When managing manufacturing quality, you can collect quality data from transactions in the following applications:
Work in Process, Shop Floor Management, Manufacturing Execution System, and Flow Manufacturing
Oracle Process Manufacturing
Mobile Manufacturing
Additionally, you can collect Project Manufacturing quality data using the existing Quality integration with other manufacturing transactions.
You can collect quality data during the Work in Process Move and Completion transactions and the Shop Floor Management Move Lot Based Job transaction. As you perform these transactions, you can:
Collect data on manufacturing processes that affect product quality
Collect data on the lot and serial controlled items that you build
Report failure by problem and product
Place a job or repetitive schedule on hold
For example, you can collect information about the life cycle of serialized assemblies, as well as Work in Process-specific information required for process control improvements.
Before you can collect quality data during transactions, you must first set up and associate one or more collection plans with the transaction. This will enable you to enter quality results, by accessing the Quality windows or pages either directly from Quality or from the WIP or SFM windows or pages.
In the Manufacturing Execution System, quality data can be collected inline for single level plans without any child plans. You can enter quality results in the same page as parent transactions for single level collection plans associated with the move assembly and complete assembly transactions.
Quality's integration with Flow Manufacturing enables you to collect quality data while performing completion transactions. Completion transactions include line operation completions, assembly completions, and work orderless completions.
When you have one or more collection plans associated to the transaction, you can access the Quality application. This will enable you to enter quality results either:
directly into the Quality application, in the Enter Quality Results window
through the HTML Flow Workstation
by activating the transaction window's Quality button and the Tools menu's Enter Quality Results selection from the forms user interface
Quality's integration with OPM enables you to log nonconformances whenever actual production results or actions differ from the OPM Master Batch Record. You can log a nonconformance when entering or updating a batch. See: Oracle Process Operations User's Guide.
Additional Information: You must install Oracle Process Operations to track nonconformances within OPM. A nonconformance is defined as the difference between the observed conditions and the acceptance criteria or the deviation between the testing performed and the approved procedure. The acceptance criteria is stated within an approved protocol such as a master batch record.
If you are using Oracle Quality and at least one qualified collection plan exists, the Quality button is enabled on Mobile Manufacturing windows.
See the list of supported mobile transactions in Collection Plans for Managing Manufacturing Quality.
Other resources:
Mobile Manufacturing, Oracle Mobile Supply Chain Applications User's Guide.
Mobile Quality, Oracle Mobile Supply Chain Applications User's Guide.
Setting Up Serial Number Control Tracking
Oracle Quality's integration with Oracle Project Contracts is accomplished through other manufacturing transactions, including WIP Move, WIP Completion, WIP Work Order-less Completion, Purchasing Receiving, and Purchasing Inspections. Transactional data is collected using Project Number and Task Number Collection Triggers.
You can enter project contract quality results directly. See: Entering Quality Results Directly, and query quality data, based on a Contract, Contract Number, and Deliverable Number combination.
For more information, see:
Quality Data Collection in Oracle Purchasing
Work in Process and Shop Floor Management
Overview of Project Contracts, Oracle Project Contracts User's Guide.
Other Sources
Oracle Process Operations User's Guide