Resident Engineer

The Resident Engineer serves as the interface between the client’s SQF (Supplier Quality Function) and the supplier. The Resident Engineer represents the client and is considered as an employee of the company they represent. A Resident Engineer from Sigma Automotive upholds the quality standards of the supplier’s products and ensures the supplier’s know-how, demonstrating competence and professionalism. The Resident Engineer can quickly resolve any issues or minimize the risk of damaging the client’s reputation.

The main responsibilities of a Resident Engineer at Sigma Automotive include: promptness, defect verification and analysis, immediate contact with the client, and providing details such as photos, transported parts for analysis, as well as regular visits to the client’s site, participation in ongoing meetings, and maintaining a good relationship with the client’s engineers. Sigma Automotive recruits interns who demonstrate transparency, communication, and flexibility in relation to the needs of the supplier and beyond.

Logistics

Logistics is the management or handling of the flow of goods from the point of origin to the point of destination, with the aim of meeting customer or corporate requirements. More specifically, logistics at Sigma Automotive is defined by integrated planning, organization, taxation, and control of all goods and materials flows along with the associated information flows.

All logistical services are provided and tailored to meet the specific needs and requirements of each client, with detailed attention to individual client needs. The logistics service offered by Sigma Automotive addresses client needs and complements a range of related services required by a client company engaged in import or export operations. From the collection of goods to customs transit, storage, and delivery to the destination, Sigma Automotive’s logistics team ensures that each stage is properly executed and the outcome meets expectations.

Technical consulting

Sigma Automotive offers a wide range of services and consulting, which we invite you to explore. Sigma Automotive also provides technical and management consulting, delivering professional, optimal, and swift solutions to quality control issues, aimed at improving performance, optimizing processes, and reducing risks and negative impacts on quality.

Our specialists at Sigma possess extensive experience in technical consulting for both individual and corporate projects, as well as for institutions, and are equipped with specialized training in the technical field. Throughout this time, Sigma Automotive has been involved in complex projects, successfully providing technical consulting services that have contributed to the increased efficiency of our clients’ businesses.

Sigma Automotive offers a variety of technical consulting services, which we encourage you to utilize along with our team.

Part reworking

Sigma Automotive has quality controllers with specialized training in quality management, who provide part reworking services. They can remove any excess material, such as burrs, and clean parts with various tools or solutions to ensure the highest quality of products.

We are among the first companies recognized for offering these part reworking services, and are known for the precision demonstrated by our quality controllers. Sigma Automotive provides part reworking services at the most competitive costs. This reworking service, which involves deburring materials with special properties and varying sizes, requires exceptional precision. With high productivity, the quality of the products is assured in the long term.

Firewall inspections

One method of quality control is the Firewall inspection. Sigma Automotive ensures that client information is displayed at production lines, control stations, and where Firewall inspections are conducted, acting as a quality barrier. Non-conformities are included in checklists or for audits. Sigma Automotive supports companies that perform 100% inspections, providing a unique Firewall inspection that ensures each part is checked twice, or 200%.

The Firewall inspection can be followed by quality expertise, which involves detecting product characteristics that are considered unsatisfactory by the clients and determining their causes.

Product-by-product inspection ensures that the batch passing the Firewall inspection achieves a ‘zero defects’ status. Such a level of quality and Firewall inspection is achievable only under special conditions.

Inspections and analyses of parts under a microscope or magnifying glass

Sigma Automotive ensures product quality by analyzing parts with microscopes and magnifying glasses. Sigma Automotive specialists are capable of examining small parts and detecting defects that are not visible to the naked eye.

The electronic microscope is an essential tool in Sigma Automotive’s laboratory and is extensively used for inspections and quality assurance, especially for part analysis. The analyses conducted by Sigma Automotive personnel are of superior quality due to their precise verification. Inspections performed under a microscope or magnifying glass guarantee high-quality products and high reliability.

The magnifying glass is used by our specialists for inspecting small and medium-sized parts.

Measurement of parts with various devices and instruments

Measurement of parts with various devices and instruments

Sigma Automotive provides various measuring devices and instruments through its quality controllers, including calipers, micrometers, gauges, and rulers. For measuring parts with small tolerances, calipers are used as the primary tool.

Calipers are the most commonly used instrument in workshops and are employed by our controllers for measuring external and internal dimensions as well as depths of parts. Calipers offer greater precision than rulers and tape measures.

Another important, high-precision instrument available at Sigma Automotive is the micrometer. This tool is used for measuring small lengths, in the micrometer range, and operates on the principle of converting the rotational movement of a micrometer screw into linear movement.

Visual inspections and quality control

Visual inspections and quality control

Sigma Automotive is one of the few companies renowned for the quality of its product inspections and the competence of its inspectors who provide visual quality control. Visual inspections and quality control can be complete or partial, depending on the client’s requirements. Our visual quality inspections are conducted by our trained inspectors, recruited based on well-defined and meticulously established criteria.

Through the experience of our inspectors and thorough training, Sigma Automotive guarantees visual quality inspections and control that meet client expectations according to prepared specifications. The inspection procedures offered are diverse, ranging from visual and dimensional inspections to measurements with standardized or specialized testing equipment.

The qualifications obtained by our staff according to the VDA 16 Standard further reinforce the excellent quality of the services we provide.