Specifications in Oracle Quality

Specifications define the requirements to which the product must conform. You can define specifications for the key characteristics of the products that you produce or for the materials that you receive from suppliers. You can attach illustrative or explanatory files to specifications, such as text, images, word processing documents, spreadsheets, video, and so on. Attachments can be used to document processing instructions as well as inspection and disposition procedures.

Quality Menu > Setup > Specifications

Some typical examples of using specifications are:

1) Warn or trigger a specific action when collected data lies outside the reasonable range of a specifications

2) Assist data entry by displaying the specification limits

Three types of specifications available in Oracle Quality are Item, Supplier and Customer

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Collection elements in Oracle Quality

Collection elements are the basic building blocks of collection plans, which are the data structures that you use to collect Quality results. Before you can collect Quality data, you must first create a collection plan. You begin by creating collection elements, which define the characteristics of the product or process that you want to monitor, record and analyze.

Collection elements are categorized by type so that they can be sorted and grouped in database searches and on reports. You assign collection element types to collection elements when you define them.

Oracle Quality offers 3 types of collection element types as mentioned below:

1. Reference information
2. Variable
3. Attribute

Reference Information collection element type groups collection elements that reference common objects defined in other Oracle Applications, such as Oracle Flow Manufacturing, Inventory, Order Management, Purchasing, and Work in Process. You can reference any data within an Oracle Database.

Variable collection element type is used when you need collection elements based on specification tolerance ranges. Specification limits can be entered and actions can be triggered when data is input outside of the range.

Attribute collection type is used when you need collection elements based on a customized list of values. Here you can create your values you wish the user to select from.

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Oracle Quality - Data collection structure

Oracle Quality can be used to gather user-defined quality data. Data collected and input into Oracle Quality may come from functions such as purchasing, service, shopfloor inspection or directly from the customer.

The data collection structure in Oracle Quality comprises of
a) Collection Elements
b) Specifications
c) Collection Plans

The basic building block of this structure is the collection element, which is used in both the specifications and the collection plan. Collection elements define the characteristics or the quality parameters of the product or the process, which is being analyzed and for which we collect and report data. Collection Plans are similar to test or inspection plans. Collection plans specify which are the collection elements to be used in collecting data. Collection plans specify when
and how to collect the data as well as the actions to take based on the data collected. Specifications set the quality standards to which the product or the process should conform. These standards can be in the form of absolute values or a specific range within which the results would be acceptable. The type of collection elements being used determines the nature of the specification.

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Oracle Quality - An Introduction

Oracle Quality application can be used to gather user-defined quality data. It is integrated with the Oracle Manufacturing and Distribution applications. Data collected and input into Oracle Quality may come from functions such as purchasing, service, shopfloor inspection or directly from the customer, to name a few. Quality data can also be collected in a totally standalone method or may be linked to third party systems.

The data collection structure in Oracle Quality comprises of:
a) Collection Elements
b) Specifications
c) Collection Plans

The basic building block of this structure is the collection element, which is used in both the specification and the collection plan. Collection elements define the characteristics or the quality parameters of the product or the process, which is being analyzed and for which we collect and report data. Collection Plans are similar to test or inspection plans. Collection plans specify which are the collection elements to be used in collecting data. Collection plans specify when
and how to collect the data as well as the actions to take based on the data collected. Specifications set the quality standards to which the product or the process should conform. These standards can be in the form of absolute values or a specific range within which the results would be acceptable. The type of collection elements being used determines the nature of the specification.

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