Quality Control with Integrated Inspections in Workflow

Define inspection types – A master list of inspection checklists.

Inspection types is a master list checklist. Here you can manage checklists that will be used in any workflow in the system like Purchasing or Manufacturing.

For example, if you have two quality control checklists those have to be filled during the production process for every production order, then you would create those two checklist here. Same goes for Purchase receipts or Shipment.

The central management of checklist will ensure that whenever you have to revise the checklist, it can be done from a central place. The changes will reflect everywhere it is linked.

Link inspection checklist with production routing steps.

Linking inspection checklist for quality control with production routing steps is one way of implementing quality control during the manufacturing process. Inspection checklist can be linked with any other workflow as well.

Open the routing from the settings and use the Inspection type dropdown to select appropriate checklist to link with manufacturing step. After linking checklists with steps, immediately all production orders using that routing will reflect the checklist (we will see that in next section). Same way, if you remove the checklist from the step it will also immediately reflect.

Inspection checklist in action.

Inspection checklists are now in place in the routing. We will take a electronics assembly production order and see how it works.

Once, the assembly on the order starts, the Operations tab will reflect all the steps to be followed for the assembly based on the routing selected. The routing we selected for this example order has checklists linked. You can see that the checklist button-icon appears next to each step that requires inspection before finish. The checklist filling is mandatory, system will not allow operator to proceed to next step until it is done.

View all inspections checklists

All inspection checklists filled throughout the system are collectively shown in the “All inspections” list. The list will show two separate list of triggered inspections and finished inspections.

From the history of checklist, you can view who filled the checklist and for which order or item.

Inspection checklist are vital part of quality control. The module inspection system of Sparrow ERP makes sure that quality checklists are implemented at any event during the business process. Purchase receipts, Shipment and Manufacturing.

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Quality Control at all levels via Sparrow ERP

Quality control at all levels not only increases the level of quality of the product but also saves time and cost of manufacturing that arises out of rework and repair work. Therefore doing regular inspections during the production process benefits in general.

Sparrow ERP has a flexible inspection module that allows you to create a master checklist for different purposes; those checklist then can be linked to individual operation in a routing.
When a manufacturing order is started, the inspection linked with a routing step (operation) will automatically enforce the Quality Control checklist.

Just like linking the checklist with routing steps automatically enforces inspection, linking a checklist with a purchase receipt can also enforce quality inspection at the time of purchase goods receipt.

The following video explains how the system is implemented in Sparrow ERP.

Operation Level Inspection of PCB Assembly

Board inspection is an important part of the Electronics Manufacturing Service to ensure quality and reduce the amount of re-work. Frequent inspection carried out during the assembly process will make sure that the final assembled board will meet the customer’s requirement. Avoid this, will lead to the delayed discovery of defects and ultimately to re-work. And, re-work will increase the cost of manufacturing and late delivery.

In Sparrow ERP, we understood this aspect from the beginning and provided a practical solution. When you create your manufacturing routing, inspection is also an attribute you can link with an operation. That way, you can link multiple inspection checklist at each important operation (i.e. Operation Level Inspection).

When operations on the manufacturing order start, the operator must complete inspection before starting the next operation. This will ensure that the inspection routine is followed and all key quality parameters are captured.

Operation level inspection can be created on-the-fly and can be linked to any manufacturing order while it is being produced using a custom operation function. This flexibility allows the operator to add custom inspection lists if a unique scenario comes up.