What quality control procedures operate within BMW?
BMW believe that quality is of key importance in every stage of the manufacturing process, from product conception to customer feedback.
Principles applied are consistency and complete coverage of all requirements throughout the development and production process.
Quality control is achieved through a system of quality audits at every stage of the manufacturing process: the production of parts, components and in the assembly plants.
The same quality control principles also apply to suppliers of materials and components. All BMW suppliers agree to work to specifications of quality.
On arrival at the BMW (UK) Ltd. Vehicle Distribution Centre, all cars have a quality check and have a full pre-delivery inspection before being delivered to the customer.
Every member of staff is fully responsible for the quality of their work.
The BMW management structure allows for the team to react quickly if a fault is found and groups comprising of employees from all levels are pulled together to work immediately on a problem should one occur.
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