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Quality Specifications . Stored on the Finished Good Item Specification Template Item Specifications Customer Specifications “Quality Attributes” are stored within Item Specifications: Chemistry Mechanical Dimensions Operations. Quality Results. Received from Multiple Sources
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Quality Specifications • Stored on the Finished Good Item • Specification Template • Item Specifications • Customer Specifications • “Quality Attributes” are stored within Item Specifications: • Chemistry • Mechanical • Dimensions • Operations
Quality Results • Received from Multiple Sources • Level 2: Spectrometer • EDI: Customer / Supplier Information • MES: Shop Floor Automated / Manual • Receiving: Shipping Documents • Actual results are checked against: • Work-in-Process: Item Specifications • Raw Material: Raw Material Items • Finished Goods: Item Specifications • Shipment: Customer Specifications
Non-Conforming Material • Finished Goods & Raw Material: • Moved into ‘hold’ sub-inventory for disposition • Customer Deviation • Re-worked • Returned to Raw Material • Scrap • Work-in-Process: • Custom CEMLI • Hold material in WIP prior to moving to next operation • Users have ability to add operations, modify processing, and/or reject material • Security restricted
Challenges • Juggling changes to items, inventory, and sales/purchase orders • Standardizing the overlap in attributes within the metals industry • Timeliness of updates from shop floor and L2 applications • Confirming what attributes can be changed by what operations • Work within constraints of Oracle • Work in Process w/ Lot Number & Attributes
Successes • Consistent process across organization • Tracking disposition status and timing • Consolidated process for item creation and updates • Standard interfaces with L2 applications • Enhanced reporting capabilities
Learned Lessons • Map overall process for tracking and storing attributes • Include requirements for timing and reporting • Consistent design • Understand impacts to changes in customer and supplier requirements • Goal is to standardize process and centralized ownership • Metals knowledge is difficult to automate • Develop metrics to track overall system compliance