QM: Development Items for Release
4.0A
Description
This release note contains a brief description of the most
important developments in the Quality Management component for
Release 4.0A. For more detailed information, refer to the
individual release notes.
Simplifying existing functions and processes (ease-of-use)
Implementing the new general list viewer for list displays
Simplified user guidance in results recording
Mass changes for QM inspection data
Mass changes for quality info-records in procurement
Proposal for batch status change when making the usage
decision
Printing an inspection instruction for each work center
Copying characteristics when planning inspections and
processing certificate profiles
Cancelling the sample calculation
Open integration
QM-STI interface for linking decentralized evaluation tools
(for example, statistics software packages)
Functional enhancements
Integration of the PM (Plant Maintenance) and QM (Quality
Management) application components for:
Enhanced inspection planning and processing for inspection lots
and inspection characteristics
Determining the characteristic specifications on the basis of
the variant configuration
Multiple inspection lots for a single
Single inspection for multiple
Integration of manufacturer part number processing
Functional enhancements for
approvals during inspection planning and inspection
processing
Fulfilling additional security requirements for results
recording and the usage decision using a digital signature
New types of control charts for SPC
Summarization of inspection results data in the QM Information
System (QMIS)
Characteristic data for materials in the production chain on
quality certificates
More detailed information
For more detailed information, refer to the release notes in the
following areas:
Test equipment management