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Li & Fung (Trading) Ltd.

LF 389 (AGI 3)

 Broken Needle Policy & Procedure

… not find completely!?… for Japan Market!?……

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

I.INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................................3II.NEEDLE REPLACEMENT/ METAL CONTAMINATION POLICY.....................................4III.IN-PROCESS BROKEN NEEDLES CONTROL PROCEDURE...............................................5

A.R 

ESPONSIBLE

P

ERSONS

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 N

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PROCESS

C

ONTROL AT

S

EWING

P

LANTS

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INAL

C

ONTROL AT

P

ACKING

P

LANTS

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ROKEN

 N

EEDLE

R 

ECORD

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IV.NEEDLE DETECTOR ............................................................................................................................7

A.T

YPES OF

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EEDLE

D

ETECTOR 

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ALIBRATION

...........................................................................................................................................7C.B

ENCHMARK 

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I. Introduction

To enhance a Needle / Contamination Policy will help to protect the customer’s brand name.In view of the common policy that factories used, their broken needle procedure are just tohaving a logbook to keep the broken needle parts. There are no procedures or actions clearlydocumented for the operators / supervisors to follow.The following procedure is recommended to minimize or even to completely avoid metal / broken fragments contaminated problem. Li & Fung team should request factories toimplement the Needle Policy to their production lines consistently. If the policy and the procedure are not in compliance to Li & Fung requirement, QA should report to their QAmanager immediately, which could result to cancellation of order.This guideline is written for the QA team to assist the factory to set up a Needle /Contamination Policy efficientlyRaymond WongSept 2005