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Quality Planning

This section describes the Customizing settings for quality planning.

The term "Quality Planning" covers inspection planning and its relevant basic data.

In the Inspection Characteristic section, you can find additional conceptual information on Customizing and how to maintain inspection characteristic master records that can be applied to other master data types.
In the Inspection Planning section, you can find additional conceptual information on procedures.
In the Samples and SPC section, you can find specific conceptual information on the planning of samples and statistical process control with the help of control charts.

Activities

On the basis of the information gained when creating the prototypes for your QM-supported business processes, define in detail the maintenance of your master data and the related table settings.

1. Select the master data you need to use the R/3 QM component and define the logical sequence in which this data is to be maintained.
a) Determine which master data is needed to implement the required range of functions. If you decide to carry out the implementation in stages, determine which master data is required for these steps.
b) Indicate which basic data is merged with other master data. Use this information to establish a logical sequence for maintaining the master data.
2. Develop a plan for maintaining the master data.
a) Define the uses for the fields contained in the master data; in particular define the nomenclatures for mnemonic keys and search fields if required. Check whether the search help must be adapted.
b) Estimate the volume of the master data. If specific master data, for example, inspection plans can be copied automatically from an existing volume of data, prepare the tools available for transferring this data.
c) Determine who is responsible for maintaining the master data and what maintenance capacities are available. Estimate the time and effort required to manually maintain the master data. Allocate the available resources on the basis of the data volume and the implementation schedules. Identify critical paths related to scheduling.
3. Make sure that following activities are completed on schedule:
a) Table settings
b) Manual maintenance of master data
c) Transfer of data and manual follow-up maintenance

Further Notes

In the R/3 System, quality planning results (quality related planning in its entirety) are stored in the form of . There are two different groups of master data:

This master data is part of the QM component.
This data includes:
This is master data that is used by several R/3 components. Refer to the respective Implementation Guides for these components for information on how to maintain this master data and how to make the corresponding settings.
This master data includes the business partners:
Master data for central functions:
Master data from PP and PP-PI components:
- Material
- Equipment
- Document
- PRT master record

Recommendation

: Coordinate the maintenance of the general, integrating master data with the maintenance activities in the other R/3 components that have access to this master data.

Further Notes

You can access the IMG directly using the transaction QCC4.