First Article Inspection(FAI)

Hi all,
I've been hearing about FAI.Does anyone know what is First Article Inspection?Which Industries use FAI?Is it something like a Source Inspection?
regards,
Naik

First article inspection as I understand it means that you set up an agreement with a vendor to produce a specific part. You have such trust in the vendors ability to perform that you only inspect the first shipment of the material. If the material meets all requirements of the contract, you are assuming that all future shipments will be similar and you do no more inspections.
I think the standard SAP process for this would be Dynamic modification where you up the rule to inspect once and then have like 9999 skip lots. Some places set it up with a time limit, like 365 days. So that you inspect at least one shipment a year.
Craig

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Quality managment - First Article Inspection

In SAP is there any standard functionality for First Article Inspection. It is
better to have all the transaction and inspection reports in
SAP. It is easy to maintenance, easy to access and able to
monitor/evaluate the supplier with rejection and acceptance
rate.

Hi Kaushik,
First Article Inspection is similar to first part appoval that is inspection of new part which is first time received from supplier. Can we record the result of this inspection ? Is there any standard functinality. I understand we maintain Q info record. But then we can not enter inspection results for first part and not even track rejections and approvals.
Please revert back for any other information.
Thank you for your time.

First article inspection

Hi,
Has anyone successfully implemented first artlicle inspection during manufacturing ?
Also during purchase order receipt we can have first article inspection via the Q info record. This workss fine to have the 0101 inspection type for teh first article. However if the first article inspection lot is not dispositioned, the system does not allow me to receive subsequent lots.It says "No inspection lot can be opened for vendor and material". Is it possible to allow the system to allow subsequent receipts to take place though the first article is open ?
Thanks

Hi GS,
What do you mean by first article inspection during manufacturing ?
You create first production order for a material (SFG/FG) and completes the production order make the GR..stock goes in to quality with inspection lot generation..Now till the time this first inspection lot is cleared system should not allow create/release the second production order for the same material..
is this the requirement ????..
if yes... then it is not possible in standard SAP...you need to go for some enhancement...
if no...elaborate your requirement in detail...
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Kumar

Flag for First Article Inspection report

Hi
My client wants a report to flag the part number for First Article Inspection which was lapsed in production for 2 years.
Historic data is coming from SAP Complex assembly manufacturing solution ( CAMS) and can be extracted using BODS and data is coming from SAP ECC too.
The requirement is to pull the Part number, Part description, Revision and Date manufactured from CAMS and ECC to BW on Hana database and flag the part number which was lapsed 2 years for production.
Please advise me how I should go ahead for this requirement .
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Hi GS,
What do you mean by first article inspection during manufacturing ?
You create first production order for a material (SFG/FG) and completes the production order make the GR..stock goes in to quality with inspection lot generation..Now till the time this first inspection lot is cleared system should not allow create/release the second production order for the same material..
is this the requirement ????..
if yes... then it is not possible in standard SAP...you need to go for some enhancement...
if no...elaborate your requirement in detail...
Thanks
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First article -Inspection lot issues

We maintained 0101 inspection type and 04 inspection type in the material master. we maintained the Quality info-record with the profile and we maintained usage as 5 ( Good receipt ) in the inspection plan ..Inspection lot is creating for the production process , but not for the first article and it is directly receiving in to unrestricted type . Any input will be highly appreciated
Thanks,
Nic

Inspection lot is creating for the production process
Because you set up the inspection type '04' in the material master, an inspection lot is created when you make GR for production order.
but not for the first article
SAP does not support any inspection type for the first article of production order.
The inspection type '0101' is relevant to purchasing process only, not production.
it is directly receiving in to unrestricted type
Check the inspection set up in material master and select check box of 'Post to inspection stock' for inspection type '04'.
Regards
Luke

First artical inspection

Hi,
I would like to understand how to handle this senario first artical inspeciton.
As I understood ,Need to create new inspection type and new status profile and info record with ref to mat/plant.
but Iam not clear. if some one of you can explain me in detail how and what is right process to handle would be great help
regards
Krish

I would like to understand how to handle this scenario first article inspection.
As I understood ,Need to create new inspection type and new status profile and info record with ref to mat/plant.
but I am not clear. if some one of you can explain me in detail how and what is right process to handle would be great help
There are various way like QM info record ,establish the QM suppy relationship though status( 0101 inspection type)
go through following may add some value.
sap qm first article process?
Quality managment - First Article Inspection
First article inspection
First Article Inspection(FAI)
Edited by: SujitSND on Apr 20, 2010 3:43 PM

Sap qm first article process?

We are trying to implement the first article process, does anybody know the process in sap to flag(identify first article) for the parts newly received into sap? Is there any t-code or existing process in sap?
thanks,
Maggie

Hello Nehal,
Thanks very much for your kind response, I feel very lucky to know someone has implemented similar First Article process before.
I have some questions to clarify:
1). How to deal with scenario of receiving material from different suppliers? Our first article inspection should be the combination of material and supplier(e.g. supplier A's first article got accepted does not mean for the same part we do not do FA from vendor 2, vendor 2 still requires first article)
2). I treid the exact steps you suggested, but could not get vendor populated in inspection lot, we do not need to do the level of characteristics for inspection, simply a sampling procedure will work for us, but I am missing the vendor info, this will defeat the whole purpose. Can you please explain more in detail how can we link vendor info for material to show in inspection lot, inspection plan is at material master level(mm02), but we want supplier/vendor combination.
3). We also need to meet the requirement for buyer/quality people to manually update/change the FAIR, any suggestion on this?
<<Personal information removed>>
Thanks a lot!!
Maggie
Edited by: Matt on Apr 23, 2009 7:50 AM - please do not put personal information such as email addresses on these forums. You can maintain an email address through which people can contact you, on your business card.

When opening a published folio, how can I always default to launching the first article

Currently, when our app is launched or open from the iPad, it opens on the last article I was on. I would like the app to always open from the "first" article in the folio. Is this possible?

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Is there a way to bypass the first two inspection block after first cycle in Vision builder AI?

I want to inspect the C-C of a matrix of holes (holes side by side). But when I do re-cycle the routine, the hole #'s change location (not in same place twice) and the my C-C are all not side by side and all over the place. For example, diaganal 4 holes away, etc...

laj,
I'm not sure that I completely understand the question that you are asking in your post. You may want to repost your question with some additional information and explanation to allow this forum to help you more effectively.
As for the question that you posed in the title of your email, can you bypass the first two steps of your Vision Builder for Automated Inspection (VBAI) script? The answer is unfortunately no. VBAI is designed to repeatedly run through the same script and does not allow only a portion of the script to run.
If you need more control over your application than VBAI can provide, you may need to move a programming language like LabVIEW, which will allow for lower level decision making.
Please post a follow up if you have any additio
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First piece Inspection

Dear Gurus,
My client is plastic cotainer manufacturer. When they take change over for container size or shape they take first O.K. piece & maintain results for this first O.K. piece. This piece is preserved till the First O.K. pieceof same product for next change over is produced. These two pieces then compared for properties & previous first O.K. piece is then used . How can we map this scenario so that automatic lot will be generated for first O.K. piece. Can we use physical sampling or we have to generate manual lot.
Regards
Amit

Dear Amit,
As there is no triggering event for creating inspection lot, it will be better to create manual inspection lot. As you are preserving the OK piece for later change over comparison, Use sample drawing procedure so that you will be having trace of the physical sample(with Unique sample id).
Hope this will help you to map the procedure. Do let us know your feedback.
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Saurabh

First artical inspection : only certain material

Hi,
My requirment is I want to do the First inspction artical process to only certain material .
so i need to set it up first artical for some material and it should not with vendor combination.
please can guide me step procedure how to handle this.
regards
krish

This will be very difficult unless you create the supply relationship through QI01.

Source inspection configuration

dear all,
what is source inspection and vendor evaluation, please give me details of configuration steps for it.
thanks in advance

*What is Source Inspection*
What is source inspection and what are the setup required to do in system to implement successfully?
A source inspection is a quality inspection in which Buyer required the quality check before the material received. So that he performed the quality inspection at the vendoru2019s Location.
To setup source inspection, you should define inspection type (01 and 0101) in material master QM View. (MM01)
When requesting source inspection, include the following information:
a) Purchase order number
b) Item number
c) Part number
d) Quantity of parts to be inspected
e) Date source inspection is required
f)   Types of inspection required
     - In Process
     - Final
     - Interim
     - First Article Inspection (FAI)
g) Contact name and phone number
Go to transaction QI07 and give the material code, vendor, plant and opening period. When you execute the transaction you would find open purchase orders for the given input data. Select the Purchase Order you wish to perform Source Inspection and choose Create Inspection Lot. These inspection lot triggers for inspection type 0101. Against this inspection Lot perform result recording QE01 & QA11.
When finally you received Goods at your premises, then inspection lot will triggered automatically (01) and perform result recording QE01 & QA11
        How to do Source Inspection in QM
Can any one guide how to do Source Inspection in QM. What are the settings required to be done and can the lot for source inspection be trigerred manually or automatically.
The Q-Info Record is used to trigger a source inspection lot for a material/vendor and plant. Under the tab key Inspection Control in Q-Info Record, you would find vendor source Inspection and under that select the inspection type desired for source inspection (say 01,0101) and give the lead time required to perform the inspection in days (say 10 days). If you do not want to trigger an inspection lot @ GR for a source Inspection lot then check the box (Source Insp. No Gr).
Ensure that the inspection type selected @ source inspection is activated in the Material Master Record for the chosen material in the Quality Management View.
To trigger the lot manually you need to have some open purchase orders for the material/plant/vendor. Go to transaction QI07 and give the material code,vendor,plant and opening period. When you execute the transaction you would find open purchase orders for the given input data. Select the Purchase Order you wish to perform S.I and choose Create Inspection Lot.
This would trigger the lot and then it is QE01 & QA11.
Vendor Evaluation for Purchasing
Define the weighting keys in SM30 - V_T147J.
Weighting keys 01 and 02 are defined in the standard system. You combine the following
weighting shares for the standard main criteria:
Main criterion     Key 01 Key 02
Price                   1      5
Quality                 1      5
Delivery                1      2
Gen. service/support    1      1
Ext. service provision 1      2
Define the criteria in SM30 - V_T147G - Double click on the line items
In this step, you define the criteria by which the system computes scores for vendors and
specify whether the scores for the subcriteria are computed manually, semi-automatically, or
automatically.
You can also store your own methods of computation for the scores for subcriteria in the
form of user exits. The enhancement MM06L001 is available for this purpose.
Define the scope of list in SM30 - V_T147M - Double click on the line items
Define Purchasing Organization data for vendor evaluations in transaction OMGL.
An example :-
How the system calculates the score for the automatic subcriteria
"On-Time Delivery Performance"?
The system uses the statistics-relevant delivery date in the purchase order
(Items -> Delivery Schedule) and the goods receipt date to calculate date variances.
You use the statistics-relevant delivery date, for example, if you know that the vendor
will not deliver the material as scheduled on September 15 but on September 30. Enter the
delivery date as September 30, but enter the statistics-relevant delivery date as
September 15.
In calculating the score for on-time delivery performance, the system will then not use
the actual delivery date, but the statistics-relevant delivery date. This has a negative
effect on the score for this goods receipt.
However, materials planning and control uses the realistic delivery date (September 30)
which the vendor will actually adhere to.
The system considers only goods receipts against purchase orders and scheduling agreements
into stores and the release of GR blocked stock into stores. In the standard system, these
are the movement types 101 and 105.
Minimum Delivery Percentage - OMGL in the On-time delivery section
If you do not want a vendor to receive a very good score if he delivered the goods on time,
but did not deliver the required quantity, you can maintain a minimum delivery percentage
in Customizing.
Assume you set the Min. del. perc. parameter to 60% and the vendor delivers the goods on
time, but only 55% of the ordered quantity. Although the goods receipt is punctual, it is
not included in the calculation of the vendoru2019s score for on-time delivery performance. So
that the non-scoring of the on-time delivery performance criterion in this case does not
bring an unfair advantage in comparison with a poor score, the vendor is awarded a low score
for quantity reliability. On-time delivery performance is thus always to be seen in
conjunction with quantity reliability.
Standardizing Delivery Date Variance - OMGL in the On-time delivery section
To rate delivery date variances in days, maintain the Std.del.time var. parameter.
If you assign a lower standard value, this means that relatively low date variances produce
high percentage variances. If you set a higher standard value, this results in a relatively
low percentage variance:
The Std.del.time var. parameter has the value 20. The goods receipt took place on Nov. 27;
the statistical delivery date was Nov. 15. There is thus a difference of 12 days.
The system calculates the percentage variance as follows:
12 / 20 x 100 = 60
If the Std.del.time var. parameter had the value 60, the variance would be 20%
(12 / 60 x 100 = 20).
If you do not maintain this parameter, the system calculates the delivery time variance via
the firm zone in the case of scheduling agreements, and via the order date and the
statistics-relevant delivery date in the case of purchase orders.

Temporary bypass of auto assignment of Inspection type

I have checked 'auto assignment' in QM master data view. My goods receipts are generating inspection lots with 01 inspection type. This is all good. Is it possible to trick the system not to assign the inspection type in certain cases even though 'auto assignment ' is setup ? If this is possible I would like to use this to model an ad-hoc first article inspection as required by my client.

Hello FF,
I tested your suggestion of creaing multiple plans and tricking system not to assign any inspection plan. It worked. I have multiple inspection plans for Prelim series( say 501 usage) and one '01' for normal incoming quality inspection. When a Vendor calls the buyer and cautions that next shipment has some process changes/tool changes/new raw material introdcued etc., some at Client site has to modify the QIR to put in Prelim status. At the time of GR, system gets confused on which 501 plan to assign and leaves the assignment open in the insp. lot. Then manually QI inspector has to assign the plan knowing the vendor's caution. Again, Gagesh question of how change being communicated is not anwered here. But I may propose an enhancement in the PO screen( a check box may be) that buyer puts in after receiving communication from Vendor. This flag may run a program to put the QIR status to Prelim status. Lets see how it goes. My question is answered. Thanks to you all for inciteful help. Points goes to FF for the 'Idea'.

Quality Certificate for Goods Receipt - FAIR

Hi Guys,
I’m after some advice with regards to the QM module.
We implemented QM last year to support our incoming inspection process flow.
The following dynamic rules were created via TCODE QDR1
Z01       Inspection Always
Z02       3 Inspections Plus Annual
Z03       One Off Inspection
In the material master we have actived the inspection type 01.
Next steps:
Quality Certificate for Goods Receipt
We would like to set the certification flag to identify that a first article inspection report (FAIR) is required from goods externally procured.
Today all vendors are required to provide a FAIR with the 1st off receipt for a new material or items which have not been delivered for more than 12mths.
Is it possible to set/create much a rule in QM for the 1st del to be flagged certificate required?
My initial thoughts were
1. To setup quality information records for each material + vendor with the certificate “FAIR”.
2. Then create and assign an inspection plan for the first off delivery.
Problems I can see,
1.     The certificate is only required for the first delivery regardless if the material requires a 2nd 3rd or 4th del to be inspected
2.     How to apply the settings and reset them when a FAIR requirement (Annual)
3.     Creation of this rule would have to accommodate the current QM rules not impact?
Has anyone implement certifications in this way or could they suggest a way it could be managed.
Many Thanks
Paul

Hi Craig,
First thanks for the information on DMR this has solved the problem.
I do have a second question if you could it would be appreciated.
Can you change the QM control key for a PO.
In the material master I've activate QM with control key 0000 no certificate required
After raising a PO a change note is then released under this circumstances the vendors are required to provide a certificate with the PO.
To mange this I would like to change the control key in the PO - I get the error message.
Control key Z001 cannot be used here
Message no. ME554
Diagnosis
You wish to change the control key for quality management in procurement. Only the following changes are allowed:
Set current control key from material
Set existing control key of item 0000
Procedure
Is it possible to change the key at direct in the PO?
Thanks
Paul

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