Inspection software

Manufacturing Inspection Software

A measurement becomes evidence when it carries its context: which characteristic, against which specification, with which gauge, and whether that gauge was in calibration at the time.

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An inspection screen for part P-101 lot 4471, showing four characteristics with specification, measured value, gauge and a pass or fail result.

The problem

A number without its context proves nothing.

Inspection data is often captured perfectly well and stored in a way that destroys most of its value: a value and a date, in a sheet, detached from the characteristic definition and the gauge. When an auditor asks whether the gauge used for that reading was in calibration on that day, the answer involves two more files and some hope.

Recording the result against the characteristic — the same characteristic the control plan controls — and against the specific gauge means the question is answerable by looking at the record.

Against the control plan

Inspection checks come from the control plan, so the shop verifies what was planned.

Specification on the record

The result is stored with the specification it was judged against.

The gauge that took it

Which gauge was used, and what its calibration state was.

Pass or fail, per characteristic

Clear status per characteristic rather than one verdict for the whole lot.

Raises a nonconformance

A failure connects to the nonconformance process rather than sitting in a column.

Feeds the control charts

Results flow into SPC instead of being re-keyed into a separate chart.

Where it sits

Inspection is where the plan meets the part.

Everything before it is planning. Inspection is the first stage that produces measured reality, and it is what SPC and the submission both draw on.

Checks derived from the control plan
Specification stored with the result
Gauge identified, with calibration state
Pass or fail per characteristic
Failures connected to the nonconformance process
Results available to control charts and capability studies

Connected capabilities

Every one of these works on the same record. That is the point of the platform.

Control plan software

What is measured, how, how often, and what happens on failure.

SPC software

Control charts, control limits and capability indices.

MSA software

Whether the variation is the process or the gauge.

FAQ

Questions about Inspection software

What does inspection software need to record?

At minimum: which part and lot, which characteristic, the specification, the measured value, the gauge used, who took the reading and when, and the resulting status. Anything less and the record cannot be used as evidence later.

Why does the gauge matter?

Because a measurement is only as trustworthy as the instrument that took it. If a gauge is later found to have been out of calibration, you need to know which results it produced. That is only possible if the gauge is recorded on the result.

Is there a mobile or offline inspection app?

Not in the current release. We would rather say that plainly than imply it. Inspection today is recorded through the web application on a connected device.

What happens when a characteristic fails?

The failure is recorded against the characteristic and connects to the nonconformance process, so the follow-up — containment, investigation, corrective action — has somewhere to live rather than being handled by email.

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