| Quality InspectionQuality inspection governs the activities required to select and
control the flow of products selected for inspection. Basic product data
structured by characteristics is used to perform quality
inspection. You can perform quality inspections on the
following: - Purchased Products
- Sales Products
- Manufactured Products
- Products stored in Inventory
- Products during Warehouse Transfer
You can use master
data to define the characteristic of the product that must be inspected, the
location of the inspection, and also the effect on the product that must be
inspected. Characteristic A characteristic
describes an individual feature or property of an item that will be tested. For
example, diameter, length, weight. Aspect An aspect defines
different occurrences of the same characteristic. For example, the
characteristic for a tube diameter can be used to measure both the internal and
external aspect of a piece of metal tubing. Quality group Quality group is a group of items with similar quality characteristics. The data
defined for a quality group are the default values for the items in that
quality group. Algorithms are used
to perform complex calculations based on measurements required for quality
inspections that may include product specifications. Each algorithm is an
expression that contains the variables and standard mathematical expressions
that can be used in the algorithm, such as logarithms, sine, cosine and so
on. Sampling plan A sampling plans
determine the sample size and criteria for accepting or rejecting a batch based
on the quality of a sample, using statistical principle. Sampling rule A sampling rule
defines the standard criteria that is used for the skip lot inspection and to
decrease the frequency of inspection. The sampling rule is defined for a
combination of Code Letter Table, Sampling Plan, Inspection Level, and
Inspection. The sampling rule also defines the alternative sampling plans that
is used to decrease or increase the severity of the inspection regime along
with the associated rules for switching plans. Sampling Rules- Characteristic Categories Characteristics are grouped into three different categories.
These categories are: The default acceptable quality level, order acceptance/rejection
levels, and the sampling rule switching criteria are defined by characteristic
category. A Characteristic Level Sampling Rule Switching enables you
to define sampling rule switching for a group of characteristics.
When characteristic level sampling rule switching is selected, you can create,
view, and specify a default acceptable quality level for a characteristic
category. Item sampling rules The sampling rule is linked to a test group, which is linked
to a Standard Test Procedure. The standard test procedure is linked to an item
or group of items (via the Quality Group). To manage changes in the inspection
regime, item sampling rules are used to store the actual/ current inspection
regime at the level of origin/ business partner/ item/ standard test procedure/
test group. Testing combinations A very important functionality in Quality is the Testing
Combinations. Use this functionality to link quality IDs to an origin. These
testing combinations are the primary input for the creation of inspection
orders and consist of three parts: - The module from which inspections originate.
- The item or quality group that applies to the
combination.
- The quality ID that applies to the combination.
Inspection order Inspection orders are
used to structure the inspection of products that are purchased, produced, or
sold. Inspection orders can be generally applied or be order
specific. The Inspection Order status, Cancelled has these key
features: - Open Inspection Order can be cancelled.
- Existing inspection results are removed when the inspection
order status is changed to Cancelled.
- Logistical process blocks associated with the inspection
order are removed when the status is changed to Cancelled.
- Inspection Orders with the status, Cancelled are
transferred to history.
Storage inspections can be used to generate inspection
orders that are inventory specific. If a storage inspection is generated for
the selected items, these items are blocked for use and are considered as
inventory on hold. Order Inspection Workbench Using the order inspection workbench, you can create, view,
specify, and maintain order inspections and the related inspection order. You can also view a graphical representation of the inspection
orders for the current day or a specified time range. Export inspection data You can export the inspection data to an external program,
for example, MS-Excel. Lots and/or serial numbers not in inventory You can define actual test data for the combination of
sample, sample part, inspection order line, test sequence, item, lot, serial
number, aspect, and characteristic. You can use sampling plans for the
inspection of all lots and/or serial numbers. You can also select and link
multiple lots and/or serial numbers to a NCMR. Item revision and effectivity unit This functionality allows you to define the combination of
PRP Project, PCS Project, Item Code, Item Revision and Effectivity Unit for all
order origins. BOM inspection You can use Routing and Operation to determine if an inspection is necessary
for a component. Inspection orders for multiple lots and serials by business
partner For lot controlled and serialized items, Infor LN allows you
to generate storage inspection orders for a specific business partner. Validate standard test procedure The Validate Standard Test Procedure option in the Testing Combinations (qmptc0119m000) session validates: - Whether an item is serialized.
- Whether the item in the quality group, is
serialized.
If these conditions are met, Infor LN checks if
more than one Standard Test Procedure is defined. If yes, Infor LN displays
the following message: Item (Item code) is serialized and the Test Quantity is
greater than one. Test data will be applied to all the serialized items in the
test quantity. First Article Inspection (FAI) This functionality allows you to verify if the engineering
and specification requirements are met during the production and avoid scrap or
rework at a later stage. FAI can be implemented partially or completely (full
FAI), and is applicable for the orders originating from: - Purchase
- Purchase Schedules
- Production
Conformance Reporting Conformance reporting for an item linked to a specific
business partner, at the supplier premises is required: - If an item’s compliance to standards cannot be verified by
the receiving business partner or if equipment, significant gauge, test
equipment correlation problems exists.
- If the shipped items are assemblies comprising of
component parts that cannot be verified except when unassembled.
- If outsourcing/Improved scheduling of parts can be
realized.
- If source inspection is part of a supplier audit procedure
(e.g. First Article Inspection)
Conformance reporting is applicable only for the order type
purchase. Nominal Values Nominal value, is specified to provide tolerance limits for
a nominal size, accommodating deviations, if any. Earlier, it was possible to only measure values between the
norm and the upper and lower limits of inspection orders. The upper limit
always had to be greater than the norm and the lower limit always had to be
less than the norm. Using the nominal value functionality, you can specify a
tolerance range for a nominal value. This functionality can also be used to
process inspection orders. Consolidation of Lots and Serials in Order
Inspection You can now create inspections based on sampling and sample
rules for non-serialized items as well as serialized and lot controlled items
for all origins. Quality Inspection Workbench The inspection workbench displays and updates all the order
inspection data on a single screen. At the order inspection level, the screen
displays key dates from the order origin, the aggregated information from the
lower levels, maintains a count of the tests to be performed, and passed and
rejected tests from all the inspection orders contained within an order
inspection. You can define the line level test sequence in which
inspection order lines are displayed to the users in the easy entry screens.
The available options are: - Inspection Order, Sample, Line, Sample Part
- Inspection Order, Sample, Sample Part, Line, Test
Sequence
- Inspection Order, Test Sequence, Sample, Line, Sample
Part
In the qualitative easy entry screen, it is now possible to
select multiple test lines and enter one common result for all the selected
test lines. It is now possible to process Conformance Documentation
based inspection orders using the Inspection Workbench. It is now possible to select alternative lot/serial number
combinations as part of the Inspection Workbench process. Resource Allocation The Resource Allocation functionality enables users to
manually allocate resources to Quality Management activities such as NCR, CAP
and order inspections. Specific Unit Set Using the Quality Management Parameters (qmptc0100m000) session, it is now possible to select a
specific unit set to be used in Quality Management. Contract Deliverables The Project Contract order origin enables the generation of
Inspection Orders and Non-Conformance Reports related to the receipt of Project
Contact specific Purchase Orders. Additionally, specific contract information
“flow down” to individual Order Inspections has been enabled with the inclusion
of user definable fields. Resource Management Resource Management is required to analyze the skills and
the availability of critical resources. This analysis helps to complete
specific Quality related activities (product or project based) such as
inspections, generation of non-conformance report (NCR) and corrective action
plans (CAP).
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