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Purpose

The system can automatically create inspection lots at predefined intervals for selected batch materials. You can plan such inspections by having the system monitor the date for a recurring inspection. Recurring inspections are triggered by a report that you can execute manually or that the system can execute automatically (provided it has been planned as a background job). When recurring inspections are triggered automatically, the background job executes the report, which in turn selects the batches and creates the inspection lots according to your processing parameters.

Prerequisites

The system creates inspection lots automatically for recurring inspections if the following conditions have been met:

Process Flow

  1. A recurring inspection is triggered:
  1. The system selects the batches that meet the selection criteria.
  2. The system processes the selected batches on the basis of your parameter settings in the report as follows:

If you set the indicator

What you should know

Only lot creation

The system creates inspection lots for the selected batches when the next inspection date is within the opening period.

In a second run, the stocks are posted to inspection stock or the batches are blocked when the next inspection date is reached. This two-step process permits you to keep the stocks available as long as possible, while allowing you to begin the inspection.

To insp. stock at lot creation

The system creates inspection lots for the selected batches when the next inspection date is within the opening period. When the inspection lots are created, it posts the batch stock to inspection stock. If an inspection lot already exists, the stocks are also posted to inspection stock and the inspection lot is updated accordingly.

Block batch at lot creation

The system creates inspection lots for the selected batches and blocks the batches by changing their status to "restricted." If the batch status management function is not active, the stock is posted to blocked stock.

To insp. stock at inspection date

The system posts the batch stock to inspection stock when the next inspection date is reached. If an inspection lot already exists, the system updates the existing inspection lot. If a lot does not exist, the system creates one.

Block batch at inspection date

The system blocks the batch when the next inspection date is reached. If the batch status management function is not active in your plant, the stock is posted to blocked stock.

 

  1. When the system creates the inspection lots, it also carries out the following activities:
  1. It assigns an inspection specification to the inspection lot.
  2. It creates or updates the quality level for the material (if applicable).
  3. It calculates the sample size.
  4. It prints out the inspection instruction and/or sampling-drawing instruction

Note

Steps 4a through 4d above are standard activities in the inspection lot creation process. These steps are described in more detail in Inspection for a Goods Receipt (see steps 2 through 5).

Result

When you complete the inspection with the usage decision for an inspection lot, the system updates the next inspection date in the batch master. The system determines the new inspection date by adding the value of the inspection interval specified in the material master to the current date.

See also:

Structure link Triggering Inspections for Batch Materials

Structure link Job Planning

Structure link Results Recording

Structure link Defects Recording

Structure link Inspection Lot Completion

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