Product Engineering - Quality Management

How To : Setup Quality Management

Besides the quality management setup described below, the following is required to have measurements created automatically:

  • QM Subscribers: to specify WHEN to measure.

    Notes In most cases the QM Subscribers list is populated automatically. If not, use the Initialize QM Subscribers action on the QM Subscribers page.

  • Measurement Template: to specify HOW to measure, specifying:

    • The table from which the measurement is triggered (as enabled in the QM Subscribers)
    • The sampling method
    • Questions and a question set to create check sheets
    • User defined fields
    • Check sheet rating

  • Target Template: to specify WHAT to measure.

Quality Management Setup

  1. Choose the Lightbulb that opens the Tell Me feature icon (Alt+Q).
  2. Type Quality Management Setup.

General fast-tab

Field Description
Default Due Date Formula The time allowed to complete a check sheet.
Automatic Create Measurements When checked, measurements are created automatically when a measurement template is found by the incident.
Post with Job Queue When checked, measurements are not created immediately: a job queue entry is created instead.
Quality Team Code To-dos created from the measurement are assigned to this team code.
Default Quarantine Location Select the location where rejected items must be moved to as one of the registered measurement follow-ups.
Quarantine Journal Template Name Select the re-classification template for moving rejected items to the quarantine location.
Quarantine Journal Batch Select the batch name for the re-classification journal for moving rejected items to the quarantine location.

Numbering fast-tab

Field Description
Measurement Nos. Specify the number series for measurements.
Check Sheet Nos. Specify the number series for check sheets.
Registered Measurement Nos. Specify the number series for registered measurements.

Captions fast-tab

Field Description
Captions UDF 1..10 Specify the captions for the user defined fields used for measurements.

Notifications

To show a message in the source document when a measurement is created, set the notification:

  1. Choose the Lightbulb that opens the Tell Me feature icon (Alt+Q).
  2. Type My Notifications and select the link.
  3. On the My Notifications page, locate Show Incident Notification and make sure Enabled is true.

See also

Quality Management