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This blog post focuses on execution section. If you are interested in the customizing, you can read from Customizing: Quality Inspection in EWM under No Inspection Rule
Introduction
EWM incorporates a Quality Inspection feature aimed at ensuring the quality of products.
In this blog post, I will provide the differences between No Inspection Rule and From Inspection rule, the conditions necessary to use the "No Inspection Rule" functionality and an overview of the key processes involved. After that, I will share the specific execution step in SAP S/4HANA.
No Inspection Rule and From Inspection rule
No Inspection Rule and From Inspection rule are a type of Inspection Lot Setup.
| Managed by | Easy-to-use | Flexibility | Grouping | |
| No Inspection Rule | Material Master | ○ | △ | × |
| From Inspection Rule | Inspection Rule | △ | ○ | ○ |
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Conditions for using No Inspection Rule
EWM
SAP S/4HANA embedded EWM (after 1909 version)
Inspection Object Types
- 4 (Q-Inspection Product/Batch Inbound Delivery)
- 5 (Q-Inspection Product/Batch Warehouse-Internal)
Inspection Types
- 01 (Goods receipt insp. for purchase order)
- 04 (Goods receipt inspection from production)
- 08 (Stock transfer inspection)
- 09 (Recurring inspection of batches)
Key elements of Quality Inspection
Inspection flow without Inspection Rule
Inspection Plan
Inspection Plan assists in outlining the procedures and specifications for conducting Quality Inspections on one or multiple materials. The plan defines the sequence of Inspection Operations, Inspection Characteristics in the operations and other data.
A part of Inspection Plan
Inspection Lot
Inspection Lot is used to record, process, and manage information related to Quality Inspection. This information encompasses inspection processing data, inspection results, appraisal costs, and the usage decision.
Inspection Result
Inspection Result refers to the outcome or findings of a quality inspection conducted on an Inspection Lot. It records the tested values or assessments made during the inspection process. The Inspection Result can indicate whether the inspected batch or quantity meets the defined quality criteria or if any defects have been identified.
Usage Decision
The Usage Decision involves making a decision based on the Inspection Result. The Usage Decision determines whether the inspected products can be accepted for use, blocked for further inspection or analysis, or rejected due to non-compliance with quality standards.
Execution steps
First, let's look at the execution flow. Additional process like exception handling is removed from the flow for simplicity.
Execution Flow
Material Master
Open Insp.Setup.
Quality Management section
Select InspType. In this case, 01 (Goods receipt insp. for purchase order).
Check Active for enabling the inspection.
Note: Depending on the Inspection Type, the default setting will be displayed, which can be changed according to your requirements.
Inspection Setup
Inspection Characteristic
Select Released in Status.
Open Control Indicators.
Master Inspection Characteristic - qualitative
Check Charc Attribute to enable Characteristic Attribute in Catalogs.
Control Indicators - qualitative
Open Catalogs in Master Inspection Characteristic - qualitative
Select predefined Quality standard whose options can be chosen on Inspection Result step.
Select your customized Code Group.
Catalogs - qualitative
Select Released in Status.
Open Quantitative Data.
Master Inspection Characteristic - quantitative
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Quantitative Data - quantitative
Inspection Plan
Select 5 (Goods Receipt) in Usage.
Select 4 (Released) in Overall Status.
Inspection Plan - Header
Create Operations with QM01 in Control Key.
Select Master Inspection created from Inspection Characteristic.
Inspection Characteristic list
Purchase Order
Select Inbound in Conf. Control of Confirmation.
Purchase Order
Inbound Delivery
ERP Inbound Delivery
Goods Receipt
EWM Inbound Delivery information
Goods Receipt
Inspection Lot
Open Task List/Spec.
Select task list created from Inspection Plan.
Inspection Specifications
Open Results.
Worklist for Inspection Lots
Inspection Operation list
Inspection Result
Select an option describes the test result.
Catalog Selection - qualitative
Inspection Results - qualitative
Fill in the tested value in Result.
Inspection Results - quantitative
Usage Decision
Open Usage Decision in Worklist for Inspection Lots.
Select UD code. If selecting the code without FollowUpActn, an error is thrown.
Usage Decision
Warehouse Task
Confirm Warehouse Task.
Warehouse Task
