A suggestion will make use of all the Identification in the configuration of the inspection point and use it as per your requirement for different operation.

This can be configured in:

SPRO -> Quality Management -> Quality Planning -> Inspection Planning -> General -> Define Identifier for Inspection Points

In simple terms Material specification is an option to that of Inspection plan.

Inspection plan is defined & created at plant level for the material.   But Material specs are created for a material and can be used for all the plants. This means it is created at client level.   You can only use MIC in the materials specs.  You cannot use DMR & Inspection points, Operation etc. in material specs, where these things can be used in inspection task list. Once used material specs. for a material then it can be used at any plant.

Physical sample can be used during when you are doing GRN in number of container..

Ex- suppose you are doing GRN of 100 Kg in 10 container. In that case you want to draw sample all 10 drums it\n that case you need to use physical sample concept by using sample drawing procedure. In inspection plan give inspection point 200, put their sampling drawing procedure.. In time of result record system will show you 10 physical samples.

Now in sampling drawing procedure you have option after drawing sample from all 10 drums do you want to take result of all 10 drums or you want to take result of composite samples. In sampling drawing procedure also you can have option you want to draw Root N+1 ,Root N ,or all drums. Whenever you are using sampling drawing procedure you need to create sampling procedure with sampling management radio button on.

In short we can say physical sample means physically we are drawing 10 samples to take result of same batch either of all physical sample or composite sample.

 

If client really do not need to draw sample with above criteria then in that case only you can create sampling procedure with fixed sample qty. So their will be no physical sample come under picture.

 

For any clarification revert me back.

Quality Management in Production

Welcome to the QM-PROD page.

During the production process it may be necessary to check the quality at different points or at different intervals or as a result of certain actions. There may be inspections during the process of production within the operation to proceed for next operation or not, inspection at the end of production. With QM-Production we can process the inspection during the production. Following are the QM tasks in prodution -

Integration of inspection planning in production operations Controlling inspections during production Statistical process control Defining and valuating batches Processing internal problem notifications

The R/3 quality inspection functions are fully integrated in the logistics processes. An inspection lot has to be created for a quality inspection to take place. Inspection lots are fully integrated in the logistics supply chain. The inspection characteristics in Quality Management (QM) are integrated in the work scheduling (Material Master view) and production processing functions (routing operations) of the Production Planning (PP) component.

Inspection Point -

An inspection point is an identifiable record of inspection results that is assigned to a work or inspection operation. Several inspection points can be assigned to an inspection operation. With inspection points, you can have several inspections and can record multiple sets of characteristic results for an operation. Using inspection points for an inspection during production, we can do the following:

Inspect materials at regular intervals

Time-based intervals (for example, an inspection point every hour or for each work shift) Quantity-based intervals (for example, an inspection point for each container) Freely-defined intervals (for example, an inspection point each time a tool change occurs) Record inspection results for each inspection point (for example, for each container or

work shift) and valuate each inspection point with a "usage decision"

Assign a produced quantity to each inspection point and allocate the inspection point quantities to partial lots. It is recommended that you allocate inspection points with the same usage decision to partial lots. This allows you to manage partial quantities that differ in quality. In this way, you can monitor the production process continuously with respect to the inspection characteristics.

Inspection Points for Inspections During Production

If you inspect during production using routings, rate routings or master recipes and you want to record inspection results in specific intervals, choose the inspection point type Free inspection points in production.

Inspection Points in Goods Receipt

If you carry out goods receipt inspections with inspection points, choose the inspection point type Free inspection points in production.

Inspection Points in Sample Management

If you use the sample management functions in a goods receipt inspection, or inspection during production with planned physical samples, each sample number is uniquely identified by an inspection point. Choose the inspection point type Physical sample.

In the task list header (of application components PP and PI), you can set detail levels for assigning the produced quantities.

At the first and most detailed level ("Partial lots not supported"), the produced partial quantities are assigned to the inspection points, for which inspection results are also recorded.At the second detail level ("Partial lot for each inspection point"), the partial quantities that were assigned to the inspection points are combined into partial lots.At the third detail level ("Partial lot and batch for each insp. point"), the partial lots are collected in batches.

Inspection Lot Creation

When a production order is released, the system creates an inspection lot record to manage the inspection specifications and inspection results for all operations. When a Goods Receipt is taken from production or process order the Inspection lot gets created. '03' inspection lot for inprocess inspection, '04' inspection lot for Receipt from Production.

Recording inspection results for an inspection point

When you record inspection results in QM, you can also confirm the operations in the PP component. This can occur automatically. You can confirm the inspection point quantities in PP in the form of a partial or final confirmation. If you want to confirm additional data in production planning (in addition to the inspection point quantities and target activities), you can call up a dialog box for a detailed confirmation. In this dialog box, you can record such information as actual times or personnel-related data. You can also record defects.

Inspection completion

When you process partial lots and confirm an inspection point, the system automatically proposes a "usage decision" for each partial lot based on the inspection point valuation. You can change the proposed code within the predefined code group. The usage decision for the inspection lot confirms that all inspections have been completed or that the production order has been completed from a QM standpoint. To make the usage decision for the inspection lot, you can define a job that makes automatic usage decisions at predefined intervals, once the orders have been completed.

Proposed quantity for a goods receipt from production

The inspection point quantities for the last QM-relevant operation are proposed for the goods receipt posting for the order. Only the quantities confirmed to PP as a yield or rework quantities are taken into consideration.

During production, it may be necessary to carry out a several individual inspections at different intervals. Inspections carried during a production operation at regular intervals like below....

Time-based intervals (for example, for every hour ) Quantity-based intervals (for example, after producing certain qty like 25 Pieces ) Freely-defined intervals (for example, each time a tool change occurs)

The above scenario can be mapped in the SAP system using functionality called In process inspection in Production with inspection points..this is basically integration between PP & QM modules...

Process Flow:

1. Activation of Inspection Type 03 in the material master of the Material (mm02)2. Settings in the Routing Header  - CA023. Assigning the MIC’s in the operation for which inspection to be done in Routing - CA024. Settings in the Operation Details - CA025. Creation of Production Order - CO016. Release of Production Order and automatic Inspection Lot Creation -CO027. Results Recording of the inspection points for the Inspection Lot - 8. Usage Decision of the inspection Lot

Detailed flow with screen shots...

Activation of Inspection Type 03 in quality management view in the material master of the Material -  (mm02)

 

In the routing header for the material make the following settings as shown below - CA02

assign the inspection points 150 as shown below...

 

 

in the particular operation make the settings as shown below for carrying out inspection after production of every 50 units as shown below.....

 

 

 

 

 

Now create the production order for the material - CO01

 

 

Save the order

 

Now release the Production order and check for the creation of inspection lot in the Assignment tab as shown below..

 

 

 

Now save the Production Order

 

Go to Transaction QE51N and enter the inspection lot

 

 

Now execute... You will be able to see four inspection points on the left side for the same inspection lot.

Production order qty is 200 and qty interval is 50 so 200/50=4. four inspection points generated...

 

 

Now you will be able to do results recording for for four different inspection points of the same inspection lot.

Carry out results recording for every inspection point after production of 50 units...as shown below.....

 

 

 

Now carry out usage decision for the inspection lot and there will not be any stock posting as inspection type 03 is not stock relevant...

 

 

 

 

If you want carry out inspection at time based intervals like after every 30 min make the settings in the operation details as shown below in addition to the remaining settings... accordingly no of inspection points will be generated based on the operation duration....

 

 

if you want to do inspection at freely defined intervals then make the below settings in the routing header and operation details.....then system will generate inspection points when ever you go to QE52...