extensive safety training that takes place, with records kept in a training
matrix by its human resources department. In addition, there are visual
aids for employees to show what safety equipment is required in each
area of the operation.
Mereles says every operator is required to wear his or her safety
equipment required for the area in which he or she is working, and
there are also regularly scheduled breaks throughout the workday for
stretching exercises.
The quality mindset is evident in every facet of the operation,
from the time parts are received—they are reviewed at incoming to
assure that they are in compliance with customer specifications—to
final inspection, where every one of the more than 150,000 parts
processed on a daily basis is inspected.
There are also inspections at the end of every process to ensure
that defective parts are not passed along to the next stage of the
operation.
"We don't think of quality control as a department that is
policing, but rather one where everyone in the company plays
a part in having a product come out with the right quality,"
Mereles says. "So every operator receives training on the
quality requirements for the various customers so they can be
sure that whatever job they are doing will meet those quality
More than 150,000 parts
are processed at IPS on a
daily basis
Beyond the door hardware, kitchen and bath industries,
IPS also offers finishing services to the automotive, gaming,
motorcycle, sporting goods, consumer goods and other
industries.
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