Does this sound familiar?

• Measurement data is generated daily in large quantities (goods receipt, production, SPC, MSA), but its transfer to the CAQ system is still manual or via heterogeneous, standalone solutions. The result: wasted time and transmission errors.
• Measurement data arrives "without context": values ​​exist as files or paper lists instead of being automatically assigned to the correct inspection order, batch, component, workstation, or order.
• Media breaks prevent early reaction: deviations are detected too late because measurement data is only transferred and evaluated retrospectively; trends and process drift only become visible when it's already costly.
• Traceability is incomplete: Who measured what, when, and with what equipment? What is the data source? What was it used for? And what was the order status at the time of measurement?
• The measurement landscape is diverse: wireless handheld measuring devices, test fixtures, coordinate measuring machines, in-line systems, analyzers, and machine controls deliver data in different formats, making integration an ongoing project.

This should be achieved through a robust process

• Fast, error-free data transfer: Measurement data must be transferred to the quality assurance system without manual intermediate steps, regardless of the measuring instrument type, and be available in real time.
• Automatic context assignment: Measurement data must be linked to ERP and inspection order data (order, lot/batch, component, inspection characteristic) to ensure reliable evaluation and documentation.
• End-to-end traceability: The system must be able to trace "who, when, where, and for what purpose," including history and audit-proof documentation.
• Flexible interface strategy: Standard formats and industrial protocols must be supported without requiring a custom solution for each measuring system.
• Usability across the entire inspection chain: From first-part and series inspection to final-part inspection, SPC, and MSA, data must be consistently available (including evaluations and control charts).

Coverage in QS1

• Supports all types of inspections (from the first part through the series to the final part) and acquires measurement data directly at the touch of a button (e.g., wireless handheld measuring devices, test fixtures, foot switches) or automatically from system files, depending on the measuring instrument.
• Integrates measuring machines, analyzers, and automated testing systems so that data is automatically transferred to QS1, checked, recorded, fully archived, and assigned to inspection orders/inspection characteristics.
• Links measurement data to orders, lots/batches, and components via ERP, ensuring that measurement data is immediately in the correct context and does not end up as isolated data points.
• Ensures seamless traceability ("who-when-where-why") and a complete history, thus supporting auditability, fault analysis, and root cause analysis.
• Offers a wide range of communication formats and protocols, including Q-DAS, XML, Excel/CSV, and connections via OPC UA and EUROMAP, to connect heterogeneous measurement environments in a standardized way.
• Based on this, it enables evaluations, visualizations and statistical procedures (e.g. control charts/SPC) on a consistent data basis without media breaks between measurement, testing and analysis.

Your result: Significantly less transmission effort and input errors, faster response to deviations through timely data acquisition, measurement order and ERP context-related measurement data, complete traceability and an integrated database for SPC, MSA, fault analysis and management reporting.

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