3.5 QM in MM - Quality Inspection in MM - Inspection
Lot Creation
3.5.1 How should inspection lots for goods receipts be
created?
With or without reference to purchase order; automatic
/ manual dynamic modification, skip lot"
3.5.2 Should the goods receipt be posted to inspection
stock?
3.5.3 In which circumstances should only one inspection
lot be created?
(Summary of material document items).
3.5.4 Do you work with inspection plans? Describe their
structure and contents?
(Transfer of legacy data)
3.5.5 Describe the inspection instructions and specification,
as well as all other documents relevant to the
quality inspection. (Flag for print control in Customizing
for the inspection type).
3.5.6 Will you perform source inspections for your procured
material? Please describe the procedure.
3.5.7 If yes, what event will trigger a source inspection?
3.5.8 How will inspections be scheduled?
3.5.9 Should this material be re-inspected during the
next goods receipt after a successful source inspection?
3.5.10 What effects will a source inspection have on
the subsequent goods receipt for the inspected material?
3.5.11 Will you process recurring inspections for materials?
(Note: This is only possible for batch-managed materials). Provide examples.
3.6 QM in MM - Quality Inspection in MM - Sample Calculation
and Sample Management
3.6.1 Are release or approval procedures set for the
sample-drawing?
3.6.2 Should digital signature be used during sample-drawing?
3.6.3 Do you want to create sample labels? If so, describe
the layout, size and content as well as the location/printer at/on which
they are to be created.
3.6.4 "Should physical samples be stored and checked
for a specified period of time?
Storage locations and duration."
3.6.5 "Will you define procedures for physical-sample
drawing based on different inspection procedures?
Inspection planning"
3.6.6 In addition to planned physical samples, will you
manually create physical samples for an inspection lot?
3.6.7 What is to trigger the manual creation of physical
samples?
3.6.8 "Describe the inspection instructions and specification,
as well as all other documents relevant to the quality inspection.
(Flag for print control in Customizing for the inspection
type).
3.6.9 Describe the type of intervals, at which you want
to inspect (time-based, quantity-based or freely defined?).
(Inspection point reference in results recording (routing
header and operation detail level).
3.6.10 Is the sample-drawing instruction and/or inspection
instruction to be printed? Describe the content and the layout (bar-coding).
(Definition of SAPscript forms / layouts).
3.6.11 Will you plan a sufficient number of physical
samples for several inspections/inspection characteristics?
Note the partial lot assignment in the sample-drawing
procedure and in the details for the inspection characteristics in the
task list."
3.7 QM in MM - Quality Inspection in MM - Results recording
3.7.1 "Will you perform defects recording in addition
to or as an alternative to results recording by inspection characteristics?
See also the following process ""Defects recording""."
3.7.2 Do you want to use calculated characteristics?
3.7.3 Should unplanned, conditional or calculated characteristics
be used?
3.7.4 How are inspection results to be valuated (for
example, by comparing values to tolerance ranges, number of nonconforming
units, manually or automatically, with valuation rules or user settings?).
3.7.5 Does the recording of specific results automatically
create a defect and quality notification? Is a workflow be triggered? Provide
an example.
3.7.6 "Describe the different authorization levels for
inspectors. (Definition of activity groups).
3.7.7 Will you use digital signatures to authenticate
the user's identity during results recording? (Industries)
Note: The requirement applies primarily to the chemical
and pharmaceutical sectors."
3.7.8 Should inspection results be printed? If so, at
what stage and on which printer?
3.7.9 Give examples of typical inspection instructions
that you use in your company
3.7.10 Should a quality notification be created and sent
to the appropriate party based on an inspection? If so, which party?
3.7.11 Is there to be only one quality notification or
are more quality notifications allowed?
3.7.12 Do you want user-specific worklists with automatic,
dynamic display?
For example: Have the system make the date settings (current
date plus x days, minus y days and so on). This also applies to other selection
fields."
3.7.13 Will you use control charts to evaluate inspection
results?
Level, material, lot, characteristic, work center etc."
3.7.14 Will you record the costs for the quality inspection?
If yes, will it be recorded by an annual order for each material or by
separate orders for each material?
3.7.15 Will you create internal QM orders to record inspection
costs for all materials/inspection lots for a given period (general QM
order)?
3.7.16 Will you record and evaluate inspection costs
for individual inspection lots (individual QM orders)?
3.7.17 Will you use standard cost records for each type
of inspection activity? Which activity types or rates are used?
3.7.18 Will you define and confirm the actual inspection
time for each inspection operation?
3.7.19 What type of inspection activities (for example,
machine, labor) are to be recorded in your inspection process?
Activity types for appraisal costs."
3.7.20 Describe how and when you want to settle quality
costs (assign the calculated costs from the QM order to another cost center).
3.7.21 How frequently will you perform settlement?
3.7.22 Do you want to trigger the workflow if the control
limits are exceeded (creation of a defect record)?
(Creation of a quality notification from the valuation
of the results).
3.7.23 Do you want a simple recording of defects (that
is an inspection without inspection plan)?
Defects recording for the inspection lot."
3.7.24 Will you record results for inspection points
during the production process?
3.7.25 Which type of interval (time-related, quantity-related,
or freely defined) will you use to perform inspections?
3.7.26 Should results for electrical test equipment be
automatically copied?
QM-IDI"
3.7.27 Should inspection results be evaluated within
the SAP System or using another system (for example,
a special statistics program)?
3.7.28 Should times for inspection operations be confirmed?
(Reference to QM order master data)
3.7.29 Should inspection results be recorded at operation
level for the worklist for partial lots or physical samples, or for inspection
points?
3.8 QM in MM - Quality Inspection in MM - Defects Recording
3.8.1 "Will you perform defects recording in addition
to or as an alternative to results recording by inspection characteristics?
See also the following process ""Defects recording""."
3.8.2 Will you use defect codes and code groups to catalog
and determine defects? Describe the current structure of the defect codes.
3.8.3 "Describe how you classify defects (for example,
major defect or minor defect).
Defect class"
3.8.4 "Do you want to trigger a follow-up activity (Workflow)
for specific defect classes, to document the processing of defects?
Activation of a quality notification (table TQ17)."
3.8.5 Are the defects relevant for the calculation of
the quality score?
3.9 QM in MM - Quality Inspection in MM - Usage Decision
3.9.1 "Who should make usage decisions for the inspection?
(Reference to authorizations).
3.9.2 Should automatic usage decisions be made during
a goods receipt?
Environment settings at plant level in Customizing, indicator
in material master"
3.9.3 Please provide a list of your usage decision codes.
Example: A - Accepted A1 - Accepted as a lower grade
material R - Reject scrap R1 - Rework the
rejected quantity"
3.9.4 Describe the inventory posting types that are triggered
by a usage decision.
3.9.5 Will you record all inspection results prior to
posting a usage decision? Are there any exceptions (inspection termination)?
3.9.6 Are there inspection characteristics, which should
be inspected over a long period of time?
(Short-term usage decision)
3.9.7 Will you calculate quality scores based on the
usage decision? Describe how quality scores are calculated.
3.9.8 Will you be using automatic follow-up actions that
are triggered by usage decisions? Describe these.
(Inspection lot is rejected or subsequent delivery).
For example: E-mail to the purchasing department if there
is a complaint concerning an inspection lot, subsequent delivery, printing
of shop papers etc."
3.9.9 Will you use digital signatures to authenticate
a user's identity in the usage decision process? (Note: This requirement
applies primarily to the chemical and pharmaceutical industries.)
3.9.10 Is there an automatic proposal for batch valuation?
3.9.11 Will your batches be classified? (Transfer of
characteristic values to the batch).
