates have been provided for the pending 7
CARs.
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CONCLUSION
The basic of the system were found to have been implemented. Future efforts will be required in coming
months to ensure the system development continues.
Based on the audit findings since no Major NCRs were found and corrective action plans against the
pending Minor NCRs have already been developed by the client, reviewed and accepted by ISC, a
recommendation for Certification of the Quality Management System (ISO 9001:2000) of M/s.
AKS Bearings Ltd. - Jaipur, will be made under the following provisions.
Verification of the planned corrective action will be undertaken by ISC during Surveillance Audit

N. Bhattacharya - Lead Auditor

International Standards Certifications

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