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

Defining Sampling Patterns
Define sampling patterns for items in inventory in Sampling Pattern
Maintenance (19.3.1). Patterns can be defined so that an audit selects
inventory based on expiration dates or lot interval.
Days to Expire. Use this method for items with a limited shelf life, as
defined in Item Master Maintenance (1.4.1). Enter a number of days
to set an expiration date pattern.
For example, set Days to Expire to 7, then run Sample by Expire
Days Inquiry (19.3.13) to see items that expire within seven days.
Lot Interval. Use this method for sampling items that are stored at
more than one site or location and that are stored with lot/serial or lot
reference numbers. Enter a value n to pick every nth lot from
inventory.
For example, if there are 16 unique inventory records for an item and
Lot Interval is 2, Sample by Lot Interval Inquiry (19.3.14) selects
every second record, for a total of eight records.
Inventory selection based on a sampling is not automatically entered into
a quality order. You must run Sample by Expire Days Inquiry or Sample
by Lot Interval Inquiry to see which items are to be sampled.
Executing Stand-Alone Tests
Use quality orders to conduct stand-alone inspections of incoming
material or material already in inventory. A quality order authorizes a test
or inspection and specifies how much to test, where, when, and how.
After testing, enter results in Quality Order Results Entry (19.11).
The immediate effect of a quality order is to transfer material from its
current inventory location to an inspection location at the same site. This
is where the procedure designated on the quality order is run, and test
results recorded. Quality orders link:
• The quantity of an item
• A set of testing procedures, and
• A set of test specifications for those procedures
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Ï See “Inventory
Audits” on
page 202 for
more details.