Theresa , hut I hope 1 will be ready to start interviewing at tht weekend Thai is the cud of Section 3 You now have half a minute to check your answers 30 seconds x Now turn in Section 4 on page 7 of your question booklet [pause] Section 4 You will hear a learner giving a lecture on quality control Read a summary of the lecture made by a student and look at questions 30-35 30 seconds Now listen to (he lecture and answer questions 30-35 Good morning ladies and gentleman Today's topic in our series of lectures on. | Theresa hut I hope 1 will be ready to start interviewing at tht weekend Thai is the cud of Section 3 You now have half a minute to check your answers 30 seconds x Now turn in Section 4 on page 7 of your question booklet pause Section 4 You will hear a learner giving a lecture on quality control Read a summary of the lecture made by a student and look at questions 30-35 30 seconds Now listen to he lecture and answer questions 30-35 Good morning ladies and gentleman Today s topic in our series of lectures on the stages of the production process is quality control Some people believe that an effective quality control system amounts to an inspection of the finished product This morning 1 intend to prove to you why those people are mistaken The mam drawback with a finished product inspection is that it is an after the act operation No amount of inspection can maAe bad work good For this reason most large-scale manufacturers consider quality control to be an ongoing process The advantages of this are considerable It cuts wastage it saves time as no hours are lost on work done on already defective items and perhaps most importantly it is easier to detect a fault when the product is still at the component stage So when should quality control begin Well usually with the raw materials If the materials are of sub-standard quality there is no point in processing them More to the point sub-standard materials can be returned to the company at no cost to the manufacturer Although these benefits seem obvious you might be surprised to know that only 87 per cent of large firms and 62 per cent of small firms have a standard raw material inspection procedure For the same reasons it is a good idea to test components brought in from .mother company In many manufacturing processes it is useful to carry out some form of quality control on products while they are still being manufactured It is often easier to check individual components before assembly takes Equally it may be
