Inspection Equipment Management

More than calibration and administration: iqs PMV supervises product quality with the correct inspection equipment.

Quick and comprehensive

iqs Inspection Equipment Management (PMV) gives secure information on the status, location and choice of inspection equipment whilst simultaneously enabling the measuring instruments to be checked and inspected. This optimizes resources as service and maintenance planning of the inspection equipment can take place efficiently and in a continuous way.

Inspection equipment history

The software makes available a complete history of each item of inspection equipment together with any corresponding documentation that has been recorded such as complaints, location changes, repairs or inspections. Furthermore any company specific events can be individually added.

Inspection equipment capacity/MSA

The inspection equipment capability is a building block for determining inspection equipment capacity. This enables you to determine the cg and cgk indices, complete dispersion ranges (with or without user input), conduct stability inspection and examine the inspection capacity process.

Inspection planning wizard

The inspection order wizard plans inspection orders, checks that all necessary equipment will be available on the due date, sends inspection requests by email and automatically reminds about overdue inspection equipment as well as taking on several other functions. In order to use similarities in inspection planning, the PMV module uses document inheritance, which was developed by iqs. Corresponding standards can be added and allocated to every item of inspection planning.

Order management

An order list displays inspection orders that are either open or unprocessed. The order list differentiates between in-house test centers and external calibration firms. Delivery note issue for calibration of inspection equipment by accredited firms is supported.

Functions

• Extensive software for inspection equipment management and monitoring, maintenance as well as inspection equipment capability analysis
• Efficient management of individual inspection equipment and inspection norms, fixtures, inspection benches and complete measuring equipment groups
• Inspection equipment organization in various views
• All inspection equipment at a workstation can be inspected and summarized
• Secure certification provided by complete inspection equipment history
• Quick creation and amendment to inspection plans through the iqs inheritance technology
• Graphical inspection notes, e.g. drawing sections, videos and pictures
• Versioned inspection planning
• Wizard for automatic identification of inspection equipment that is due
• Inspection tasks allocation via email including integrated reminder system
• New inspection equipment is checked for operational integrity – if necessary a complaint will be automatically triggered
• Procedure for preventing the occurrence of overdue inspection equipment (escalation model)
• Inspection equipment with different inspection cycles can be allocated to the corresponding inspection plan including the time that they are being used (dynamic modification)
• Link up to inspection process suitability solara.MP from Q-DAS
• Inspection equipment capability testing /MSA (cg/cgk, %GRR, linearity and stability)
• Inspection equipment suitability according to VDA 5 /GUM
• Unilateral and calculated characteristics (formula editor)
• Quick automatic data exchange with external calibration service providers via VDA 2623
• Order processing including delivery note issue, e.g. for calibration laboratories
• Wide ranging analysis, e.g. inspection cost analysis