Processing Unplanned Physical Samples 

Purpose

This scenario describes how to process physical samples that were not planned in advance using a sample-drawing procedure. In this situation, you create the physical samples manually after the inspection lot has been created.

Prerequisites

In the field for inspection points in the inspection plan header, you must have entered a value that specifies the inspection points for physical samples.

Process Flow

  1. The system creates the inspection lot automatically or you create the inspection lot manually.

When the inspection lot is created, the system creates a physical-sample drawing. It does not, however, create physical-sample records or inspection points.
  1. You create one or more physical samples manually with reference to the physical-sample drawing that was created with the inspection lot. You can determine the physical-sample drawing on the basis of the inspection lot number.
  2. You release each manually created physical sample (change status from created to released).
  3. You distribute the physical samples to the work centers or laboratories and inspect each physical sample.
  4. You record inspection results for each physical sample using one of the following functions:

When you record inspection results, you must valuate and close each characteristic, and then valuate each physical sample.
  1. You complete the inspection by making the usage decision for the inspection lot.
  2. You can store the physical samples for further testing, if necessary.

See also:

Releasing Manually Created Physical Samples

Results Recording for Physical Samples

Usage Decision for Inspection Lot