Defects In Manufacturing

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In manufacturing industries, defect in product is something that cannot easily be avoided and it is usually occurs during the process of producing the products. A product defect can be defined as product with flaw or its not in a required condition and do not fullfil the expected requirement. Defects in manufacturing occur when a product is improperly manufactured and departs from its intended design. It is also can be categorized as a production failure. This can affect overall cost of company production since the flaw product will be downgraded. If this happens, the firm need to rework on the produt in order to fullfil the customer expectation (Ahmad, Ahmad, & Muhammad, 2014). There are four main factors that cause defects, human carelessness, low quality of raw materials, machines that required maintenances and improper work procedures (Talib, & Karim, 2011). In recent years, many research works have been conducted on the factors that affect the quality of product in the mechanical manufacture. The quality of a machined part is estimated based on its …show more content…

This is particularly so for small firms. They need to become more involved in innovation and technology based activities (Charoenrat, Harvie, & Amornkitvikai, 2013). According to Hashim and Abdullah (2000), SMEs in Malaysia can be separated into three main sectors such as general business, manufacturing and agriculture. This study will be focused on manufacturing SMEs. In Malaysia, according to Small and Medium Enterprises Corporation Malaysia (SMECORP, 2008), firms that employ between 50-150 full time employees are considered as medium while those that employ between 5-50 are called small and less than 5 are considered as micro enterprises. These SMEs are further categorized into medium-sized companies, small enterprises and

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