Linking a master inspection characteristic and a general characteristic
In Release 3.0, you can assign a batch class to any desired material (even a material that must not be managed in batches). Class characteristics are used to distinguish between the various batches of a material.
To be able to use the results of the quality inspection to classify the
batches, you must link the class characteristics and the inspection
characteristics in a "material specification."
In the material specification you can specify which class characteristicis to
be supplied with which inspection characteristic values determined during the
inspection. Specifications in the material specification can, however, also
influence the specifications for the inspection characteristics.
A master inspection characteristic (or a new master inspection characteristic version) must have been assigned to a general characteristic. When the assignment is made, inspection-related information is appended to the default values from the general characteristic.
The material specification as a master record
In the material specification, the master inspection characteristics that
were linked to general characteristics of the batch class can be activated for
an inspection.
It is, therefore, possible to carry out a quality inspection for this material
not only using the inspection characteristics defined in the inspection plan,
but also using the master inspection characteristics assigned in the
specification.
How the material specification affects inspection processing
The inspection specifications for the characteristics are determined on the basis of the settings of the following indicators in the QM inspection data of the material master:
The following three situations are possible: