SOP Pre-Production Meeting/ Annex 1

Effective date 06th January 2020

Global Quality Assurance & Development

1 Purpose
Assess risk related to product safety, legal requirements, quality expectations & production capabilities of the supplier and
manage QAD Technical Services support accordingly.

2 Scope
All Advert and Window lines, Door Buster and Seasonal Ranges to be assessed at Red Tag stage and assigned appropriate risk
grading based on below matrix.

Product Risk Matrix

Complexity
High Medium Low
PU Grade
C 1 2 3

B 4 5 6

A 7 8 9

2.1 Complexity
Product assessment based on QAD team review of product category workmanship, materials and product safety.

2.2 PU Grading
QAD Technical Audit Level

2.3 Scoring
1 is extremely high risk of quality and/or safety issues, 9 is almost no risk of failure

3 Steps to Manage Risk based on Matrix Score

3.1 1/2/4: PU is required to conduct preproduction test and involve C&A QAD team in PPM.
QAD PT is required to follow up PPM comments with in-line inspection and pre delivery inspections (PDI’s).

Final Inspection (FI) either is mandatory by nominated 3rd party or nominated PU SIS Inspector.

C&A QAD Team will conduct shadow inspections in the PU to monitor conformity and SIS Inspector competencies. The
frequency of shadow inspections will be increased for High Risk products depending on supplier and PU performance.

3.2 3/5/7: PU is required to conduct internal PPM and is requested to involve QAD as and when required.
QAD PT is required to visit the PU frequently to maintain PPM process and follow up with random in-line inspections and
PDI’s.

Final Inspection (FI) either is mandatory by nominated 3rd party or nominated PU SIS Inspector.

C&A QAD Team will conduct shadow inspections in the PU to monitor conformity and SIS Inspector competencies. The
frequency of shadow inspections for Medium Risk products will be moderated depending on supplier and PU
performance.

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 SOP Pre-Production Meeting/ Annex 1
Effective date 06th January 2020
Global Quality Assurance & Development

3.3 6/8/9: PU is responsible to launch production with internal PPM.

QAD PT is required to randomly select styles for in-line inspection and PDI’s.

Final Inspection (FI) either is mandatory by nominated 3rd party or nominated PU SIS Inspector.

C&A QAD Team will conduct shadow inspections in the PU to monitor conformity and SIS Inspector competencies. The
frequency of shadow inspections for Low Risk products will be reduced depending on supplier and PU performance.

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C&A PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

This SOP contains proprietary and confidential information intended only for the use by C&A and its authorized suppliers and sub-contractors. The recipient of this SOP shall
not disclose any information contained herein to any person other than their employees who may need to use the information to comply with this SOP.