The inspection intervals of the materials and the criterion to be inspected are specified by assigning Inspection Criterion to the Materials. The Inspection Criterion to be used in the material are specified using the Insp. Crit. Assignments option of the right mouse button menu of the Materials list. The inspection criterion indicating the criteria on which the Material inspections will be based are defined using the Inspection Criteria Sets option of the Main Records menu located in the Inspection section. The Insp. Crit. Assignments option is used to define how and to which transactions this criterion will be applied.
To assign the Inspection Criterion, first the Material to be assigned must selected on the Materials list and then the Insp. Crit. Assignments option of the right mouse button menu must be selected. The following information is recorded on the Inspection Criteria Assignments window:
Inspection Criteria Set Code / Inspection Criteria Set Description: The code of the Inspection criteria applied to the Material. The appropriate code is typed or selected from the Material Inspection Criteria Sets list opened by clicking on "..." icon. The description of the definition entered in the Code field is transferred into the Description field.
Inspection Criterion: The defined criteria are listed in this pane of the Insp. Crit. Assignments window. The information of each criterion to be applied to the material is recorded in the fields located at the lower part of the window after the relevant definition is selected. Inspection information varies depending on the type of criteria. The inspection method to be applied according to the selected Inspection criteria type is recorded in the fields located at the lower part of the window.
Inspection Point: This field is used to define the transactions to which the Inspection Criterion will be applied. There are three options:
- Material Management Slips
- Purchase Receipts
- Sales and Distribution Receipts
The boxes of the departments to be used as Inspection Points are checked. The Inspection Point defaults are defined using the Inspection Parameters option located in the Definitions menu of the Administration section. The transactions to be performed if the inspection result is not suitable are defined using the Inspection Parameters.
Inspector: This field is used to determine the person who will perform the control. Defined users are listed and a selection is made.
Control Equipment: The tool to be used in inspection transactions is defined in this field. The Materials are listed and the appropriate control tool is selected. Only the materials for which the Tool field is checked are displayed in the Materials list accessed through the control equipment field.
Priority Level: Indicates the priority level of the inspection criteria. The Priority Level is a numeric value.
Acceptance Rate (%): The field used to specify the acceptance rate as a percentage.
Inspection Frequency: Indicates in how many units the defined inspection will be done. For instance, a ratio of 1/10 indicates that 1 out of 10 units will be inspected.
Inspection Count: Indicates how many inspections will be performed.
Sample Size: Indicates in a set of how many units the inspection will be done.
Values: This section is only available for Quantitative criteria. This field is used to define the quantity to be inspected and the tolerance limits. The following information is recorded in the Values section:
Nominal Value: The nominal quantity to be inspected.
Minimum Value: The minimum quantity to be inspected.
Maximum Quantity The maximum quantity to be inspected.
Tolerance: Indicates the acceptable level of sample amount less than the minimum value. This value is calculated by the application according to the values specified in the Nominal and Minimum Value fields and transferred into the field.
Tolerance: Indicates the maximum level the number of goods to be inspected can reach above the maximum value. This value is calculated by the application according to the values specified in the Nominal and Maximum Value fields and transferred into the field.
When the Quantitative Inspection criterion assignment information is being recorded, the Priority Level, Inspection Frequency, Inspection Number and Sample Quantity fields are filled in as in the qualitative records. The values to be applied when quantitative definitions are used are specified in the Target Values field. This section is only available for Quantitative criteria. The following information is recorded in the Target Values section:
Value: Indicates the value of the inspection criteria. The values recorded in the Inspection criteria definitions are listed and the appropriate definition is selected. The values of the Inspection criterion are recorded with the Insp. Assignment Default Entry option of the right mouse button menu while the Inspection Criterion Set located in the Main Records menu of the Inspection section is being defined.
The values entered in the Inspection Criteria Assignments window are recorded by clicking on "Save" button. If the criterion assigned to a material class will be applied to the Child Material classes and materials under the class, the Material Class Assignments option is used. The Insp. Assignment box is checked in the Material Class Assignments list and the class criterion are transferred into the selected class(es).