MFG/PRO 9.0 User Guide Volume 3: Manufacturing - QAD.com

Setting Up Quality Management
Before using Quality Management, set up appropriate control file values.
Before you can report quality test results in MFG/PRO, you must define a
quality document, called a specification. Test specifications control the
testing process, describing each test step, the characteristic to be
measured, the measurement tolerance, and the sequence for conducting
tests.
If you have tests that apply to more than one item, you can define master
specifications. These serve as templates for defining specifications for
individual items.
If multiple steps are required for a stand-alone quality test, define them as
a procedure in Procedure Maintenance (19.2.1).
You may also want to establish a sampling pattern. These define how
items will be selected for testing if all items are not to be tested. The two
options are lot intervals and number of days before expiration.
Setting Up the Control File
Enter appropriate values in the Quality Management Control File (19.24).
Most of the settings affect quality orders.
If you want quality orders to be numbered automatically, set Auto Order
Numbers to Yes. The system then uses the Next Order Number and Next
Batch when new orders are created.
Specify the default inspection site and location for new quality orders.
Items being inspected are transferred from their current site and location
to the inspection site and location specified on the order.
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Fig. 10.2
Quality
Management
Control File (19.24)