4-point fabric inspection
Inspect each roll by the 4-point system: defects with their points and points per 100 square yards. Each gets a grade A, B or Rejected by your limits. A rejected roll is put on quality hold until a quality manager releases it.
PLANSScale only
The problem it solves
- Rolls are graded by eye, and two inspectors give the same roll different grades.
- A rejected roll is cut anyway because nothing stops it leaving the godown.
- You cannot show a buyer or a supplier the defects found on a roll.
How it works
- A doffed roll gets an inspection waiting. For any other roll, such as one bought or back from the dyer, make a new one under Textile > Fabric Inspection.
- Check the length in yards and the width in inches.
- Add each defect: kind, where it is in yards and its size in inches. Points fill in by the 4-point rule; you can change them.
- Points, points per 100 square yards and the grade work themselves out as you go.
- Press Done. A rejected roll gets a note, and with quality control it is put on hold with the inspection as the reason.
Everything it does
Defects and points
- Kinds: Slub, Hole, Stain, Broken End, Missing Pick, Shade Variation, Knot, Other
- Up to 3 inches: 1 point; over 3 to 6: 2; over 6 to 9: 3; over 9 inches or any hole: 4
- Points per 100 sq yd = points x 3,600 / (yards x width in inches)
Grades
- Grade A up to 20 points per 100 sq yd, Grade B up to 40, above that Rejected (settings per Entity)
- Done needs the length and width checked
- Numbered FI/year/00001; inspector (you, to start with), date, roll and fabric
After the grade
- A rejected roll gets a note on the roll with its points
- With quality control (in Scale), the roll is put on quality hold and is not picked or sent until released
- Filter Rejected; group by grade
Not built
- A printed inspection report
- The grade written on the roll itself; it stays on the inspection
- The cap of 4 points per running yard is not applied by itself
Who uses it
Fabric inspectorRecords defects and finishes the inspection; needs the Supervisor role today.
Quality managerReleases or keeps a rejected roll on hold.
Manufacturing AdministratorSets the Grade A and Grade B limits.
Where you use it
- Web: Manufacturing > Textile > Fabric Inspection
- Web: Settings > Manufacturing > Industry > Fabric grades
- Not in the SmartMy Manufacturing app: the textile screens are on the web only
What you control
Settings
- Textile screens: Settings > Manufacturing > Industry: Textile, per Entity (off to start with)
- Grade A up to: 20 points per 100 sq yd
- Grade B up to: 40 points per 100 sq yd
- Inspection Waits on Doff a Roll: on to start with
Questions
Can we inspect rolls we buy, not only those we weave?
Yes. Make an inspection for any roll in stock: bought grey fabric, finished fabric or rolls back from the processing house.What happens to a rejected roll?
It gets a note with its points, and it is put on quality hold so it is not picked or sent. A quality manager releases it when it is decided.Can we change the grade limits?
Yes. Set Grade A and Grade B in points per 100 square yards under Settings > Manufacturing > Industry. They start at 20 and 40.Can we print the inspection for the buyer?
Not yet. The inspection, its defects and grade are on screen and in the list; a printed report is not built.Related features
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See your shop floor on it.
Tell us what you make, how many machines and people you run, and how production is recorded today. We will set up a line with you and run a job on the terminal.