Containment actions poster

Containment protects the customer while the cause of a quality problem is found. It fails when suspect parts are missed: the ones already in finished goods, in the warehouse, on a truck or at the customer. This poster lists every place suspect parts can be and the five containment steps: define the suspect range, hold, sort with a proven check, mark the good parts and record the counts, then keep it in place until the fix is proven.

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Containment actions poster — 24 x 36 in18 x 24 inA2A3LetterA4PNG 300 dpi

The words on the poster

Contain it: find every suspect part

Protect the customer first. Then look for the cause.

Where suspect parts can be

At the station and in WIP
Finished goods
Warehouse and dispatch
On a truck
At the customer
At the supplier

Define suspect From the last known good part to the first good part after the fix.
Hold Stop shipping. Tag suspect parts and move them to the hold area.
Sort Check every part with a proven method and a clear accept limit.
Mark and record Mark checked parts. Count found, checked, good and bad.
Keep it on Until the root cause fix is proven to work.

Tell the customer early if suspect parts may already have shipped.

On the floor

How to use it

Putting the Containment actions poster to work

1
Post it in the quality office and at the hold area.
2
Work down the list of places on every quality alert, and write a count against each one.
3
Define the suspect range from facts: the last known good part and the first known good part.
4
Pair it with the free quality alert form and 8D report.

Where the poster goes and how to teach with it, in the order to try them.

Which size to print

24 x 36 in or A2: a main wall or team board, read from a few metres away.
18 x 24 in or A3: a station or notice board. The A3 file also fits 11 x 17 in paper.
Letter or A4: a clipboard, binder or handout, on any office printer.

Every PDF is vector, so it stays sharp at full size. Nothing runs to the edge of the page, so no bleed is needed.