🔍 Metal processing ERP · Quality control
Test plans for every stage, lab results straight from the machines, control charts that warn before the process drifts, and lots held automatically until they pass. Every result is tied to its heat and lands on the mill test certificate.
Each product and grade has its own plan: what to test at incoming, in-process and final stages. Hover a cell to see detail. Example plan for TMT bars.
Each point is a measurement from the line. When one falls outside the control limits, the ERP alerts the supervisor and holds the lot. Example data.
Set the spec limits and your process mean and spread. The bell curve shows how much falls outside spec, with Cp, Cpk and defects per million. Then see what poor quality costs you each month.
Lots are held, tested and, if out of spec, raised as an NCR. QA then picks one of four outcomes, each with its cost on record.
Nine connected features. Each links to the related part of the ERP.
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Test equipment and finance joined up through our API integration work.
With a pilot product line before every line moves to the new test plans.
Quality links to heats, certificates, the shop floor and scrap.
Answers for QA heads, plant managers and lab teams.
It holds the test plan for every product and stage, records lab and floor results against the specification, holds lots that fail, manages non-conformances and dispositions, and links every result to the heat and the mill test certificate.
Statistical process control. Measurements are plotted on control charts with upper and lower control limits. Points outside the limits, or unusual patterns, show the process is drifting before it makes out-of-spec product.
Cpk measures how well a process fits inside its specification. It compares the distance from the process mean to the nearest spec limit with three standard deviations. A Cpk of 1.33 or more is a common target; below 1.0 means some output is likely out of spec.
A non-conformance report. It records what was out of spec, how much material is affected, the root cause and the decision, such as rework, downgrade, scrap or release with concession.
Lots are put on hold automatically at set points, or when a result fails. Held lots cannot be dispatched until QA releases them.
Yes. Spectrometers, tensile and hardness testers, ultrasonic testers and digital gauges can send results directly, which removes typing errors.
Yes. Complaints are linked to the heat, line and shift that made the product, with investigation and replies kept on record.
Your own and customer specifications, plus common frameworks such as ISO 9001, IATF 16949 for automotive suppliers and EN 10204 certificates. Your quality team owns the specs and approvals.
About 5 weeks, including connecting lab machines and a pilot product line.
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