Inspection plan not found

[Former Member]

Hi,

no inspection plan is found for inspection lots created with origin 04 or 08; but they are found for 89.

I already checked:

- task list usage assigned to i type in customizing

- material set up for 08 and 04 with i plans

- validity date changed in inspection lot according to i plan

Any more ideas?

Thanks.

Jessica

[former_member698542]

Hi Jessica,

Please created Inspection plans for the Usage 04 and 08 separately. and maintain Status 04.

Thanks and regards

Murugesan

[Former Member]

Hi Murugesan,

I only have one inspection plan; I would like to use it for all three inspection lot origins. Is that not possible?

It is set to: Usage 3 (Universal) and Status 4 (Released (general))

How would I make an inspection plan specific for a certain inspection type?

Jessica

[former_member42744]

It sounds like you have it correct.

Since you check config I'm assuminig you meant that you change inspection types 04 and 08 to utilize plan usage 3 (universal).

In your inspection lots, if they were created prior to making this change, then in the lot on the specification tab it should show you what task list usage it is trying to use. On new lots it should be 3 now if your config is correct. On old lots, if the config was wrong it will be different. You should be able to manually change it to 3 and then click on the assignment button to have it try to find it again.

And as you already mentioned, make sure the key date in the inspection is today's date.

Craig

[Former Member]

Hi Craig,

the inspection lots have been created after the inspection plan and the config, and they all show usage 3.

But the plan is still not found.

I dimly remember from another set-up that usage 3 was not really universal, it didn't work for goods receipt on PO. Could that be the issue?

I would also create a new usage if necessary, but in config, you can just create a new usage number and name and nothing behind it that steers it.

Jessica

I just created a new usage Z1 and assigned it to inspection types and changed it in the inspection plan. And again, when creating the lot with 89, it worked and for 04 and 08 it doesn't work. So it probably doesn't have to do with the usage field.

Edited by: Jessica Hommel on Apr 17, 2008 5:22 PM

[former_member42744]

Well. what you have to go by is what the actual inspection lot is telling you. If it says it is looking for a task list usage of 3 then it is looking for a task list usage of 3. So there must be another reason why its not selecting it. I'm assuming you tried to manually assign the plan in the lot and it failed.

In the plan header, did anyone set a quantity value for the plan? At the bottom of the header you can specify a quantity range and then the plan is only used for lots within that quanity range. (89's aren't stock relevant this might not be an issue, hence that might be why they work). Using this field you can set up multiple plans. One for receipts less then 100 units. One for receipts from 100 -1000 and one for receipts > 1000.

I'm wondering if the lot size and plan size are incompatible?

Make sure you don't have a 'preferred' inspection type being used that doesn't have a different usage. (Of course then the lot shouldn't show usage 3 in it then).

There is no reason you shouldn't be able to use one inspection plan usage for all your inspection types. I've done this before. Many clients want the 89 inspection and 04 inspections to utilize the same plan.

Craig

[Former Member]

hi jessica,

just check it once - change the task list usage in insp plan and all insp types (04,08,89) in config to 05(goods receipt) and again create the lots.

I did it many times, so it should work.

lets try it once and also as craig said check the lot size also.

[Former Member]

Hi Vishal,

usage 5 does not exist, someone must have deleted it from the system. Anyway, I changed it to usage 1 but still the plan is not found.

Also unit of measure of the plan is the same as in the material (KG) and the quantities are also correct (the plan is valid for quantities 1 to 24.000 and the lot is 1.000).

For config I did the following:

- Task list usage 3 assigned to inspection types

- Flagged as default "inspection with task list" in inspection type

- Set inspection type Z04 in order types

I really have no idea where I can still check.

In tables PLKO and MAPL the plan is found. This is getting urgent now.

Thanks for any suggestions!

Jessica

[Former Member]

Any suggestions? I'm really stuck here.

Thanks a lot.

Jessica

We found it via debugging!

Apparently, the system only accepts inspection plans with status X. My status was always 4 (general release).

Is status X standard SAP?

Edited by: Jessica Hommel on Apr 21, 2008 4:53 PM

[former_member42744]

No... I haven't seen an "X" status. Usually status 4 is the one usually used.

You can check the statuses in config.

QM>Quality Planning>Inspection Planning>General>Define Task List Status.

You should find that "4" is in there with all the check marks on.

I thought that I remember somewhere in config where for each plan type you could select the status required for release and to be used, but I can't remember where I saw that. If I stumble across that, I'll let you know.

Meanwhile, you can check the "4" settings and make sure it has all the check boxes checked and see if it works then.

Craig

[Former Member]

Hi Craig,

that's what I was thinking: there is no X status in standard SAP. Status 4 is normal.

But the system is looking for it so someone must have changed it manually.

I copied status 4 and called it "X". Then it works.

Thanks!

Jessica

[former_member42744]

Ok.. I knew it was in config somewhere.

QM--> Quality Inspection --> Inspection Lot Creation --> Maintain Inspection Lot Origins and Assign Inspection Types.

There is a column called status. For each inspection ORIGIN, you can specify the status of the inspection plan. It appears someone in your system changed the 4's to an X and then created the status "X".

You might want to find out the reason why someday. I would probably have only changed this if you needed different authorizations for change control so that different inspection plans had to be approved by different people.

For instance, 04 final inspection was set to status 8 and only the director of QA could set an inspection plan to status 8. But someone else had responsibilty for inspection plans that were to be for special customer testing at time of shipping, (type 10's). Those might require a status of 7 and only the product manager was allowed to set the status of a plan to status 7.

Craig

[Former Member]

Hi,

Ok, I see the config and the authorization reason makes sense.

Someone set a lot of inspection lot origins to X even though no status X was customized. I guess they did this to avoid using inspection plans for these origins, though this wasn't a really bright idea.

And this status is valid for the inspection lot origin, not for the inspection type so I cannot just change it without affecting other business units. I don't think it would be possible to enter two allowed statuses.

I need to check with the other units if I can change it.

Jessica