"M" activity on ITP
"M" activity on ITP
(OP)
Dear All,
hope the question is not too basic.
I have in front of me an inspection and test plan (ITP), on which customer has placed, in his column, a series of H,W,R (to which I am quite used to), and a "M". I know it stands for "Monitoring", but it's not clear to me how I should handle it.
I explain
H= hold
1) I notify the activity to customer with a certain anticipation
2) I have no permission to carry out the activity until having received a feed back by customer
W= witness
1) I notify the activity to customer with a certain anticipation
2) I carry out the activity on the scheduled day, regardless customer being present or not
M=monitoring
1) do I have to notify the activity?
2) is feed back of customer mandatory in order to carry out the activity?
Thank you in advance for your suggestion and comments.
Marco
hope the question is not too basic.
I have in front of me an inspection and test plan (ITP), on which customer has placed, in his column, a series of H,W,R (to which I am quite used to), and a "M". I know it stands for "Monitoring", but it's not clear to me how I should handle it.
I explain
H= hold
1) I notify the activity to customer with a certain anticipation
2) I have no permission to carry out the activity until having received a feed back by customer
W= witness
1) I notify the activity to customer with a certain anticipation
2) I carry out the activity on the scheduled day, regardless customer being present or not
M=monitoring
1) do I have to notify the activity?
2) is feed back of customer mandatory in order to carry out the activity?
Thank you in advance for your suggestion and comments.
Marco





RE: "M" activity on ITP
some Owners require a contractor/vendor to put in place a third party inspection/inspector plan.
when the event(s) marked with M are identified you need to notify the Owner so they can send in their Monitor.
RE: "M" activity on ITP
Are you sure about the above statement??? Normally in many of the shop audits I have been involved with, witness means, the customer must be present to witness a specific task or process. The customer can waive this witness point, but must be notified first.
RE: "M" activity on ITP
For example, for a process that may take several days to run an entire order, a Witness would reqire the representative to be there the entire time the order is running, but a Monitor amy only require the representative to be there for the startup and check back periodically to make sure production is proceeding as planned.
rp
RE: "M" activity on ITP
Hold:
1.) Notification yes
2.) hold activity until inspector can witness or you have official waiver
witness
1.) Notification yes
2.) proceed regardless if inspector is present or not
monitoring
1.) Notification no
2.) just proceed like a witness. Monitoring means the inspector can will check according inspection/production schedule or during other witness/hold inspections these activities.
RE: "M" activity on ITP
@ Andre
this is the answer which is close to my personal experience. The question now is: is there some "official" references (i.e. a standard) to this definition?
Marco
RE: "M" activity on ITP
Yes, there is - -it is called the "Customer's Specification"