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Unit 7: Functions in Detail - Quality Planning
● Quality Certificates
● Quality Notification
● Quality Control
● Audit Management
● Test Equipment Management
● Stability Study
Figure 79: Quality Planning Functions
In quality planning, you define information and processes on a long-term basis as master
records. Quality planning provides the basis for inspection processing.
You use the following data for quality planning:
● Logistics master data
● Inspection planning data (for example, inspection plans, master recipes, and material
specifications)
● QM-specific basic data (for example, master inspection characteristics, inspection
methods, sampling procedures)
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Lesson: Using Logistics Master Data in Quality Planning
Figure 80: Logistics Master Data - Overview
Master data is data that does not change over a long-period of time. Master data contains
information that is required on a regular basis. The master data for a business partner, for
example, contains the name, address, and bank details.
General master data includes cross-application data and QM-specific data. Cross-application
data is maintained in most cases in other components of the SAP system.
Cross-application data used in inspection planning includes:
● Material master
● Business partner
● Batch classification
● Quality documents
QM-specific data used in inspection planning includes:
● Quality Info Record Procurement
● Quality Info Record Sales
● Material Specification
● Inspection Plan
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