QC Inspections & Approvals

Inspect a lot against its test parameters, record the result and print the inspection report or certificate of analysis.

See Company Documents & PDFs for printable records, company letterhead settings and A4 printing instructions.

Quality Control Tabs

Manufacturing → Quality control shows pending, in-progress, quarantine, pass-rate and open-NCR counts, and the following tabs:

  • Inspections - every inspection with its lot, product and status
  • NCRs - non-conformance reports; create one with Create NCR
  • Quarantine - lots in QUARANTINE, waiting for a decision
  • Test Parameters - the checks used on inspections
  • Trend (SPC) - numeric results, control limits and capability; requires Scale
  • CAPA - assigned corrective actions and approval; requires Scale

Use the search box to filter, and Sync Lots to create inspections for PENDING_QC lots that have none.

Inspection Contents

  • The lot, product, quantity and location
  • The inspection type: receiving, in-process, final, periodic or customer
  • One result row per test parameter
  • Notes and attachments
  • The overall result, the inspector and the time it was completed

Recording Results

1

Open the inspection

From the Inspections tab.

2

Enter a value for each test parameter

Pass/fail checks, numeric measurements, text observations or checklists, depending on the parameter.

3

Add notes

Observations, deviations or recommendations.

4

Choose the overall result

Pass, Conditional or Fail. You make the decision; an out-of-range value does not fail the lot on its own.

5

Complete the inspection

The lot status updates as described in QC Overview.

Test Parameters

On the Test Parameters tab, define checks for a specific product or for all products. Each parameter has a type - pass/fail, numeric range, numeric minimum, numeric maximum, text or checklist - plus optional limits and unit, and can be marked required. Active parameters are added to new inspections automatically.

After the Decision

Print the inspection report from the inspection; completed inspections print as a certificate of analysis. For a failed lot, open an NCR to record the investigation. A later inspection can move a quarantined lot to AVAILABLE or REJECTED.

QC OverviewNon-Conformance Reports