In this guide, you’ll get comfortable setting up new job-based SPC conditions.
Create new quality inspection groups
Go to <yourCompanyServer>.shoplogix.com/qualitycontroller
For example, if your server is “saas125”, then the URL would be saas125.shoplogix.com/qualitycontroller
Next, click the top-right menu toggle to SPC Config
On the left-side menu, you’ll see all machines that have SPC variables configured (for learning how to configure the SPC Signal itself, please reach out to your dedicated SLX engineer)
2. Select the Machine that you want to configure job-based SPC conditions for to load its current settings.
If this is your first time configuring SPC job-based conditions, your screen will look empty.
2. Click the Add button to create a new group of related quality inspections.
3. Create a relevant name for this group.
Remember: this is to create a group of similarly related quality inspections (for example: all quality inspections that are needed for Allen-Bradley Hardware)
4. Click Confirm when ready, and your screen should update to provide additional settings to configure.
5. Now you can configure Job-based conditions. This means that any time all of the conditions you add here are TRUE, the quality inspections (which you’ll set up next) will trigger.
For example, you can configure a condition where the Job Name contains “XYZ”
This means any time a job comes through and its Job Name contains “XYZ”, the Quality Controller will trigger the quality inspections for this group.
6. Next up, you’ll need to actually set up your Quality Inspections.
Each Inspection row accounts for a specific work instruction (e.g. 1 row might be “Check the numeric reading on this machine”, another row might be “Check if this injection mold is still correctly in place”)
The options for each quality inspection are as follows:
Order: The order in which each quality inspection appears for your operators.
Name: A human-readable field for yourself to easily manage which quality inspection refers to which work instruction
Type: You have the option of asking your operators to document a measurement or mark a result as Pass/Fail
Low/High/Target/Std Dev: These fields are available when you select “Measurement” in Type. So for example, you may want an acceptable reading on a machine to be between 10 and 40, with a target value of 25. Enter those values here
SPC / Critical: Mark an inspection as SPC to make it appear on the SPC Analysis screen, and mark as Critical to block operators from clearing it accidentally on the SLX Whiteboard until it’s complete
Stage: This is a key field here. Use it to set when a quality inspection should occur. For example, you can set a quality inspection to be performed at the beginning of a new shift, at the end of a shift, etc.
Hyperlink: This is where you should link a copy of your work instruction. Generally we recommend PDF as the preferred file type.
7. When ready, click Save to confirm in your changes.
Congratulations! 🙌 🎉
Now any time the job-based conditions you set up for your group = TRUE, the quality inspections will appear for your operators via the SLX Whiteboard.