Run an inspection

Create an inspection against a template, record results, and complete it to a pass or fail.

An inspection records the checks performed against incoming material, in-process work, or a finished part. It is scored against an inspection template, which supplies the characteristics to check and their pass/fail criteria. Some inspections are created for you (an operation that requires an inspection, or a receipt of an inspection-required item); you can also create one by hand.

Create the inspection

  1. Go to Quality > Inspections and select New Inspection.
  2. Pick the type: Receiving, In-Process, Final, or First Article.
  3. Pick the template that defines what to check. The template's characteristics become the result lines you fill in.
  4. Set the reference type and reference ID (for example, a job or PO) and an item description if it helps identify what is being inspected. Add notes if needed. Save. The inspection is created in Pending with a generated number.

Record results and complete it

  1. Start the inspection when you begin checking; it moves to In progress and records you as the inspector.
  2. Record a result for each characteristic on the template (pass/fail, a measured value, notes).
  3. Complete the inspection. Workcell reads the results: if every result passed it ends in Passed, otherwise it ends in Failed.

What a result triggers

Completing an inspection can act on the thing it was checking:

  • A failed receiving inspection holds the affected lots and raises an NCR; a pass releases the material to its destination location.
  • A failed in-process inspection puts the work order on hold and raises an NCR.
  • A serial inspection approves or holds the serial's QC state, raising an NCR on a fail.

Reinspect a failure

Only a Failed inspection can be reinspected. Select Reinspect to spin up a fresh inspection of the same reference and template, so the recheck after rework is tracked separately from the original.

Pending -> Start -> In progress -> Complete -> Passed
                                            \-> Failed -> Reinspect -> (new Pending)

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