Introduction

The following work deals with a very important topic for any company, whether
small or large, such as ensuring the quality of inputs.

We understand quality as "the degree to which a set of inherent characteristics

meets certain requirements."

Quality Assurance aims to give confidence that the product meets the necessary
characteristics to satisfy all requirements.

Therefore, to ensure the quality of the resulting products, the quality team must
carry out a set of activities that will serve to:

- Reduce, eliminate and most importantly, prevent quality deficiencies in the

products to be obtained.

- Achieve reasonable confidence that the benefits and services expected by the
client or user are satisfied.

To achieve these objectives, it is necessary to develop and implement a specific

quality assurance plan. The quality assurance plan reflects the quality activities to
be carried out (normal or extraordinary), the standards to apply, the products to
review, the procedures to follow in obtaining the different products, the defects
detected, those responsible, track them until they are corrected.
 General objective
 Define what an input is, as well as make known the importance of ensuring
the quality of inputs in a company, whether small or large.

Specific objectives
 Define the term input.

 Mention the types of inputs

 Define what quality and quality assurance are

 Explain what input quality assurance is.

Theoretical framework
QUALITY ASSURANCE OF INPUTS
Inputs are those goods or products that are used for the creation or manufacturing
of another new product. The management of inputs is essential in a company,
large or small, since it ensures the proper development of production and can
constitute a significant cost reduction.

Types of inputs

 Fixed inputs: Fixed inputs are those that are not modified during
production, such as equipment and machinery.
 Variable Inputs: Meanwhile, the variables are those that will change or
transform in the production process, such as raw materials, for example.

Input management

Keep in mind the following recommendations to carry out good input management:

– You must have a complete list of all the supplies that are necessary to
manufacture your product. This will allow you to better select the prices offered on
the market.

– Evaluate all possibilities and offers in the supplier market and request quotes.

– Negotiate with your input supplier and establish agreements so that you can
generate savings and increase sales volume.

– A good strategy to avoid market and price volatility is to anticipate when

purchasing inputs. Another strategy is to improve your storage management to
have sufficient stock.

– Investment in the purchase of supplies should not shake the financial stability of
your business. Compare prices on the market.

Storage of supplies

To have quality products, you must take care that the inputs do not deteriorate or
go bad. The first step to do this is to have good storage management, which is
where the raw materials that will be used for the production process are stored and
shipped. Some recommended measures are:

Efficient companies keep records of the entry and exit of their supplies, if
necessary they must be labeled for their best location in the warehouse.

The entries, exits and changes in the location of supplies must be monitored by the
company at all times.

We must implement a security system to prevent loss or theft of supplies.

Remember that very few people should have access to the warehouse.

Some of the inputs may be dangerous to the health of workers. Therefore, the
company must comply with the storage security standards indicated by law.

If storage is expensive for the company, evaluate the outsourcing offers for this
service in the market, as it could help you manage your supplies and other
products more efficiently.

Check the expiration date of the products. Remember that the storage rule says
that first thing in is first thing out.

So that your supplies do not spoil, be careful with the atmospheric conditions that
your warehouse has, that is, make sure that the temperature is adequate, it should
not be a humid place and it should have a dry environment.

QUALITY ASSURANCE

Quality assurance is the set of planned and systematic actions that are
necessary to provide adequate confidence that a product or service satisfies the
given requirements for quality, which must be supported by the satisfaction of
customer expectations.

Quality assurance within the company is basically a work documentary

system, in which clear, fixed and objective rules are established on all aspects
linked to the operational process, that is, from design, planning, production,
presentation, distribution, after-sales service and statistical process control
techniques and, of course, personnel training.

This means ensuring that throughout the entire operating process the work
instructions are followed and the technical specifications of the service are
respected.

A quality assurance system is complemented by other quality methods and

philosophies; by virtue of the fact that the factors it covers allow establishing
documentary support to evaluate the company's performance based on quality
records, which serve to obtain reliable and objective data to maintain real and
effective control over the operational process.

Quality assurance is a methodology that is being accepted by countless

companies and that has shown its benefits in different industrial and service
branches.

QUALITY ASSURANCE IN INPUTS

Definitely, the manufacturing of quality products depends, among other

things, on the quality of the raw materials with which the products are
manufactured. The procedures to incorporate raw material suppliers into total
quality management are very important, since the objective is to ensure the quality
of the inputs.

Conclusions
 In the broad sense, quality assurance means any action taken in order to
provide consumers with products (goods and services) of adequate quality.
 In short, a quality system does not mean the solution to all problems, but in
these times of high competitiveness and internationalization it is better to
have one.

Annexes