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🎯 What’s new in Teamcenter Quality 2412

🌟 Exploring the latest capabilities of Teamcenter Quality 2412

Are you in need of a solution that facilitates a closed-loop quality approach from design to manufacturing? Look no further than Teamcenter Quality 2412 software. This software is built on the dependable Teamcenter product lifecycle management (PLM) foundation, allowing you to utilize both product and process information while facilitating cross-departmental workflows. By doing so, it effectively streamlines key quality management processes.

Teamcenter Quality is an integral component of the Siemens Xcelerator business platform, which encompasses a range of software, hardware, and services. Teamcenter Quality version 2412 features a variety of enhancements to the quality management system (QMS) modules, which were designed to improve application capabilities and usability. These updates will allow you to streamline your quality processes and compliance tasks.

πŸš€ Leveraging the Teamcenter platform for key enhancements

Below we provide an overview of the key enhancements included in Teamcenter Quality 2412 based on the Teamcenter collaboration platform:

  • Multisite collaboration: Facilitates collaboration between different Teamcenter installations, allowing interaction across physically separated systems. This feature is critical for enterprises operating in multiple geographic locations, promoting seamless synchronization and communication
  • Project propagation/project-level security: With a single Teamcenter installation, this feature allows organizations to restrict access to specific data areas. This control helps maintain the protection of sensitive information, making sure it is accessible only to authorized personnel, thereby enhancing data security and compliance
  • Attribute level security (ALS): Enables the restriction of data content from specific properties using access rules. This targeted security measure aids in blocking unauthorized access to critical attribute data, bolstering data integrity and compliance

These enhancements are applicable to quality project management, checklists, quality actions, audit and assessment, quality issue management and problem-solving processes, offering a comprehensive coverage.

πŸ“‹ Simplifying quality project management

The Quality Project Management module offers several features to enhance quality management processes in the latest Teamcenter Quality 2412:

  • Optimized referencing of checklists and assessments: Depending on checklist importance, configuration options allow for visualization of checklist assessment results at higher project levels. Rating rollup preferences determine whether checklist ratings are inherited upwards.
  • Quality checklists on the project level: Individual chapters/questions of checklists can be assigned to events, providing a comprehensive view of checklists for specific events. Checklist assessments are published at the project checklist level, giving an overview of overall checklist performance.
  • Reuse of generated reports: Reports generated for processes like product part approval can be reused and automatically attached to checklist levels, simplifying documentation and record-keeping.
  • Intuitive interface and usability enhancements: Teamcenter Quality Project Management offers an intuitive and user-friendly interface for efficient checklist management and tracking. The “Save as” function allows for easy copying of checklists, especially useful when working with project templates.

πŸ“Š Enhanced master data and checklists

We have implemented several enhancements in Teamcenter Quality 2412 to master data and checklists in order to improve usability and effectiveness. Here are the key ones:

  • Improved usability: Information in both the master checklist and realized checklist is presented more seamlessly using widgets. The fields have been reorganized for a more organized and user-friendly layout, enhancing the overall checklist process and user experience.
  • Enhanced rating rules: Rating rules for evaluating checklists have been improved, allowing users to set a percentage threshold to initiate the overall assessment (RYG rating). This provides greater flexibility and precision in the evaluation process, enabling users to define assessment criteria and obtain accurate and reliable results.
  • Introduction of ‘not applicable’ flag: Questions or chapters in a checklist can be marked as “not applicable” when certain systems do not undergo auditing. This flag can be set using the menu or the context menu feature, visually indicating the status of the question and preventing edits. This improves the effectiveness and clarity of the checklist within the system.
  • Process view in checklists: Users can now assign processes or subprocesses directly in the master checklist, enhancing the structure and clarity of processes being examined. This is particularly useful for IMS audits or Layered Process Audit (LPA), streamlining the auditing process and ensuring comprehensive coverage.

πŸ”¬ Boost engineering data reuse for quality risk assessment

Teamcenter Quality 2412 includes several usability improvements for the Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) module, such as in the new views including layout, sorting, icons, linkages, optimized moving and content configuration. You can leverage the optimized visualization of complex failure nets with improved visibility, transparency and readability of content and connections in the net views.

  • Enhanced integration with NX software: If you choose to integrate Teamcenter Quality with NX software, features or product manufacturing information (PMIs) imported in the FMEA based on the 3D model can be easily highlighted in the NX 3D model. This integration enhances the FMEA process by providing seamless access to relevant information in the 3Dmodel.
  • Optimized visualization of complex fault networks: The net diagrams in the FMEA module have undergone layout improvements to enhance the visualization of complex fault networks. This includes improved visibility, transparency, and readability of content and connections. Icons have been made more intuitive, and functions can be accessed conveniently through the three-dot menu. Users can configure the content of the boxes individually, and connections can be displayed in color to highlight the path. Manual movement of boxes has been improved, allowing for simultaneous movement of multiple boxes. The view can be saved as a fixed layout, and the sorting of elements can be customized.

βœ”οΈ Speed up quality inspection

Control and Inspection Planning module in Teamcenter Quality 2412 includesseveral enhanced inspection planning capabilities combined with control plan management to prevent rework and reduce costs while improving customer satisfaction.

  • Enhancements in graphical inspection planning: In the previous release, we introduced the integration of NX, which is part of Siemens Xcelerator, with Teamcenter Quality. In this version, we have further enhanced the integration to support a closed loop between part characteristics imported from NX and the inspection definition within the control and inspection plan, which is also based on the import from NX. The characteristics published in NX are displayed in Teamcenter on the “Characteristics” tab of the part object. If this part is used to create an inspection plan, the characteristic instance is listed, or referenced, in the inspection definition. This establishes a direct link between the displayed characteristics in the part and the inspection definitions imported and defined using the ballooning function in the inspection plan.
  • Enhance FAI with relevant inspection definitions imported from NX: First article inspection (FAI) is a crucial topic, particularly in the aerospace industry. In this software version, we have introduced an efficient way to import FAI-relevant inspection definitions from NX. With a new function, all FAI-relevant PMIs can simultaneously be imported into the control and inspection plan. Additionally, the software now supports manufacturing stage models, allowing engineers to define inspection plans across different production stages and provide comprehensive process documentation.
  • Enhancing the compare function: The comparison function for 2D drawings or 3D models has undergone further improvements in this version. Users can now customize the checking of changes to the PMI using a preference setting. The detected changes in the PMI information can be displayed directly in the 2D/3D model or in a table for easy reference. Furthermore, there is an optimization related to the transfer of changes to the control or inspection plan. Users have the option to update all inspection definitions. If not selected, the different versions of the inspection definitions are displayed with the corresponding part reference.
  • Report updated to support latest standards: The Control Plan Report can now be efficiently generated in alignment with the latest AIAG (Automotive Industry Action Group) 2024 norms, featuring a new Safe Launch control plan type that supports comprehensive quality management and process standardization.
  • A new legend for all ballooned information: The comparison and verification features have been enhanced, allowing users to customize change detection and manage inspection definition updates with unprecedented flexibility. A new, intuitive legend for balloon information further simplifies visual interpretation of technical drawings and 3D models.
Teamcenter Quality 2412 – A new legend for all ballooned information

βš™οΈ Empowering problem-solving tools

The latest Teamcenter Quality 2412 Problem Solving and Teamcenter Issue Management modules include some usability improvements and new capabilities.

  • Improved visualization of a workflow task: The inclusion of the β€œtask to perform” section helps users in efficiently managing and addressing quality issues or problem-solving processes that have been transferred to a workflow, supporting a streamlined and organized approach to task execution.
  • Improved audit trail support: The audit trail functionality records and tracks who made specific changes and when they were made. In response to this need, the audit manager reporting feature has been activated and enhanced. In industries such as medical devices and life sciences, where compliance is of utmost importance, it is crucial to have a detailed record of all system changes.  This includes capturing information about the individuals responsible for each change and the corresponding timestamps. All logged events from the audit trail entries for problem solving and its associated objects can now be accessed through a consolidated report. This unified view significantly improves compliance management by providing a comprehensive one-page summary.
  • Enhancing report generation: Problem-solving reports can now be generated in PDF format using the OOTB report capability. In addition to PDF reports, all reports, including the key performance indicator (KPI) reports delivered OOTB, can be exported to a spreadsheet format. Users have the flexibility to select the data they want to export, enabling them to focus on the most important information.
  • Cross-checking design changes for inspection definitions: Inspection definitions, including PMIs, can be visualized and highlighted directly in NX 3D models. This means that when design changes are required based on problem solving, the designer has all the necessary information, including the specific PMI view, immediately available.
  • Comprehensive information panel: Users can now seamlessly access a comprehensive range of details, enhancing their RCA experience. They can access a one-page view. This enhancement provides a complete overview of relevant details in a single location, greatly improving efficiency and saving time by eliminating the need for multiple navigations.
Teamcenter Quality 2412 – Comprehensive information panel

πŸ“ˆ Faster evaluations of auditing and assessment results

The Teamcenter Quality 2412 Audit & Assessment module includes several enhancements for capabilities and functions, as the growing importance of external and internal audits sets the standard for boosting the performance of auditing procedures.

  • Enhanced usability and alignment with audit standards: The latest version has introduced several new features to enhance audit planning. When an audit template with a schedule is assigned to an audit program, the scheduler generates audits that are automatically added to the plan even if it has already been released.
  • New template section: A new visual representation is provided using a tree view. Additionally, if a workflow is activated, the workflow section for performing tasks is accessible from the overview. Other improvements are the ability to add an audit template to multiple audit plans and supporting the multisite collaboration concept.
  • Improving audit execution: Auditors can now use an automated “unanswered questions” function that allows for efficient checklist evaluation, enabling users to select specific levels like chapters and automatically address underlying questions. A new “create finding” function positioned above the tree structure streamlines issue documentation, with an issue panel opening quickly to facilitate prompt findings creation. These improvements support auditors’ typical workflow of prioritizing questions with findings while efficiently managing non-critical questions.

πŸ” Seamlessly create and perform quality actions

Teamcenter Quality 2412 offers quality action management capabilities for creating and performing actions in several Teamcenter Quality modules or as a standalone global action management system. In this version, we have made several improvements to QAM module.

  • Visualization of a workflow task: Teamcenter Quality 2412 introduces significant improvements in workflow visualization and quality action management. Users now experience enhanced visibility into task execution, with the “task to perform” section displayed on the main screen when a workflow begins. This feature provides critical support for completing quality action workflows more efficiently.
  • Specific icons for highlighting the type of quality action: The system now offers more action type identification through customizable icons and symbols. Users can distinguish between different action types using colors and unique visual indicators, improving overall navigation and understanding of quality processes.
  • Additional usability enhancement: The updated overview page introduces a comprehensive progress tracking mechanism, including a status progress bar, image preview capabilities, and new time-tracking properties.

πŸ† Benefits of the unique Teamcenter Quality 2412 capabilities

  • Facilitate knowledge sharing with simplified quality project management capabilities
  • Boost engineering data reuse for quality risk assessment
  • Plan faster quality inspection with ballooning and characteristics from PMIs
  • Provide problem-solving tools for efficient root-cause analysis
  • Accelerate audit and assessment for making informed decisions
  • Seamlessly create and perform quality actions

Experience the advantages of the closed-loop quality

Interested in discovering more about the comprehensive quality core processes offered by Teamcenter Quality? We invite you to explore the Teamcenter Quality 2412 software release notes for a detailed list of enhancements and features.

You can also learn more about technical data by accessing the Support Center.

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Explore our Quality Management Software solution components

Take a deep dive into them by reading these product fact sheets:

  1. Teamcenter Quality Project Management
  2. Teamcenter Quality – Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
  3. Teamcenter Quality – Control and Inspection Planning
  4. Teamcenter Quality – Problem Solving
  5. Teamcenter Quality Action Management
  6. Teamcenter Quality – Audit & Assessment

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This article first appeared on the Siemens Digital Industries Software blog at https://blogs.sw.siemens.com/teamcenter/exploring-teamcenter-quality-2412/