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Barcodes containing batch or unique serial numbers (laser etching is common in auto part supply chains), along with good manufacturing records is how the scope
by CodeWriter23 4y ago
Barcodes containing batch or unique serial numbers (laser etching is common in auto part supply chains), along with good manufacturing records is how the scope of a recall such as this is contained.
In the food industry, a portion of cGMP (Current Good Manufacturing Practice) covers traceability. Not sure what the practice is called in the Auto Industry but I’m sure raw material tracing is a part of their practice.
- icegreentea2 4y agoYes. It's not just Ford which had good records here, their battery vendor must have had great tracking to limit the blast radius so much. Though potentially they just all got lucky and caught a problem early enough that most units with the problem batteries haven't left Ford control yet.
- CodeWriter23 4y agoOf course, the supplier would have to have some SOPs to say how to make the assemblies and then a QA department to catch the Deviation and write it up.