Overview of Applications

For a workflow overview describing how the applications work together, please see 'What is inspect'

Cockpit

Organises and controls the configuration of the system. This includes product and view setup, station setup, parts, locations, defects and other product related items. It also allows you to configure the servers required to communicate with other systems.

Event Service

When there is an issue of concern on an assembly line, supervisors need to know about it. Inspect Event Service provides this essential notification capability.

Inspect Event Service notifies designated plant employees of events as they occur on assembly lines. Such events can include recurring defects, a specific number of defects per number of units, or events that occur at a specific tracking point. When any of these events occur, notifications can be sent via email, MQ Series device, socket device or overhead display.

Like every other Inspect program, Event Service allows for flexible customisation. Inspect administrators can set up the specific circumstances that trigger notifications and determine how often notifications are sent after they are triggered.

Data Collect

Data Collect is used to enter and track quality concerns and repair data. It can be run on a portable device, such as a tablet, or on a stationary PC. Portable devices are useful for roving data collection, whereas stationary workstations are used at fixed data inspection locations. In either case, operators can enter quality concerns for a part (including the type and the severity of concern) and then assign it for repair.

Form Composer

The Form Composer application is a design and layout program for customising the appearance of screens used at the Inspect stations. The system administrator can create templates, comprised of forms, to control the colours, sizes, fonts and placements of every screen.

Mobile Checklist

A significant amount of paperwork is dedicated to collecting information about mandatory checks (who did it, when and where) as well as confirmation of build options (colour, destination or customer).

The Mobile Checklist Android application records this data and allows the operator to verify that the options built into each specific unit are the correct ones. It allows defective units to be caught before they leave the building where they would otherwise cause warranty cost increases and customer dissatisfaction.

Variable Data Collect

Variable Data Collect (VDC) allows operators to record Critical To Quality characteristics such as lengths, diameters, temperatures, voltage and weight.

You can set control limits to alert operators as soon as they enter measurements that show the system is out of control, allowing them to take the appropriate countermeasures. Inspect uses Nelson rules and Western Electric (WECO) rules to decide whether a system is in control or not.

Data can then be viewed in statistical process control charts for real-time analysis.

VDC uses touch-screen technology to input data. On a handheld device the operator can touch the screen to enter data. If using a stationary PC with touch screen capability, the operator can either touch the screen or use a mouse to enter data.

VDC Offline Assistant

The VDC Offline Assistant allows you to use Variable Data Collect (VDC) in situations where network connectivity is poor or nonexistent. This means you can run VDC without a permanent connection to the central Inspect database.

View Composer

View Composer allows you to create the views of the product that will be used by the operator to add defects.

CAD Reporting Client

The CAD Reporting client enables users to identify commonly occurring concerns displayed on a 3D model. Users can select either a Concern Scatter chart or a Concern Spectrum chart.