DOI: 10.18503/1995-2732-2026-24-2-181-187
Abstract
Problem Statement (Relevance). Despite the implementation of the IATF 16949-compliant QMS, the volume of defects detected by a customer and the volume of internal defects remain significant. The systematization of a supplier's defect management tasks has revealed that this methodology does not cover the entire cycle of identifying and resolving the causes of defects. Methods Applied. System analysis, process approach, and analysis of consequences of potential defects have been used within the framework of the research. Originality. The management of defects in automotive components is considered as a set of procedures applied at the stages of the APQP project to identify and eliminate the causes of significant potential defects that occur in specific operations of the automotive component's life cycle. To trace the development process of a significant defect, the concept of “shoulder of the defect” and "defect-prone operation" has been introduced, allowing for the tracking of the development process of a significant defect in operations across the product's life cycle. Based on the concepts of “shoulder of the defect” and "defect-prone operation," a methodology has been developed for expert identification and prompt elimination of the most dangerous consequences of defects that occur in the user's product, in the customer's production, and in the supplier's production, according to the stages of the APQP project for preparing the production of new automotive components. Result. Tracking is carried out using maps of continuous flow operations at the stages of production of the automotive component and its parts. The conditions of each operation are identified using verified technical documentation. Practical Relevance. Additional procedures have been developed for production preparation and document management to identify and eliminate the causes of significant potential defects in the APQP project. With the implementation of computer-based solutions, the probability of preventing potential defects increases, the time required to eliminate the causes of identified defects is significantly reduced, and reports to the customer become more accurate.
Keywords
Automotive component, information support, life cycle, special quality characteristic, defects, workflows.
For citation
Safarov D.T., Kasyanov S.V., Safarova L.R. Information Support for Tracking and Eliminating the Causes of Defects Across the Operational Flows Throughout the Automotive Component Life Cycle. Vestnik Magnitogorskogo Gosudarstvennogo Tekhnicheskogo Universiteta im. G.I. Nosova [Vestnik of Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University]. 2026, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 181-187. https://doi.org/10.18503/1995-2732-2026-24-2-181-187
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