Quality assurance, measurement and testing often cause a headache in industry. It may be easy to promise high quality, but delivering it is not always easy – are the promises based on real-time and accurate information?
With real-time quality data, quality can become a significant competitive advantage. Challenges in using quality data and quality assurance are often related to the lack and fragmentation of data or deficiencies in data processing. Companies typically don’t use a platform suitable for centralizing data, which makes it almost impossible to analyze and use data. Therefore, complaints, poor quality components and the tracing of defective product batches in the production process certainly sound familiar to many.
Quality data is generated from several different sources and the data contains valuable information about the different stages of production. Data can be collected for example from systems and sensors, production automation systems, various stages of manual or automated testing, and product tracking systems (such as barcode/QR code readers or RFID tags).
The causes of quality variations are easier to identify when the data collected from production is tied together. If deficiencies are found in one production batch or a specific component, the products can be traced agilely using a software and hardware platform designed for quality assurance. From the aggregated data, information can be retrieved quickly and centrally all the way to the serial number of an individual product and the related component. In a best-case scenario, defective products can be completely prevented from reaching the customers by identifying the root causes of the problems at an early stage, thanks to real-time data.
When using a platform that enables real-time monitoring, quality data based on testing also helps standardize production processes and develop more competitive products. The secret lies in the efficient collection of data, the visualization of critical measurements and automation. For example, if there are planned changes to the product design, the effects of the changes on quality can be monitored in real time and easily from a single system.
At Pinja, we can help make production quality data the most important tool for measuring, managing, and developing the competitiveness of your company’s operations. The Sight platform enables versatile measurement and quality data collection and management, analysis, visualization, and reporting through automation. Above all, quality data becomes real-time, clear, and transparent throughout the organization.
With the Sight platform, you can monitor, for example, the progress of products on production lines, the lead times of testing processes, the results of individual testing phases, production volumes, production conditions and the traceability of products and their components. Views can be designed according to the user group so that the availability and recovery of data in decision-making is as agile as possible, from the management team to production.
Pinja has twenty years of experience in quality development and creating measurement, testing and quality assurance systems, so we know the required technologies and interfaces. Sense is a customizable technology platform that enables the deployment of a cost-effective system in a variety of operating environments. It provides direct access to existing and tested technology solutions. Based on our long experience and extensive industry knowledge, we can propose proper solutions for each stage of production, as well as according to your wishes and requirements. This means that we can develop the system to best suit your needs.
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