Customer Complaint Handling Procedure

This complete process flow is the key to customer complaint handling

This process starts with a customer complaint received.
The complaint can be received in the form of Email, Letter, Phone, Fax, etc…
Record the data in the customer complaint register.

After a customer complaint, there is a consequence such as a part return.

Here the process is diverted into two ways one is the customer part return.

Once you receive the customer part return you need to identify the parts with the tag method.

This is done to avoid a mix-up of return parts in the Good parts batch.

Analyze those return parts by using measurement and what change in those parts needs to be analyzed first.

Non-Conformity Handling

The process of Non-confirming part handling comes with what to do for those NC parts.

It comes with segregation/rework/scrap.

Learn the complete process of Non-confirming handling by click here.

Now from here, a common approach is used for both scenarios such as customer part return Yes / No.

We need to assess the seriousness of the complaint & initiate a problem-solving approach.

Containment action

To avoid customer line stoppage/customer dissatisfaction, we need to initiate containment action.

This should be initiated within 24 Hrs of receiving the complaint.

Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

The next step is to find out the root cause of the problem.

First, use the cause and effect analysis.

Learn more about Root cause analysis in detail.

Corrective & Preventive action

After finding the root causes, take action to eliminate the cause. Therefore, this action is nothing but a corrective action.

After the implementation of corrective action find the potential problem and take action which is called preventive action.

Lean Corrective and Preventive action in detail.

Also learn the

• The Procedure of corrective action
• The Procedure of Preventive action

Once the action has been taken submit reports to the customer.

In many cases, customers may ask for the reports in their format.

But more likely all the formats are referred from the 8D reports.

Learn 8D analysis in more detail.

Review the complaint and update all information in the customer complaint record.

So, the same information may require to present in the management review and audits.

So, it is mandatory to keep the customer complaint record.

This is the way we handle customer complaints.