QDA Q-Management A S I D A T A M Y T E S P E C S H E E T. From stand-alone applications to integrated solutions. Process optimization tool

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QDA Q-Management

Q-Management is the powerful base software package within ASI DATAMYTE’s QDA suite that facilitates achievement and veriﬁcation of quality goals such as process control, cost reduction, process optimization and standard compliance documentation. Recognized as a leading CAQ (Computer-Aided Quality) solution, QDA is an essential tool for companies faced with implementing, integrating and automating quality management methods. Q-Management records, analyzes, documents and archives quality-related data from production processes, and facilitates the computer-aided performance of quality management activities, procedures and methods (quality planning, quality control and quality management). It is a crucial aid and strategic tool for securing and maintaining certiﬁcation of a quality management system under quality standards such as ISO 9000 and ISO/TS 16949.

Process optimization tool

Q-Management uses statistical methods to determine key indicators that are used for early identiﬁcation and location of potential discrepancies. This means that decisions can be made more quickly and eﬃciently. It facilitates error prevention and reduction of defects, follow-up work and complaints. It improves process understanding and secures document steering.

Comprehensive reporting functions drive the creation of a solid knowledge base built on product and process data, resulting in rapid fault elimination, seamless integration and improved quality.

This in turn forms the basis for process optimization and opens up the potential for cost savings. QDA gives management an instrument that provides comprehensive information about the entire quality situation in the company at any time.

From stand-alone applications to

integrated solutions

The innovations, features and functionality of QDA software are the product of years of input from users spanning a variety of industries.

QDA runs with very little administrative input and, once installed, requires very little maintenance. Modules can be applied to any size of quality system – from stand-alone programs to group-wide solutions.

Software that works the way you want

it to work

QDA is very ﬂexible and can be integrated seamlessly into existing processes and IT infrastructures. The interface adapts to the user and context so that primary functions are only a mouse click away. QDA is so easy

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to implement, master and use that many

customers have come to consider Ease of Use

an ASI DATAMYTE trademark.\

Integrated Quality Solutions

QDA contains a long list of robust features

and functions, and empowers integration

with other suppliers’ ERP applications such as

SAP R/3. It does this using QDA‐Script, a

powerful macro programming language, to

build and exploit open interfaces. QDA is

modular, multi‐lingual and supports a broad

variety of measuring systems.

This means that you get a highly customized

solution configured to meet your specific

needs – one driven by standard software that

is subjected to continuous improvement and

hardening, and is rigorously tested and

proven.

Connectivity to test and measurement

devices

The introduction of new quality components

or systems often has

serious implications for the

test and measurement

equipment already in use.

ASI DATAMYTE’s QDA

integrates with hundreds of

measurement and test

devices, from legacy

systems to the latest

technologies, protecting

the investments you’ve

already made. QDA

includes interfaces to

higher‐level systems and

supports industry standards such as XML,

ODBC, FTP, DDE and COM/DCOM.

Control Plan

QDA Control Plan empowers comprehensive

planning – of all inspections across all

processes. Existing inspection plans can be

used to create new control plans easily and

efficiently.

Rather than copying one document into

another, direct links are made from the

control plan to appropriate fields in the

inspection plan. This way, changes to the

control plan are directly propagated into the

inspection plans and vice versa. Duplicate

inputs are avoided and changes are

documented in the version history. Process

flow diagrams, images, videos, work and test

instructions can each be assigned to a process

step. The most recent version can then be

displayed on every QDA workstation. This

ensures proper steering of documents

relevant to an inspection.

Inspection Planning

Q‐Management drives the generation of

detailed inspection plans and provides the

tools and options that make them perform.

These features make it easy to maintain part

lists, bill of material, work processes,

specifications, certificates and master data

for products, support and customer

requirements.

Central attributive fault trees, process

intervention documentation and random

inspection plans round

off the range of

functions. Documents

that accompany the

tests can be linked down

to the characteristic level

in any Windows format

as well as files in various

multimedia formats.

Characteristics,

inspections and

inspection plans are

linked via various

reference models to

simplify inspection planning as a whole.

Version management seamlessly documents

changes in the elements of the inspection

plan in accordance with standards. The user‐

friendly design of QDA Inspection Planning

and its high level of functionality give every

user an extremely efficient tool for day‐to‐

day quality management.

Action Management

A key capability of QDA is action

management, which enables planning and

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provides a centralized source from which to

manage products and production processes,

and streamlines continuous improvement

Daily Report

The Daily Report offers a central QMS control

instrument that shows the quality situation of

the entire daily production, over all products,

all product features and all work processes, at

a glance. Measurement status is color‐coded.

RED indicates that tolerances have been

violated, YELLOW indicates a

control limit violation has

occurred and that

intervention is required,

GREEN indicates that

everything is OK, and that

the process is under control.

Double clicking on a process

with an error indicator takes

you directly to the affected

production steps,

characteristics and finally to

the control chart.

Capability Bars

Capability bars display sources of error for a

product, a product family or machine. The

standard template displays average value,

min/max values and scatter, vital data used in

determining quality status. The color‐coded

RED‐GREEN‐YELLOW bars provide the user

with a clear real time indication of production

quality.

SPC Capability Analysis

QDA offers many new options that go

beyond traditional analysis tools. The user

can switch between summary overviews and

the detailed views associated with individual

characteristics quickly and easily. User‐

specified, flexibly‐defined independent

variables can be incorporated into search

criteria and used to generate selective test

data and build custom reports.

Control Charts

The control charts are used to display

measurements over time or show

relationships between variables. QDA allows

the user to access all of the detailed

information associated with a given

inspection simply by double clicking on the

measurement data displayed.

Histograms and Probability Plots

QDA histograms and probability plots allow a

simple assessment a variable’s distribution.

The class width and class center are

automatically calculated and graphically

displayed. As with the other QDA features

and functions, switching between graphs and

plots is easy and intuitive.

Key Statistical

Indicators

A variety of reporting

formats adapted to the

specific statistical

methods and indicators

used clearly

communicate your

findings, and can be

quickly assembled to

provide an overview on machine capability

and manufacturing processes.

A Variety of distribution models (normal, log‐

normal, Weibull and Johnson) allow you to

build reports appropriate for the quality data

generated by the statistical methods you

define.

Pareto Analysis

Quality data‐related events can be displayed

at any time in a tabular or pareto form using

QDA. This gives the user a clear indication of

possible error sources in his quality data

analysis.

Cost of Quality Analysis

Most frequent errors can be tallied and

displayed in tabular form, providing for the

inclusion of associated costs in the analysis.

Costs, previously established for each product

feature and work process, are weighted

according to the proportion of errors

indicated by the pareto analysis, and

calculated. This gives quality management

specific detailed information on the causes of

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amount of savings that can be achieved by

addressing them.

Incoming and Outgoing Inspections

with Supplier Evaluation

QDA can collect and capture inspection data

as well as import and integrate data

originating from other ERP or MES systems.

The software accommodates statistical,

dynamic random and AQL random inspection

plans, as well as skip‐lot procedures.

Once the data has been entered, an appraisal

is made and the lot status can be

documented. QDA also includes a supplier

evaluation routine, which can be easily

updated at the end of incoming inspections.

Long-term Statistics

While the QDA Daily Report offers quality

management a quick, comprehensive cross‐

section of day‐to‐day production quality,

QDA long‐term statistics provide a focused

view of specific elements over days, weeks

and months. In addition to displaying

average values, Cp/Cpk, and Correlations,

long‐term statistics permit simple trend

assessment. QDA’s integrated search criteria

turn this into a very powerful analysis tool,

enabling machines, tools, lines or production

lots to be compared and evaluated from a

common platform.

Troubleshooting guide

QDA‘s Troubleshooting Guide (TSG) offers a

whole host of specific suggestions which can

be structured and expanded in any way you

like, and applied to necessary process

interventions. An initial error incident report

covering all parts in the database provides

you with a quick overview of problem

areas.Pareto analyses can then be set up the

way you want to investigate the problem‐

cause‐measure chain in detail.

Report Designer, a universal graphical

reporting tool

This tool allows you to manage complex

quality analyses using measurement data. It

produces quick, simple displays of

comprehensive measurement findings

collected from coordinate measuring

machines, multi‐gage and similar systems.

The Report Designer helps you to build

graphical reports based on standardized

forms. And while QDA allows you to

interface to virtually every measurement

system on the market the data captured and

stored in the QDA database feeds reports

that you are free to design and customize,

independent of the specific vendor or

statistical methods used. This saves time by

avoiding manual report generation and

provides you with the flexibility you need.

QDA Q-Management Main Features

Inspection Planning

> More dynamic testing frequency > Inspection Plan templates > Part Family

> Version control and audit trail > Support 21 CFR Part 11 > Image support

> Inspection and work instructions

Statistical Reports

> Control charts, histograms, probability

plots

> Capability analyses > Pareto analyses

> Long‐term and trend reports

> Definable cross‐process and cross‐

product statistics

Statistical Process Control

> Manual input & digital / analogue

measuring tools > Measuring devices > PLC interfaces > Sample information > Discrete and Process data

> Documentation of root cause/actions

Incoming & Outgoing Inspections

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> QDA displays thousands of

measurement records in compact easy‐

to‐understand charts and graphs. > More dynamic testing with skip lot

> Usage decisions

> Random inspection plans (AQL)

> QDA reduces inspection work and does

away with error‐prone manual inputs

Continuous improvement process

> Identification of potential improvements > QDA provides data that managers,

department heads, masters, shift leaders,

testers, workers, customers and suppliers

need. > Convenient planning and tracking

> Success monitoring

Standard Interfaces

> ERP (SAP R/3, Infor, ABAS, Navision …)

_{Competitive advantages}

> Digital / analogue measuring tools _> _Seamless _integration _into _existing

processes, workflows and IT

infrastructures. > 3D measuring machines

> Master data imports

> Flexible imports of measured

data > _needsEasy deployment:_to_be _installed QDA _ononly_a

server, not on client pc’s.

Daily Report

> Very wide range of

configuration options and

customization by means of

QDA‐Script, an integrated

script programming

language. > Quality status of the entire

daily production at a glance > Tolerance breaches are

displayed using traffic lights > Go to the cause of the

problem with 3 mouse clicks

> Time savings due to clear

and intuitive to use and high

user acceptance.

QDA benefits

_> _Low_operating_costs.

> QDA is a tool that maximizes profits. It

allows you to optimize quality, reduce

rework and save raw material.

> Minimal orientation and training,

typically only 2‐3 days’ required.

> Open programmable interfaces to all

measuring tools & machines, ERP, MES

systems. > QDA always keeps an overview of your

entire production and can initiate

measurements automatically if problems

occur.

Check out these other QDA modules

> QDA shows your customers that you have

your processes under control and have

them documented them in compliance

with the standards.

QDA CMM Intelligence

QDA Supplier Management

QDA APQP Module

QDA PPAP Module

> QDA saves you and your colleagues’

valuable time every day as it automates

routine work.

QDA FMEA Module

QDA Quality Planning Module

QDA Document Management Module > QDA keeps you informed – wherever you

are – via e‐mail, SMS and internet QDA Product Audit Module

QDA Product Traceability Module

> QDA generates freely‐definable

statistics, analyses, certificates, machine

and process capability approvals, due

date lists, to‐do lists, actions, reminder

lists, reports etc. as DOC, PDF or HTML.

QDA Gage and Tool Management Module

QDA Complaint Management Module

QDA Import Server Module

QDA Resource Management Module

> QDA finds errors before they become

problems.