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 Editing a Control Plan

Use

A control plan consists of many parts:

  • A control plan header that contains general control plan data

  • Process steps for structuring the process

  • Tools for each process step

  • Characteristics to be checked for each process step

You can create object links for each control plan on the appropriate tab page.

Prerequisites

You created a control plan and opened it to edit data (see Creating and Opening a Control Plan ). Note that you can only edit a control plan if you opened it in the Control Plans initial view.

Procedure

Entering Header Data

  1. Fill out the control plan header fields.

    The following table is an overview of the fields and their meanings (according to QS9000, 1999):

    Field

    Meaning

    Category

    Category of the product to be checked.

    A category enables you to create a link between a phase and a control plan when you choose the same description for the category as for the phase. Your system administrator must first assign the category names.

    Contact/Telephone

    Name and telephone number of the contact person responsible for the control plan

    Date of First Release

    Date on which the control plan was released for the first time

    Part Number/Last Change Status

    Number of the system to be checked, the assembly, the subgroup, or single parts, as well as the status of the last change made

    Core Team

    Name of the team responsible for the most recent valid control plan

    Date/Release by Customer Dev.

    Date on which the responsible development department of the customer released the control plan Enter data here only if a release is required.

    Part Name/Description

    Name and description of the product to be checked

    Vendor/Location/Release/Date

    Date on which the responsible production location of the customer released the control plan Enter data here only if a release is required.

    Date/Release by Customer QM

    Date on which the responsible quality department of the customer released the control plan Enter data here only if a release is required.

    Vendor Location

    Name of the vendor and business area, location, or department that is responsible for carrying out the control plan

    Vendor Key

    Vendor identification key

    Date of Further Release (Optional)

    Date of further releases, if required

  1. Once you have entered all your data, release the control plan by choosing Release from the Change Status dropdown box.

    The system changes the status to Released .

    Note Note

    If you want to protect the control plan from changes, choose Lock from the Change Status dropdown box. You can unlock the control plan later on.

    Once you have completed the project or the control plan, choose Complete . This completes the control plan. You cannot make any more changes or create new versions.

    End of the note.
Creating a Process Step

  1. Choose the Items tab page.

  2. In the dropdown box in the top left area of the screen, choose Process Step and then choose Create .

    The system creates the entry in the Items area and assigns a process number automatically. You can change the process number.

  3. Select a process name.

  4. Enter a process description in the Additional Data/Results area.

    Note Note

    The area is only ready for input if you have created a process step and if the control plan is released.

    End of the note.
Creating Tools

  1. Select the process step for which you want to create a tool.

  2. In the dropdown box in the top left area of the screen, choose Tool(s) and then choose Create .

    The system creates an entry below the selected process step with the same process number as the process step, automatically assigns a sequence number to the tool ( ToolSeqNo. ), and prepares the required fields for input. You can change the sequence number.

  3. Choose the tool set you require under Tool Set .

  4. In the Additional Data/Results area, enter the tool, device, or material you use to check characteristics.

Creating Characteristics

  1. Select the tool for which you want to create a characteristic

  2. In the dropdown box in the top left area of the screen, choose Char. and then choose Create .

    The system creates an entry below the selected tool with the same process number and sequence number ( ToolSeqNo. ) as the tool, and prepares the required fields for input.

  3. Select a product or a process characteristic.

  4. You can specify only one of the two characteristics but you must specify one. If, for example, you specified a process characteristic, the system deactivates the Product Characteristic input field. If you want to change the setting, you first have to delete the value in the Process Characteristic input field so that the system activates the field for the product characteristic.

  5. Enter a unique characteristic identification ( Char.ID ), the category of the characteristic ( Class.Char. ), and the system group .

  6. If you are using master inspection characteristics from the QM system, enter the plant of the master inspection characteristic.

  7. Enter the following additional data in the Additional Data/Results area:

    • Control method

      Procedure used to monitor a step

    • Response plan

      Specifies which measures should be taken to prevent the production of products with errors

  8. Enter the results in the Additional Data/Results area.

  9. Save your entries.

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