14. QM in Production
2 min readSep 2, 2023
SAP QM PART-14
Production chain:
Production planning → Order release → Inspection during inspection → order confirmation → Goods movement
- Inspection operations are included in the routing.
- Inspections during production are controlled using the inspection operations that are contained in the routing or the master recipe.
- In production, the integration of inspection specifications in the routing allows you to record QM-relevant information.
- In production, the integration of inspection specifications in the routing allows you to record QM-relevant information.
- Inspections during production and inspections for external processing are triggered automatically.
- The control key in the task list operation defines whether inspection characteristics are to be used.
- Inspection points allow you to repeatedly record results for the same inspection characteristic in one order.
- If some production operations are to be processed externally, the system automatically creates a purchase requisition.
- You confirm the yield and scrap quantity to the production order.
- Partial lots enable you to manage several different quality grades in the production process.
- For production processes in the process industry, you can set the system so that approval of the inspection lot is required before the lot can be released for results recording.
- When an order is released, the system creates an inspection lot with corresponding inspection specifications, based on the information contained in the operations of the routing.
- If the sample management functions are active, the system also creates the corresponding physical-sample master records when it creates the inspection lot. The planned sampling can be enhanced by unplanned samples.
- In quality control, control charts play an integral part in statistical process control (SPC). These charts allow you to monitor the current production process.
- You can use control charts for both quantitative and qualitative characteristics.
- If the action limits are exceeded, the system automatically creates defect records and triggers actions using quality notifications.