Test Equipment Management (QM-IT) 

Purpose

Test equipment is used in many companies for performing quality inspections. In order to ensure that the test equipment used always fulfils the defined performance criteria, most companies regularly test and calibrate their test equipment.

Using the functions in the component Test Equipment Management, you can manage equipment data, plan and schedule inspections, and perform calibration inspections for the equipment.

Implementation Considerations

You should use the component Test Equipment Management in your company if:

Integration

The component Test equipment management links the following planning and processing functions of the application components Plant Maintenance (PM) and Quality Management (QM):

Plant Maintenance

Quality Management

Technical objects (PM-EQM)

Quality planning (QM-PT)

Preventive maintenance (PM-PRM)

Quality inspection (QM-IM)

Maintenance processing (PM-WOC)

 

For certain planning and processing methods in a calibration inspection, you also require the cross-application component Classification System (CA-CL).

Features

The Test Equipment Management component includes many important functions for planning and performing calibration inspections:

Planning

When you plan a calibration inspection, you can:

You can plan and perform a calibration inspection without using a maintenance plan by creating a maintenance order manually. For this, the inspection type must be assigned to the maintenance order type. When the maintenance order is released, the system automatically generates an inspection lot.

Processing

When you process an inspection lot for a calibration inspection, you can: