Simplifying Data Collection

With Quality, you can manually gather any combination of variable and attribute data using point-and-click pick lists for traceability items. Characteristics can have different subgroup sizes, control charts, and control rules, all within the same data-entry session. During data entry, characteristics can also be derived. For example, you can enter measurements for two characteristics (width and length) while a third measurement (area) is automatically calculated using a predefined formula; for example, width * length.

Quality also offers an XML-based publish and subscribe architecture to automatically collect data from any measurement device or electronic data-collection system.