2 Overview to System Setup
This chapter contains these topics:
2.1 Objectives
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To activate Quality Management for a branch/plant
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To define and review tests
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To group tests into specifications
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To define which tests to perform on items for a customer
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To define which customers require a certificate of analysis
2.2 About System Setup
You can customize the Quality Management system to meet your business's specific testing needs. Testing features appear at different points in your business cycle based on the setup values you define.
The following graphic illustrates the information you must set up before you use the Quality Management system.
Figure 2-1 Quality Management System Setup
Description of "Figure 2-1 Quality Management System Setup"
Setting up the Quality Management system consists of the following tasks:
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Setting up branch/plant constants
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Setting up tests
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Setting up specifications
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Setting up preferences
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Setting up inclusion rules for test results (optional)
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Setting up customer billing instructions (optional)