Page 2 - Summer 2024

EDM Today Magazine EDM Today Magazine EDM Today Magazine

SUMMER 2024

CAR, PAR, MRB EDM Today Magazine
EDM Today Magazine EDM Today Magazine

What’s It All About, Alfi e?
EDM Today Magazine EDM Today Magazine EDM Today Magazine

No, this title is not about the song from the seventies by Cilla Black. However, the acronyms in the title above it
may make your head spin. If your company has a quality system or does business with medical, aerospace or
automotive companies, you either have, or will have, to deal with these terms.

First, some defi nitions are in order:

EDM Today Magazine PARs, on the other hand, don’t MRBs make decisions regarding
EDM Today Magazine
EDM Today Magazine
PAR
CAR
MRB
Stands for Preventative
Stands for Corrective
Stands for Material
Action Request
Review Board
Action Report
CARs are usually requested by
the customer as the result of
they originate as an opportunity
some sort of failure like a reject-
ing material. Details to follow the
for improvement. They are often
discussion of CAR.
ed part. In other words, CARs
are initiated when something originate with a failure. Instead, the disposition of nonconform-
confused with CARs, even by
EDM Today Magazine
some quality professionals. They
bad happened, and the initiator
EDM Today Magazine in this article. EDM Today Magazine
demands a response from your
are similar in scope to CARs, but
company. Details to follow.
I will not discuss them in detail
Corrective Action Report Details
A corrective action report is usually required when a customer is confronted with a rejected part your company
shipped to them. Defective, meaning that in some way the part did not meet either the purchase order specifi cations
or the customer’s expectations, and the customer wants to know what happened to cause the rejection along with
your plan to assure the customer that it won’t happen again. It is important to note that a timely response to a CAR
EDM Today Magazine
EDM Today Magazine EDM Today Magazine EDM Today, Summer 2024 Issue
is required. Failure to provide an acceptable response will likely result in the revocation of your company’s vendor
certifi cation.
24