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Create scheduled quality inspections

This article explains how to set up and use quality inspections that are created automatically and scheduled to run at regular intervals using job queue entries.

Scheduled inspections enable proactive quality management. They automatically generate quality inspections based on time intervals, rather than business transactions. Using a scheduled inspection approach is ideal for:

  • Routine inspections that involve regular sampling of your in-stock inventory.
  • Shelf life monitoring where you periodically inspect items that are approaching expiration.
  • Environmental compliance inspections to meet time-based requirements.
  • Statistical quality control through systematic sampling programs.
  • Preventive quality assurance supported by proactive inspection schedules.

Understand scheduled inspections

The following table illustrates the differences between scheduled and transaction-based inspections.

Feature Transaction-Based Scheduled
Trigger Business transactions (receipts, output) Time intervals
Frequency Event-driven Regular intervals
Purpose Process validation Proactive monitoring
Coverage All processed items Sampled items
Resource Planning Reactive Predictable

Set up scheduled inspections

The following sections provide high-level steps to set up scheduled inspections.

Configure quality templates

Create templates specifically for scheduled inspections. The following are a few suggestions for things to think about when you do:

  • For efficiency, use as simple a set of measurements as you can.
  • Focus on critical quality parameters.
  • Streamline the settings for regular runs.

To learn more about quality inspection templates, go to Create quality inspection templates.

Create inspection generation rules and set up a job queue entry

Configure rules specifically for time-based inspection creation.

  1. Select Search (Alt+Q) in the upper-right corner, enter Inspection Generation Rules, and then choose the related link.
  2. Create a new inspection generation rule for scheduled inspections.
  3. Choose the Schedule Group field. You're prompted to create a job queue, followed by an option to view it. The next section describes the job queue settings.

Configure a job queue entry

  1. Select Search (Alt+Q) in the upper-right corner, enter Job queue entries, and then select the related link.
  2. In the Object Type to Run field, enter 20400.
  3. In the Maximum No. of Attempts to Run field, specify a number of retry attempts for failures.
  4. Rerun Delay: Specify how long to wait between retry attempts.
  • Status: Use the Set Status to Ready action to update the status to Ready and enable the job queue entry.
  1. In the Earliest Start Date/Time field, specify when to begin scheduled inspections.
  2. To schedule the job queue entry to run on a specific day of the week, on the Recurrence FastTab, turn on the Run on <\day of the week> for the day.
    1. In the Starting Time field, specify the time of day to start the recurring job.
    2. In the Ending Time field, specify the time of day to stop the recurring job.

Manual Inspection Creation
Creating Quality Inspection Templates
Setting Up Inspection Generation Rules
Quality Management Setup and Configuration
Quality Management Overview

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