In this article, we'll detail how your organization can utilize the enhancements made to 1factory's Lot Switching feature within the Receiving Inspection Module of 1factory.
The main objective of these enhancements is to empower our users to adopt a risk-based approach to their Receiving Inspection process. Below you will find the details to these enhancements.
New Inspection Slide Out
To enable the improvements to the Lot Switching Feature, we've advanced the process of identifying the supplier to the inspection creation step. Previously, the supplier selection occurred after the inspection was created, leading to instances where lots were inspected without an associated supplier to link the data to.
Furthermore, for users with the organization setting "Enforce Supplier Approval" set to "Yes", the supplier status will also be displayed before inspection creation if the supplier has conditional status, expired qualifications, and/or expired certifications.
Lot & Switching Details
To offer users the most accurate details about the lot under inspection, we've renamed the tab formerly named "Lot" to "Lot & Switching," integrating the historical inspection lot's table seen below.
The table showcases the last 10 completed inspections for the selected part number and supplier from the New Inspection slide-out. With the information provided in the table, users can now make effective risk-based decisions on whether to implement a Lot Switching rule for the current lot or not.
Note: The historical inspection table is static, meaning that any changes made to an inspection originally captured in the table will not be reflected in the current inspection. To reflect these changes, a new inspection must be created.
Lot Switching Rules
Utilizing the data presented in the inspection table, your organization may find it necessary to implement a "Lot Switching" Rule.
For instance, if there have been 5 consecutive accepted lots with no defects, you might consider "Reducing" the sampling frequency. Conversely, if one of the past five lots was rejected, you may opt to "Tighten" the sampling frequency. To change the switching rule on the lot simply choose from the drop down provided on the Lot & Switching tab.
- Reduce: Specifications using Z1.4 sampling will look up sample sizes from the reduced sampling tables. Specifications using C=0 sampling will use an AQL one step higher. For example, C=0 1.0 becomes C=0 1.5.
- Tightened: Specifications using Z1.4 sampling will look up sample sizes from the tightened sampling tables. Specifications using C=0 sampling will use an AQL one step lower. For example, C=0 1.0 becomes C=0 0.65.