Opcenter X Quality Essentials

Opcenter X Quality is an essential cloud-based QMS solution that enables manufacturers to streamline their inspection planning, data acquisition, statistical process control, and nonconformance management, driving improved quality, compliance, and operational efficiency across their shopfloor operations.

By starting with the quality control modules that address your immediate needs and then expanding as your digital expertise matures, you can strategically allocate, scale, and customize your resources. This empowers you to optimize your quality management efforts.

Control and inspection plans

A control plan is a critical document in the planning stage, outlining key controls for implementation. Executing it on the shop floor is essential for operational effectiveness.

The shop floor inspection plan is a structured guide defining procedures, criteria, and tools to ensure product quality during manufacturing. It covers inspection characteristics, methods, frequency, and variation handling to systematically verify product standards.

Enhancing consistency, reducing defects, and improving traceability, the inspection plan boosts quality control and enables continuous improvement in manufacturing.

Order management and traceability

Enhance operational efficiency with streamlined order management and robust track and trace capabilities. Facilitate systematic and consistent inspections by delivering clear instructions to quality operators through customized inspection orders aligned with the shop floor inspection plan.

Enhance traceability and ensure compliance with meticulous record-keeping via track and trace functionalities. Seamlessly integrate with other quality processes, including nonconformance reporting and corrective action workflows, by leveraging inspection orders for comprehensive quality management.

Data acquisition and evaluation tools

Determine inspection criteria and establish clear definitions to ensure operational efficiency.

Leverage Statistical Process Control (SPC) tools to visually represent measurement data through control charts, histograms, and probability plots. This empowers you to analyze process variations, identify trends, and proactively address issues to manufacture products that meet specifications while minimizing waste and scrap.

Failure pattern for visual characteristics

Unlock the power of visual analysis with an intuitive interface to seamlessly identify and address issues. Simply select the defect from the comprehensive list, then effortlessly mark its location on the visual display.

What does a process violation look like for visual characteristics? If the sum of all defects with the same classification exceeds the maximum number of allowed defects for that classification, a non-conformance is generated.

AI-empowered optimal distribution calculation

A critical aspect of quality management is understanding the distribution and occurrence of measured values. Although optimal distribution is the norm, not all product characteristics conform to this standard.

By leveraging AI capabilities, it’s possible to automatically determine the optimal distribution and figuring out the distribution of characteristics to monitor the process capability of produced parts. Control limits that are calculated based on the determined distribution are displayed in the control chart and compared to tolerance limits during inspections.

Nonconformance based for enhanced quality

Line operators and quality engineers can record nonconformances. The user interface guides employees through a predefined process for quick data collection crucial for detailed analyses, meeting specific workplace needs.

By analyzing recorded data, they can identify defects, patterns, and derive actionable insights to improve production quality. They can also manage failure types, create action templates, and use a dashboard to track progress for efficient management and quality enhancement.