Quality

As part of our goal to be “Your #1 Team In Customer Satisfaction”, we are constantly working to improve the quality of our thermoplastic injection molding. We have a number of factors working for us that give us a competitive advantage over other injection molding companies:

TS 16949 – Team 1 has been certified to the ISO/TS 16949:2002 standard since 2005.  The ISO/TS standards provide an internationally recognized structure for maintaining consistency of operations with a focus on customer satisfaction and continuous improvement in plastic injection molding services. Print a copy of the certificate.

System Development - No quality system can prevent every possible nonconformance.  However, a disciplined, systemic approach to analysis and resolution allows Team 1 to attack the root of any problem, protecting our customers from the cost and inconvenience of recurrences. This focus leads to improvements in processes and management, resulting in a competitive advantage.

Corrective and Preventative Action - At Team 1, we know that we may not be able to predict, and thus prevent, every potential problem.  What we CAN do is respond to any problems that do occur in a manner that prevents having to fix them more than once. Cross-functional corrective action and continuous improvement meetings are regularly scheduled and ownership is an active participant.  Disciplined problem solving approaches, combined with a willingness to invest in technology, allow Team 1 to attack problems effectively, thus minimizing inconvenience to customers.

Sharing Information - At Team 1 we utilize web based tools and custom data management systems to communicate internally in a dynamic and real-time environment.   This infrastructure provides us the best opportunity to take care of our customers by ensuring that items do not get lost or fall between the cracks.

New Product Launch Meetings - The long term success of any project is rooted in the management of the launch.  Team 1 can manage the design and construction of new tools, or our staff can work with our customers to ensure that transfer tooling is quickly and successfully brought into production.

Low mold cavitation – Very few of our molds have more than 8 cavities and most are 1 or 2 cavities. This means we have higher precision and repeatable quality. Also, with low cavitation molds the upfront capital can be reduced by up to 60% compared with higher cavitation plastic injection molding work. Our highly automated 24/7 operation of small molding machines allows us to run low cavitation molds at a overall less expensive cost versus high cavitation in a more traditional 5 day labor intensive molding companies.