What “company-specific” looks like on paper.

1. Our quality policy

Ridgeline Precision Machining makes parts that go inside other companies' machines. If one of our parts is out of tolerance, a hydraulic valve leaks, a packaging line stops or a harvester sits in a field. We take that personally. Our policy is to ship parts that match the drawing and the purchase order the first time, on the date we promised.

To do that, Ridgeline commits to:

• Review every drawing, revision and purchase-order note before we cut metal, and ask the customer when anything is unclear.
• Meet all customer, statutory and regulatory requirements that apply to our parts and our shop.
• Set measurable quality objectives each year, review them at management review, and fund the actions needed to hit them.
• Give every machinist, inspector and programmer the training, gauges and time to do the job right — and the authority to stop a job when something looks wrong, without blame.
• Treat every nonconformity and customer complaint as a chance to fix the cause, not just the part.
• Behave honestly: we never ship a known nonconforming part without the customer's written agreement, and we never alter inspection data.
• Keep improving this quality management system as our customers, our people and our business change.

2. How this policy is communicated and applied

• Posted at the time clock, in the inspection room and on the shared drive; included in new-hire orientation (IK-02).
• Discussed at the monthly all-hands meeting by the President, with one real example of the policy in action.
• Staff awareness is checked during internal audits by asking operators what the policy means for their job.
• Available to customers and other interested parties on request and on our website.

3. Quality objectives — FY2027

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1. Purpose and review

This register records the internal and external issues that affect Ridgeline's ability to deliver conforming parts, and the interested parties whose requirements our QMS needs to address. It is reviewed at every management review and whenever a significant change occurs (new customer, new process, loss of a key supplier). Issues that create risks or opportunities are carried into the risk register (QP-04) and opportunity register (QP-04).

2. Internal issues

3. External issues

4. Climate change — relevance decision

5. Interested parties and their requirements

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1. Purpose

To make sure any part, material or service that does not meet requirements is caught, kept apart and dealt with before it can be used or shipped by mistake, and that the people who need to know are told.

2. Scope

Applies to raw material at receiving, work in process, finished parts at final inspection, parts returned from outside processors (heat treat, anodize, plating), and parts returned by customers. Applies to both shifts.

3. Responsibilities

4. Procedure

4.1 Identify and stop

1. Stop the operation if the problem could affect further parts. Do not continue "to finish the batch."
2. Attach a red HOLD tag to the parts or container. Write the job number, part number and revision, quantity, operation and a short description of the problem.
3. Move the parts to the locked MRB cage beside the inspection room. If parts are too large to move, rope off the area and tag it in place.
4. Put the job on QC Hold in the ERP so it cannot be scheduled or shipped.
5. Check whether other parts from the same material lot, setup or program could be affected — including parts already at the outside processor or in finished goods.

4.2 Record

The shift lead opens a Nonconformance Report (form F-08-06A) in the ERP the same shift. The NCR records: what requirement was not met (drawing feature, spec or PO note), quantity affected, how it was found, containment actions taken and who took them.

4.3 Decide (Material Review Board)

The MRB reviews open NCRs within 2 working days and records one of the following dispositions, with the name of the person who decided:

4.4 Nonconforming parts already shipped

If suspect parts may have reached the customer, the Quality Manager notifies the customer's buyer and quality contact within 1 working day, by phone followed by email, stating part number, lots affected, the suspected problem and our containment plan. Notification is recorded on the NCR.

4.5 When an NCR becomes a corrective action

The Quality Manager opens a corrective action (QP-20) when any of these apply: the same part number and feature fails twice in 90 days; the nonconformity reached a customer; scrap cost exceeds $1,000; or the cause is a system failure (wrong revision issued, untrained operator, uncalibrated gauge).

5. Records

NCRs, MRB decisions, concessions and re-inspection results are kept in the ERP for 10 years from ship date, or longer if a customer purchase order requires it.

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