Quality Control

An Inspection Is Only Worth the Tolerance Behind It

Parameters with written ranges, inspections raised against the goods receipt or the work order that caused them, rejections classified so they add up, and a supplier quality record you can open before the next order.

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  • Written tolerances
  • Tied to the batch
  • Patterns, not incidents
  • One standard

    The same range applies on every shift.

  • Always on a batch

    Results attach to the receipt or the run.

  • Defects that count

    Classified, so the pattern surfaces.

  • Supplier record

    Rejection rate ready before you reorder.

Quality fails quietly, in three ordinary ways

None of them is about how carefully people inspect. They are all about what the inspection is written against and what happens to it afterwards.

Unwritten

The standard lives in one inspector's head

Without a tolerance recorded against the parameter, two people on two shifts pass two different batches and both are certain they were right.

Detached

Inspections that float free of the batch

A check filed separately from the goods receipt or the work order cannot answer what a specific batch was inspected against.

Unaggregated

Every rejection is treated as a one-off

Rejections logged as incidents never become a pattern, so the supplier and the line that cause most of them stay invisible.

Neome fixes all three by recording the tolerance, attaching the result to the batch, and classifying the defect.

Checklists

Tolerances written down, not remembered

Inspection parameters are configured per item with the tolerance range that decides a pass. That turns the check from a judgement into a measurement, and makes the same standard apply on the night shift and at the second plant.

  • Item-wise parameters
  • Defined tolerance ranges
  • Same standard everywhere

Inspections

Attached to the receipt or the run that caused it

Inspections are raised against a goods receipt or against production, so a result always belongs to a specific batch. Pass and fail are recorded with the inspector's name and their remarks, which is what makes a result defensible six months later when a customer asks.

  • GRN and production-linked
  • Pass and fail tracked
  • Inspector accountability

Rejections

A defect classification, not a note in a book

Rejections are logged against the batch with a defect class and a quantity, and routed for a decision between return and rework. Classifying at the point of rejection is what allows the aggregate to mean something, rather than producing a pile of free text nobody can count.

  • Defect classification
  • Return or rework decision
  • Root-cause visibility

Supplier quality

The rejection rate that should drive the next order

Because inspections are tied to receipts, a supplier's rejection rate is a by-product rather than a project. The number is worth having at the moment the next purchase order is placed, which is the only point where it can change anything.

  • Rejection rate per supplier
  • Built from receipts
  • Ready at the next order

Reporting

Three numbers a quality review actually needs

Set a date range and every figure below it is bounded by those dates.

Rejection rate

How much are we losing?

Rejected against inspected, broken down by item, by line and by period, so a rise is visible before it is a quarter's worth.

Supplier quality

Who keeps sending trouble?

Rejection rate per supplier across deliveries, with the defects behind it, which is the record to have open in a price negotiation.

Defect trend

Is it getting better?

Defect classes over time, so an improvement can be attributed to something rather than hoped for.

All the features, done right

QC checklists

Configured per item.

Tolerance ranges

Written down, not recalled.

Incoming inspection

Raised on the goods receipt.

In-process checks

Against the work order.

Pass and fail

Recorded per parameter.

Inspector on record

Every result is attributable.

Remarks and photos

Evidence with the result.

Defect classes

So rejections can be counted.

Return or rework

A decision, not a pile.

Threshold alerts

Raised when rejection climbs.

QC before dispatch

Made mandatory where it matters.

Mobile apps

Inspect at the bay, not at a desk.

Before you replace the inspection register

The questions quality and purchase teams ask before the first check is recorded in Neome.

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