Working Efficiently and Effectively and

Fostering Continuous Improvement

Presented By: Nirmala Nohar

Date Created: 10th March 2016

ECAR Single QMS Workshop

14-18 March 2016
To provide an overview of what is a Non-Conformity
and distinction amongst Key Terms

To provide an awareness of the objectives of a Non-

Conformity, Corrective and Preventive Actions
(NCPA) System

To provide an overview of the AIS/AIM NCPA System

To ensure that participants understand and can

perform their role in the system
 3
Objectives 4
1
2 and Planning, 6
Definition, Overview Control
Criteria and Definition of a Non- and 5 Oversight,
Methods of and Analysis
Conformity, Follow-Up Roles and
Identification and
distinction Corrective of Responsibi-
Reporting
of (Potential ) amongst and Corrective lities by the
Non- Key Terms Preventive and QMS Rep.
Conformities Action Preventive
(NCPA) Actions
System
 DEFINITION OF A NON-CONFORMITY
A Non-Conforming product (or service) is one which does not
comply with ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices,
National Regulations and/or customer requirements.
Examples:
Incorrect data in NOTAM proposal or Promulgation Advise Form,
FPL, Chart etc. disseminated by ECAR States to Piarco AIM i.e.
Incorrect data received by Piarco AIM for publishing (errors,
omissions which can have a direct or indirect impact on safety.)
 CRITERIA FOR IDENTIFYING NON-
CONFORMITIES

Failure to comply with:

 ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices
(SARPs);
 National Regulations; and
 Customer Requirements
 DEFINITION OF CORRECTION,
CORRECTIVE AND PREVENTIVE ACTION
Word Meaning
Correction Action taken to eliminate an identified non-conformity
Note 1: A correction may be concurrent with a corrective action.
Note 2: A correction may be, for example, a reprocess or a
reclassification
Corrective Action Action taken to eliminate the Root Cause(s) of non-conformities in
order to prevent them from happening again.
Note 1: A non-conformity may result from more than one cause.
Note 2: Corrective action is taken to prevent something from
happening again.
Note: There is a difference between correction and corrective action.
Preventive Action Action taken to eliminate the Root Cause(s) of potential non-
conformities in order to prevent them from happening in the first
place.
This action is pre-emptive by nature.
Root Cause(s) The most basic underlying cause(s) that can reasonably be identified
that management has control to fix and, when fixed, will prevent (or
significantly reduce the likelihood of) the problem’s recurrence.
DEFINITION OF CRITICAL, MAJOR AND
MINOR
(As per ICAO Document 9839 Manual on Quality Management System for AIS)
 OBJECTIVES & OVERVIEW OF AN NCPA
SYSTEM
To establish guidelines for identifying, controlling and dealing with
non-conformities to ensure:
 Incorrect or corrupted information is not used
and
To establish guidelines for the implementation of the Corrective
and Preventive Actions (CAPA) component of the Quality
Management System (QMS) in order to eliminate the ROOT
CAUSE(S) of :
 actual/existing non-conformities, in order to prevent them from
occurring again.
 potential non-conformities to prevent them from occurring in
the first place; and
 To assess the efficacy of corrective and preventive actions.
OBJECTIVES & OVERVIEW OF AN NCPA SYSTEM
OBJECTIVES & OVERVIEW OF AN NCPA
SYSTEM
How do you know if Preventive Action is needed?
While it is acknowledged that the best time to work on preventing problems
is in the QMS Planning Process, the need for initiating a Preventive Action
Request (PAR) may still be required as determined by:
 Staff observation or examination of procedures, work instructions and
systems
 Management Reviews
 Data/Trend Analysis
 Monitoring Customer perception and satisfaction
 Internal Audits
 External Audits
 Planning and Risk Assessment
PLANNING, CONTROL AND FOLLOW-UP
Two types of actions may be planned and organised depending on the
type of non-conformity as described below:
Corrective Action:
Action aimed at preventing actual non-conformities from
occurring again.
Preventive Action:
Action aimed at resolving potential non-conformities to prevent
their occurrence in the first place.
The form used for recording the planning, organisation, control, follow-
up and approval of corrective or preventive action is the Corrective or
Preventive Action Request (CAR/PAR) Form (AIM/F83,85/QA).
 METHODS OF IDENTIFYING NON-
CONFORMITIES
 Internally by any AIS personnel via observation
during the course of their normal duties.
 Via Audits (External)
 Via AIM QMS Team Meetings
 Externally by a customer and communicated to AIS
in person, via phone, fax email or physical
document.
 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

AIS Staff shall:

 Correct any non-conformities identified during the course of their duties.

This may include re-processing, correction or amendment.

 Initiate Corrective Action by submitting a Corrective or Preventive Action

Request (CAR/PAR) Form to the process owner.
 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Process Owner shall:
 Determine whether corrective action is required by conducting an
impact assessment considering the criticality of the non-conformity
using the guidance provided in ICAO Document 9839 – Manual on
the QMS for AIS.
• Generally, issues classified as Critical or Major will indicate the need
for corrective action.
• The process owner must prioritise and balance criticality against
resources available when making this decision.
 Determine due date for resolution in conjunction with the QMS
Representative.
 Investigate the issue and conduct a Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to
determine the root cause(s).
 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Process Owner shall:

 Determine corrective action(s) to be applied based on the results of

the RCA.

 Apply the corrective action and evaluate its effectiveness for an

appropriate period of time as determined in conjunction with the
QMS Representative.

 If not effective, apply corrective actions until resolution of the issue.

 Complete the CAR/PAR Form and submit to the QMS Representative.

ANALYSING AND MONITORING EFFICACY OF
ACTIONS
Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is a method of problem solving used for
identifying the root causes of faults or problems.
To be effective, RCA must be performed systematically, usually as part of
an investigation, with conclusions and root causes that are identified
backed up by documented evidence. A team effort is typically required.
5 Whys
By repeatedly asking the question “Why” (five is a good rule of thumb),
you can peel away the layers of symptoms which can lead to the root
cause of a problem.
Benefits of the 5 Whys
Help identify the root cause of a problem.
Determine the relationship between different root causes of a problem.
One of the simplest tools; easy to complete without statistical analysis.
ANALYSING AND MONITORING EFFICACY OF
ACTIONS
The activities below serve the following purposes:
Impact Assessment:
 To identify the (potential) impacts of a (potential) non-conformity.
 To determine the ‘criticality’ or effect on safety and/or operations of a
(potential) non-conformity.
 To ascertain whether a (potential) non-conformity requires (Preventive
Action) Corrective Action implementation.
Root Cause Analysis:
 To identify the underlying cause(s) that have led to an undesirable
outcome such as a (potential) non-conformity.
 To identify what needs to be changed to prevent (occurrence)
recurrence.
 To identify lessons learned to promote achievement of better
consequences in the future.
 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The QMS Representative shall:
 Ensure that the NCPA procedure is effectively implemented and
maintained in the AIS Unit.
 Determine, in conjunction with the process owner, appropriate
due dates for resolving non-conformities.
 Issue weekly reports to the process owner of any overdue
actions.
 Issue bi-annual status reports to the relevant authority, Piarco
AIM Quality Assurance Unit and the process owner of issues
resolved during the period and any overdue actions. These shall
contain the updated Corrective Action Tracking Log.
 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The QMS Representative shall:

 Monitor and verify the effectiveness of the corrective or

preventive actions taken.

 Review and close CARs/PARs after ensuring their resolution.

 Maintain the Corrective/Preventive Action Tracking Log.

 Overall oversight and monitoring of the performance of this

procedure using appropriate indicators. (See KPIs in later slide)
OVERSIGHT, ANALYSIS AND REPORTING BY
THE QMS REPRESENTATIVE
Purpose of Data and Trend Analysis:
To process, organize and manipulate data so as to produce
useful information that can lead to conclusions to support
decision-making.
To analyse data generated by the QMS in order to monitor its
performance and determine appropriate courses of action.
To enable measurement of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
set by management.
To spot a pattern or ‘trend’ in the data and its possible future
implications.
OVERSIGHT, ANALYSIS AND REPORTING BY
THE QMS REPRESENTATIVE
Importance of Key Performance Indicators:
 To help organisations understand how well they are performing
in relation to their strategic goals and objectives.
 To reduce the complex nature of organisational performance
to a small number of key indicators in order to make
performance more understandable and digestible.
 To be as used as evidence to inform management decisions.

 To facilitate continuous learning and improvement.

OVERSIGHT, ANALYSIS AND REPORTING BY
THE QMS REPRESENTATIVE
Important KPIs for the NCPA Procedure:
The following are to be measured over a specific time period e.g. quarterly
etc.
 Number of overdue Corrective Actions (CA)
 Number of CA per given process e.g. NOTAM Management, FPL
management, AIP (AMDT)
 Number of CA that did not resolve the problem
 Number of non-conformities for the same issue after
completion of CA
 Number of open issues/total number for a given period
 Summary

Slides 4, 6,7, 8, 9, 12, 13-19, 21 and 22

briefly summarise the main ideas and
activities in this procedure.
 REFERENCE MATERIAL
ISO 9001:2008 Standard (Quality Management System-Requirements)
ICAO Document 9839 Manual on the QMS for AIS
Annex 15 Aeronautical Information Services (AIS)
ICAO Document 8126 AIS Manual
ICAO Document 8400 ICAO Abbreviations and Codes
ICAO Document 7910 Location Indicators
ICAO Document 8643 Aircraft Type Designators
ICAO Document 4444 Air Traffic Management
ICAO Document 8697 Aeronautical Chart Manual
Annex 4 Aeronautical Charts
ICAO Document 9881 Guidelines for Electronic Terrain, Obstacle and
Aerodrome Mapping Information
The above ICAO documents can be accessed from the Access DB (ICAO
Annexes and Documents) using the path AIS Shared Folder/‘ICAO
Publications’ Folder/ICAO PUBS on the LAN.
 MISCELLAENOUS

Useful Websites:
http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards/management-
standards/iso_9000.htm
http://www.masquality.com/Business_Solutions/Free_Resources.html
http://www.quality-assurance-solutions.com/
http://asq.org
http://www.cebos.com/
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