VGS Policies and Procedures Manual

Last Update: 4/8/07

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Chapter 0: VGS Continuous Improvement System

Procedure 0: CI System Specification


Chapter 1: VGS Products

Procedure 1: Standard Products (VGS Standard Product Documentation)

Procedure 2: Updating a standard product

Procedure 4: Producing a standard product as batch

Procedure 3: Custom Products

Procedure 5: Converting custom products to standard product

Procedure 19: Updating a custom product


Chapter 2: VGS Customers & Vendors

Procedure 20: Setting up a customer

Procedure 21: Setting up a customer


Chapter 3: Pre-production Procedures

This chapter covers all procedures related to activities prior to job being released into production

There must be a customer order for any activity initiated by front office (may or may not be for a customer, may or may not involve production). Any activity in production must have a work order.

Procedure 6: Entering regular customer orders

Procedure 7: Entering rush customer orders

Procedure 8: Entering customer orders for samples or tradeshows

Procedure 9: Entering customer orders with many shipping locations

Procedure 10: Purchase Orders

Procedure 11: Work Orders


Chapter 4: Production Procedures

This chapter covers all procedures related to activities directly related producing and shipping the product

Procedure 12: Production Planning

Procedure 13: Tracking jobs

Procedure 14: Labor Reporting

Procedure 15: Inventory Management


Chapter 5: Post-production Procedures

This chapter covers all procedures related to activities after the product is shipped

Procedure 16: Billing

Procedure 17: Archiving


Chapter 9: Miscellaneous Procedures

Procedure 18: Setting up a new employee

This chapter covers all procedures not covered in previous chapters.