Defect Sorting & ContainmentStop the Escape. Protect Your Customer.
When a defect gets out, the first hours decide whether it stays a quality problem or becomes a customer crisis. Exceleor plans, launches, and manages containment — isolating suspect material, sorting to approved criteria, and driving the root cause so containment ends on evidence, not hope.
When You Need Containment
If any of these are happening right now, containment should already be in motion.
How Containment Works
A disciplined, documented sequence — the way a Lead Auditor expects to see it.
1. Rapid Response & Scope
Define the defect, the suspect date/lot range, and every location where suspect material may sit: WIP, finished goods, warehouse, in transit, and at the customer.
2. Sort Instruction & Defect Criteria
A written sort work instruction with accept/reject criteria, boundary samples, inspection method, and gauging, submitted for customer approval where required.
3. Sort, Inspect, Rework
100% visual, dimensional, or functional inspection of suspect material, with rework performed only under an approved rework instruction.
4. Certified Material & Clean Point
Certified-good parts are identified per customer requirements, and a clean point (break point) is established so everyone knows which shipments are verified.
5. Daily Reporting & Traceability
Daily results by part number and lot: quantity inspected, accepted, rejected, and reworked, with defect Pareto and full traceability for your customer.
6. Root Cause & Exit Criteria
Containment is interim, not a fix. We drive the 8D, verify permanent corrective action, and define measurable exit criteria so containment can be released.
Industries We Service
Focused on automotive and industrial suppliers, where escapes stop lines and trigger controlled shipping.
Automotive Suppliers
Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 suppliers operating under IATF 16949 and customer-specific requirements, responding to controlled shipping, reject notices, and 8D demands.
Industrial Suppliers
Industrial equipment, fabrication, machining, castings, plastics, and electrical component suppliers under ISO 9001 or customer quality agreements.
What You Receive
- Containment plan and suspect material scope
- Sort work instruction with accept/reject criteria
- Daily sort reports and defect Pareto
- Certified-material identification and clean point record
- Nonconforming material disposition records
- 8D / corrective action support through verification
- Documented exit criteria for releasing containment
Containment Your Auditor Will Accept
Sorting alone does not satisfy IATF 16949 or ISO 9001. Auditors look for control of nonconforming outputs, documented disposition, customer notification where required, and corrective action that prevents recurrence.
Because Exceleor's principal consultant is a Lead Auditor, containment records are built to stand up at your next surveillance audit and to your customer's supplier quality engineer.
Some OEMs require CS2 containment to be performed by a customer-approved third-party provider. We confirm your customer's specific requirements before the engagement starts.
Have Suspect Material Right Now?
Tell us the part, the defect, and where the material is. We'll help you scope containment and protect your customer.
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