Customizing Parameters for Defects Recording
The Customizing application for Quality Notifications (defects recording function) contains the following control parameters for defects recording:
Report Type
The report type determines the information that is contained in the defect records and links the confirmation profile with the catalog profile. As a result of this link, the report type can:
The standard system contains two report types. You can also define additional report types to meet your needs - for example, to:
For this purpose, you need different confirmation profiles. At plant level, you can assign one or more work centers to a report type.
Confirmation Profile
In the confirmation profile, you specify the type of information or confirmation objects that you can record for a defect (for example, defect type, defect cause, defect location, task, and defect valuation). You can also define whether an entry for a confirmation object is mandatory, optional or not required. The following two confirmation profiles have been defined in the QM Customizing application for the standard system:
For this profile, the defect type and defect type text have been defined as optional confirmation objects
For this profile, the object’s defect type, defect type text, defect location, assembly, defect cause, defect cause text, task, activity text, and defect valuation have been defined as optional confirmation objects.
Your system administrator can define additional confirmation profiles to meet your requirements. If required, you can record the serial number of each inspected unit in the defects recording screen. To do this, you must activate the function for recording serial numbers (see
Recording Defects with Reference to Serial Numbers).You should define confirmation profiles only after you have decided which report types you want to maintain in the system. When you have defined the report types and confirmation profiles, you must assign a confirmation profile to each report type.
Catalog Profile
The catalog profile contains the catalog types and code groups that are available for recording defects. You should define different catalog profiles for the different types of materials or products you intend to inspect. The report type determines which catalog profile will be selected for defects recording.
When you record defects with reference to a characteristic, the catalog specifications are limited as follows:
The system determines a notification type on the basis of the inspection type for the inspection lot. This is stored in Customizing for the inspection type. Catalog types for the confirmation objects "defect"/"problem," "defect location," "object part," "cause," and "activity" are assigned to the notification type when confirming catalogs. The limiting of catalog specifications is effective for all catalog types, if a catalog type for the characteristic specifications corresponds to the catalog types in the notification type.
In this case, you can only use the code groups or selected sets assigned to the inspection characteristic for the corresponding object during defects recording.
Defect Valuation
You can valuate the recorded defects quantitatively by assigning a unit of measure (unit for defect valuation ) to the catalog profile. You can specify the number of decimal places to be maintained for this unit of measure. You can define a separate defect valuation unit for each existing catalog profile.
See also:
The Implementation Guide (IMG) for the Quality Management component (Quality Notification
® Defects Recording):