Inspection Planning (SAP Library

Inspection Planning

In this chapter, you implement the functions for inspection planning using the R/3 QM component.

Although these implementation steps are described for the inspection plan (task list type Q), they also apply to inspection planning activities for other task list types.

The inspection plan uses a variety of other master data in the form of building blocks. The Implementation Guide contains separate chapters that describe how to maintain this data:

Basic data in the chapter Quality planning

Work centers and test equipment in the Implementation Guide for Production

Recommendation

Since the inspection plan is integrated in the routing, the implementation activities correspond to a great extent with those of the routings. If you intend to implement both the R/3 QM and R/3 PP modules, coordinate the corresponding Customizing activities.

Activities

1. Plan the conversion of old inspection plans to R/3 QM inspection plans.

a) Compare the inspection plan structures typically used in your company with those contained in the R/3 QM application.

b) Determine whether an automatic conversion of existing data to R/3 master data is technically possible and feasible.

c) Plan and test the conversion. Use the

tools for data transfer available in the system.

2. Plan the implementation phases.

a) Identify the critical paths in the structure of the basic data.
For example, consider the path Inspection method -> Master inspection characteristic -> Reference operation set -> Inspection plan; this data must also be maintained in this sequence.

b) Organize the inspection planning functionality into manageable subsections. For example, you can logically organize the information according to the following criteria, depending on the existing structures in your company:

Organizational units (plants)

Material groups

Inspection types or task list usages

c) Estimate the time and effort, compare the available capacities, identify the critical paths and set the priorities for implementing the inspection plans in the individual application areas.

d) If necessary, define modular stages for expanding the inspection plans. For example, you can initially work with core inspection plans that you can use globally. You can improve and customize the contents of these plans later, as necessary.

e) Define and carry out the steps that ensure the availability of a complete set of inspection plans.

Additional Information

The special task list type "Q" (inspection plan) is reserved exclusively for the "Q" (quality inspection) application.
The inspection plan conforms to the structure of the routing to a great extent. In contrast to the routing, the inspection plan:

Can only have a standard sequence of operations (no alternative sequences)

Recognizes not only an assignment to a material, but also an assignment to a

Material and vendor or manufacturer

Material and customer

Other task list types can also contain the structure level of inspection characteristics, if quality inspections are to be integrated in the production process. The implementation activities for inspection plans and other task list types (routings, rate routings, master recipes and reference operation sets) are more or less the same.