NC Code

A distinct set of characters that represents a failure, defect, or repair code indicating that the SFC number does not meet the approved product quality definition.

Using the Log Nonconformance plug-ins or Web services, operators and machines log nonconformance codes to an SFC number.

If you have classifications of NC codes, you can create groups in NC Group Maintenance.

Structure

NC codes belong to one of the following categories:

Failure
The SFC number does not comply with a product specification or quality definition.
Defect
A diagnosis of the quality defect. For example, the NC code WIRE DAMAGE indicates that a wire is damaged on the SFC number. The NC code CON NOT SOLDER indicates an unsoldered connection.
Repair
The repair of the quality defect for an SFC number. For example, the NC codes DONE, LATER, and ANOP indicate that the repair is complete, will be done later, or will be done by another operator.

For more information, see NC Code Maintenance and NC Code and Child Tables.

You can also create a hierarchy among NC codes to show their relationships to each other (see Creating NC Code Hierarchy). If you do not create a hierarchy for your NC codes, all three categories of NC codes have a flat relationship to each other as shown in the figure below:

This graphic is explained in the accompanying text.

Default NC Code

The default NC code will be available in any NC code browse. Therefore, it is available for either the Log NC Reject activity or existing NC clients. The DEFAULT_NC_CODE activity rule for the Log NC Reject activity controls the behavior of the Log NC Reject and the NC Code field in NC clients. When the value is either required or optional, the new NC code called COMMENT will be pre-loaded but can be changed as the NC code. When the activity rule is NONE, the system will automatically log the default NC code COMMENT. This code will always have at least one data field called COMMENT that will also be displayed upon entry into the activity.

The LOG_FAILURE and CLOSE_FAILURE activity codes will be used for this new default NC code. Since only primary NC codes can be logged in the Log NC Reject activity, these will typically be the activity codes that will be specified. However, the existing activity codes for Log NC will continue to be available when using the Log NC functionality.

The details of this NC code are the following:

Main
Field Name	Field Value
NC Code	COMMENT
Description	Enter comment
Status	Enabled
Assign NC to Component	Stay
NC Category	Failure
DPMO Category	None
NC Data Type	COMMENT
Collect Required NC Data on NC	Open
Message Type	Empty
NC Priority	500
Maximum NC Limit (SFC)	0
Secondary Code Special Instruction	Empty
Can Be Primary Code	Checked
Close Required	Unchecked
Auto Close Primary NC	Checked
Auto Close Incident	Unchecked
Secondary Required for Closure	Unchecked

Disposition Routing
Field Name	Field Value
Valid Routings	Empty

Operation/Disposition Group
Field Name	Field Value
Valid Operations	`*`
Disposition Group	Empty
Enabled	Checked

NC Groups
Field Name	Field Value
Assigned NC Groups	Empty

Secondaries
Field Name	Field Value
Valid Secondaries	Empty

For more information, see NC Code Maintenance.

Integration

SAP ME ERP Integration

If you use the SAPMEINT component, see Transfer of Nonconformance Data to Quality Notification.

More Information

NC Log Report

Open NC Summary Report