Line Inspection

LINE INSPECTION

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This screen is used to record and monitor inspections to ensure consistent quality and detect defects.

1.1. Search For Line Inspection

Search For Line Inspection Step-By-Step

Step 1: Access The Line Inspection Section:

• Navigate to the main menu and click on "Production & Quality".
• Go to "Operations" and select "Line Inspection".
• The Line Inspection search screen fetches results for the specified Part and Part Serial Number.

Step 2: Understanding The Search Fields:

Below is an explanation of the fields available on this screen:

• Here, Part-ControlPlan represents the name of the specific part-controlplan you want to search for in the Line Inspection screen.
• Here, Part Serial No is the Heat-Serial Number generated in Control Task screen.
• Part-Control Plan: [Dropdown](Mandatory) Select the part-controlplan from the dropdown.
• Part Serial Number: [Text field](Mandatory) Enter the Part Serial Number.
• Filters:
• Production Entry From Date / Production Entry To Date : [Date] Defaults to the last 2 days. User can select within 10 days.
• Status:[Dropdown] Select status which needed for filter.
• HeatNo:[Dropdown] Dynamically fetched based on selected Part-ControlPlan, Production Entry Dates, and status.
• Part Serial No :[Dropdown] Dynamically fetched based on selected Part-ControlPlan, Production Entry Dates, and status,HeatNo.

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• Part Serial Number is mandatory for performing a search.
• If a Part Serial Number is manually typed, Production Entry dates, Status, Heat Number,Part Serial Number filters become readonly.
• Heat Number and Part Serial Number are single-select dropdowns with options dynamically fetched based on selected filters.
• Part Serial Number and Heat Number lists are only fetched when Production Entry Dates and Part-ControlPlan are provided.

STEP 3: Start Searching:

• Once all necessary inputs are provided, click on Search Part Serial Number button to generate the results table.

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When the Search Part Serial Number button is clicked, the part with the given serial number is listed. The details include its process, heat serial number, part status, process status, task type, and operator/inspector name. You can view or edit these details using the view/edit button.

STEP 4: Understanding Clear Functionality:

• Selecting Clear will reset all the applied filters to their default values, ensuring a clean slate for a new search.

STEP 5: Understanding Search Results Table:

Below is an explanation of the columns available in the search results table:

• Action: Displays the view/edit button to view or edit task validation.
• Control Process: Displays the process name entered in the control item.
• Heat Serial Number: Labelled Heat - SerialNo on screen. Displays the serial number selected in the control task.
• Part Status: Indicates if the part is approved or rejected or on hold.
• Process Status: Reflects the status of the process.
• Task Type: Shows if the task is a machine or inspection process.
• Operator/Inspector Name: Displays the name of the operator or inspector.

1.2. Add Line Inspection

Add Line Inspection Step-By-Step

• Click the view/edit button to display all control items associated with the selected serial number’s process .

The Task Validation Results table that opens lists one row per control item, with columns for Print Number, Description, Measurement Method, Spec Value, Lower Specification Limit, Upper Specification Limit, Operator Value, and Actual Measured Value. An Auto Save toggle above the table lets you turn automatic saving of entered values on or off.

STEP 1: Understanding Task Type Of Machine Process:

• Operator entered values from the Control Task screen are displayed in the 'Operator Value' column.
• The 'Actual Measured Value' column remains empty initially.
• Rows with the measurement method CMM will have a sky blue background colour.
• Operator value column will display colours based on certain conditions.

STEP 2: Understanding Colour Standards For Machine Process-Operator Value:

• Green: Value is within the specification limit or it has an OK value.
• Red: Value is outside the specification limit or it has a NOT OK value.
• Sky Blue: Operator Value with measurement method CMM.

STEP 3: Understanding Colour Standards For Machine Process-Actual Measured Value:

Note: Here row colour is applied based on actual value entered in actual measured value column.

• Enter actual measured value in actual measured value column.
• Green: Value is within the specification limit or if OK button is clicked .
• Red: Value is outside the specification limit or if NOT OK button is clicked.
• Sky Blue: Empty value which has measurement method CMM.

Below the table, a colour-key legend spells this out with three checkboxes — CMM (sky blue), Validation Failed (red) and Validation Passed (green) — followed by two notes confirming how the colours are driven: "Operator column color based on same column value" (the Operator Value cell is coloured from its own OK/Not-OK/spec-limit status) and "Row color based on Actual Measured value" (the whole row is coloured from the Actual Measured Value cell's status).

STEP 4: Understanding Submit Functionality:

• Select Status: [Dropdown][Mandatory] Select the status.
• If the selected Status is a Rework, Casting Rejection, or Machining Defect status, a dropdown for the matching defect/rejection cause also appears, using the same label as the selected Status.
• Remarks: Labelled Reason [Text Field][Mandatory] on screen. Enter the remarks.
• Click the “Submit” Button.
• Upon submission of a Line Inspection , the entry will be added and the screen will transition to the editing mode.
• If you change your mind and don't want to add a Line Inspection, click "Cancel" it takes you back to the Line Inspection Search page.

STEP 5: Understanding Task Type Of Inspection Process:

• Click on view/edit button of tasktype inspection process

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Operator entered values in machine shop for the corresponding process, along with its respective heat serial number, are displayed in the 'Operator Value' column. The 'Actual Measured Value' column represents the values entered in the previous actual measured column.

STEP 6: Understanding Colour Standards For Inspection Process-Operator Value:

• Same colour standards like machine process for operator value is followed here.

STEP 7: Understanding Colour Standards For Inspection Process-Actual Measured Value:

• Same colour standards like machine process for actual measured value is followed here.
• Enter actual measured value in actual measured value column.
• Follow same method mentioned in Step 4 to proceed with submit functionality.

1.3. How Line Inspection Affects Production Flow And Stock

A Line Inspection is not only a record. Its result is carried into the Control Task (production flow) and the Stock Ledger, so what the inspector decides is reflected everywhere.

Understanding The Part Status Options:

Status you select	What happens to the serial number	What happens to stock
Approved / Conditionally Approved	Stays available for the next process.	No movement; the serial stays in approved stock.
Machining Defect / Casting Defect	Not offered to the next process. A Non-Conformance Review (NCR) is raised automatically.	Moved from approved stock into the defect bucket.
Machining Rejection / Casting Rejection	Not offered to the next process.	Moved from approved stock into the rejected bucket.
Rework	Not offered to the next process; follows the Rework flow.	Moved from approved stock into the rework bucket.
Hold (Hold Inspection / Hold Research)	Held until released from Pending Validation.	Moved from approved stock into the hold bucket.

Understanding The Control Task Movement:

• Every inspection is added as a new history entry; earlier entries are never overwritten and stay visible in the Control Task Report.
• The inspected process shows the latest effective status from the inspection.
• A serial number moves to the next process only when its previous process is Approved or Conditionally Approved.
• If the inspected process already has later processes completed and approved, the rejection, rework or hold is applied to those later processes too. They are marked with the same status and a note such as "Rejected at 30 - Process Name by Line Inspector". Their earlier records are kept for history.

Understanding The Stock Movement:

• A serial number's stock sits at one process only: the furthest process it has completed (for example OP50 after OP30, OP40 and OP50).
• On a rejection, rework or hold, the system makes one stock movement: out of the process where the stock sits, into the matching bucket of the inspected process. It is not reduced again at every later process.
• Approved stock figures stay accurate across all processes in the Stock Ledger Report.

Understanding Re-Approval:

• If a serial that was rejected, reworked or held is later inspected as Approved (or released from Pending Validation), the later processes return to Approved and the stock moves back to where it sat before.
• After a restore, the serial is active only at its furthest completed process. The earlier entries remain as history.

Understanding The Result Summary:

After you submit, the screen shows the serial number, process, affected quantity, previous and new status, reason, where the stock now sits, whether later processes were reverted, and whether an NCR was raised.

Understanding The View / Edit Button:

• The edit (pencil) button appears only on the current record of a process. Older history entries are view only.
• If an earlier process of the same serial is rejected, held or on rework, later processes are view only. A message explains that the earlier process must be resolved first.

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These follow-on updates never block the inspection. The inspection is always recorded first. Use the Stock Ledger Report and Control Task Report to confirm the resulting movements.

That's it! You've learned how to ADD, SEARCH, EDIT a Line Inspection using the DMeX app. If you need help, contact the support team.