Implementing First Article Inspection

An FAI document contains the data required to carry out the first article inspection for a specific item. A FAI document is a unique number linked to a specific combination of data (item, revision, effectivity unit, business partner, ship to warehouse, and planned receipt date) which is used by Infor LN to complete the inspection for the item.

An FAI document can be created manually. The FAI document is created manually if the inspection required is beyond the pre-defined rules. When a new FAI document is created, Infor LN sets the FAI document Status to Required.

When a purchase order/ production order/ purchase contract is created, Infor LN verifies if the item requires First Article Inspection.

Infor LN verifies the combination data specified for the purchase order or purchase contract with the data in the First Article Inspection Rules (qmptc0116m100) session.

Infor LN uses the following sequence for validation in the First Article Inspection (qmptc2150m900) session:

  • If an FAI document exists for this combination.
  • If the valid till date of the combination is applicable

If the criteria is found, Infor LN defaults the value of the Conformance Reporting field in the First Article Inspection Rules (qmptc0116m100) on to the purchase order or purchase contract. The supplier can view the conformance documents linked to this code from the purchase order/contract.

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In production, if the matching criteria is found, Infor LN sets the FAI flag on the production order .

Infor LN creates a new FAI document, when the purchase order is approved or if the purchase contract is set to Active, if the record that meets either of the above mentioned criteria is not found.

Note

LN creates a new FAI document for the origin type, Production (JSC), when the production order is Released and if the record that meets either of the criteria is not found.

There is no FAI flag specified in the warehousing module. During the confirmation of the warehouse receipt data, verification is done if QM inspection is required and if the flag is yes, an order inspection is created. If QM inspection is required, Infor LN checks for the FAI document, again. If:

  • THE document exists, the document status is set to In Process.
  • The FAI document does not exist, LN checks if a FAI inspection is required for this transaction based on the FAI rules. If this criteria is met, a FAI Inspection document is created with In Process status and the order inspection created references this FAI document.

You can view the FAI documents created for a specific item in the First Article Inspection Documents (qmptc2151m000) session.