Once inspection results have been recorded for an inspection lot and the inspection is finished, you must reach a decision about the usage of the inspected material. The Inspection Lot Completion (QM-IM-UD) component provides you with the functions to:

• Complete an inspection (inspection completion)

• Make the usage decision for an inspection lot

• Make stock postings for inspection lots that were created as a result of goods movements (for example, to unrestricted-use stock, blocked stock, and scrap)

When you make a usage decision for an inspection lot, the system also:

• Calculates a quality score for the inspection lot

• Updates the quality level (inspection stages for next inspection lot)

• Updates the QM Information System with statistical data

• Triggers automatic follow-up actions (optional)

To use the full capabilities of the Inspection Lot Completion component, you must implement the following components in QM to be able to create inspection lots and to define codes in the usage decision catalog:

• Inspection Lot Creation (QM-IM-IL)

• Catalog (QM-PT-BD-CAT)

If you process inspection lots that reference objects from other integrated applications or that need to be supported by these applications, you may have to implement one or more of the following components:

• Materials Management (MM) / Inventory Management (MM-IM)
• Production Planning (PP) / Production Planning for Process Industries (PP-PI)

• Sales and Distribution (SD)

• Plant Maintenance (PM)
• Batches (LO-BM)

You can implement the SAP Business Workflow (BC-BMT-WFM) component to trigger workflow tasks that are related to the usage decision (for example, to inform a person that stock postings still need to be made or that a long-term inspection is still open).

You can only make the usage decision for an inspection lot when all required characteristics and processed optional characteristics have been closed. If open, long-term characteristics still exist when you complete the inspection, the system documents the completion of a short-term inspection. Once an inspection has been completed, you can no longer change the inspection results.

When you make the usage decision, you decide whether to accept or reject the goods in the inspection lot based on the results of the inspection. While you are in the transaction for the usage decision, you can also:

• Record defects

• Activate quality notifications

• Confirm activities for QM orders

• Make stock postings

Once you have made the usage decision, the inspection is completed.