Quality Assurance Procedure Doc No - REPL/QAP/TM/01

Origin Date – 01.04.2018

Tool Management Rev. No. / Date – 01/27.01.2024

1. PURPOSE
The purpose of this document is to establish and implement a system for tooling
management, including the identification, storage, retrieval and disposal of tooling’s.

2. SCOPE OF APPLICATION
This procedure applies to all tooling maintained by REPL.

3. RESPONSIBILITY
ME Manager – Tooling related activity including new tool purchase & order, approval of
new tool, tooling maintenance, disposal of NC tool.
Production In-charge – Overall responsibility for tooling’s storage and maintenance
activities.
4. DEFINITIONS AND ACRONYMS
a. Tool management - A tools management system provides a complete solution for
equipment life cycle management from procurement to usage, tools maintenance.
5. PROCEDURE
a. Tooling Manufacturing Feasibility Consideration
 During Quality Planning the quality characteristics, which have to be
controlled during production are identified.
 All tooling equipment are designed on the basis customer drawing & type of
machine. Tool development team is responsible for Tool drawing approval.
 Tools are manufactured from outsourced supplier.
 After receiving tool from supplier, tools are verified according to tool
specification as per inspection report - REPL/MD/TIR/R0
 After confirming, tools are issued to production department.

b. New Tooling Purchase

Existing tool purchase followed in below cases-

 After getting requirements from production department

 If tool life is over 80%
 If tool break
 If changes done in tooling / process
Requirements are sent to existing supplier with same design. There are one
spare tool are kept in stock.

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 Quality Assurance Procedure Doc No - REPL/QAP/TM/01

Origin Date – 01.04.2018

Tool Management Rev. No. / Date – 01/27.01.2024

c. Tool Identification & Storage

 Tool description as per part name & no. given in drawing.
 All Tools are stored in vertical Tool storage rack.
 There are many trays available in rack. All trays are identified with numbers.
 Tool list are displayed on each Rack.
 Whenever required particular Tool, enter the tray no according to the list.

d. Tooling Maintenance
 For the tools (Hob, Shaper, shaver, broach), tool re-sharpening frequency
decided in tool history card & Work Instruction -
REPL/MD/WI/SCTRC/R1
 Tool re-sharpening details noted in tool history card -
REPL/MD/F/FLPI/R1
 Some tools (Inserts) are replaced as per decided frequency –
REPL/MD/SOP/SOFT TURNING/R0 &
REPL/MD/SOP/HARD TURNING/R1
 Breakage tools Analysis as per work instruction - REPL/MD/WI/BT/R0

e. Non-conforming Tools
 If it is confirmed that the tool specification are outside of required accuracy,
rework of Tool at supplier scope.
 Life end tools scrap as per work instruction - REPL/MD/WI/ST/R1

f. Customer Tools management

 If Tools received from customers preserve the same Tool and follow the
Sequence – c. to e.

g. Not in use tool

 If Tools are not in use then follow WI as per REPL/WI/NIUT/01

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 Quality Assurance Procedure Doc No - REPL/QAP/TM/01

Origin Date – 01.04.2018

Tool Management Rev. No. / Date – 01/27.01.2024

5. REFERENCES
IATF16949:2016; Clause – 8.5.1.6

6. RECORDS
Sr. No. Description Retention Period Custodian

1 Tool inspection report REPL/MD/TIR/R0 Tooling

2 Tool history card REPL/MD/F/HLHC/R1 Tooling

7. REVISION HISTORY
REVISION HISTORY
Rev Description of Change Section Effective Date

R00 Initial release 01.04.2018

01 Rework scope of NC Tools defined as NC 5. e 27.01.2024

raised in IQA Jan. 2024

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